March 18, 2008

Democrats May Block Vote on Ballroom

You can mark state Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, as another pro-ballroom Democrat in the state legislature. Fitzhugh, chairman of the House Finance Committee, is trying to block a vote on an amendment to routine bonding authority legislation that would revoke bonding authority for the lavish underground ballroom Gov. Bredesen is building at the state's governor's mansion. Which means Fitzhugh is not only in favor of spending millions of tax dollars to build the ballroom amid a worsening state budget crisis, he's also against letting the people have a say in the project via their elected legislators.