August 25, 2005

Defector

Former Memphis newspaper reporter Paula Wade has left Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration and taken a new job as communications director with the Tennessee Justice Center, which has battled the administration's efforts to slash hundreds of thousands of people from the TennCare rolls. Liz Garrigan thinks this is horrible news for Bredesen: "Clearly, Wade, whose reporting expertise was TennCare, didn't like what she saw on the Hill and became disillusioned with her boss and the direction of the state's health care program."

That's probably right.

By the way, I have little regard for Paula Wade's credibility, honesty or sense of fair play.