October 18, 2007

See No Evil

You can add state House Majority Leader Gary Odom and state Rep. Randy Rinks, the longtime chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, to the list of Democrats now claiming, most certainly dishonestly, that they didn't know that state Rep. Rob Briley was having an extramarital affair with the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association's lobbyist while serving as House Judiciary Committee chairman. It was an open secret at Legislative Plaza.

Perhaps Rinks was too busy paying his personal bills with campaign funds (including, illegally, his Nashville City Club dues) and passing laws to benefit his own pockets to notice.