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« What's Fair is Fair, Part 2 | Main | 'Dig It" » July 2, 2008Pork and Payoffs
Corruption also rears its ugly head in Tennessee, at least last year. Rep. Janis Sontany (D-Nashville), put in for $52,000 in earmarks to various organizations, she sits on the board for all of them. She also sent $10,000 to Seth Norman's drug court. He provided her with generous campaign donations. Rep. Mary Pruitt (D-Nashville) set aside $55,000 for a group she helped found, plus she's an ex-officio board member. Rep. Barbara Cooper asked for $61,000 for organizations that her own campaign claims she is a key member of.Rep. Joe Towns (D-Memphis) pushed for $10,000 for his college fraternity (which is even more suspect and worthless than the previous examples).I would disagree with Butler, however, when he lumps all per diem and travel expenses together as examples of waste and corruption - many expenses are legitimate things legislators ought to be reimbursed for. Posted in Tennessee Government News
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James Butler digs into pork and political payoffs in the Tennessee state budget in a piece at ClarksvilleOnline.com headlined 