The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

To vote in August, Tennesseans must register by Tuesday, July 8
Residents can register in person at several locations, such as county clerk’s offices, public libraries, register of deeds offices, Dept. of Safety offices
Today is the last day for Tennessee voters to register for the Aug. 7 election.
Voter registration information is available online at www.state.tn.us/sos/election/.
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Last week I wrote about the plight of Nashville’s Joy Ford, the country’s latest victim of Eminent Domain abuse by government. Nashville’s Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) has begun legal proceedings under Eminent Domain to condemn and seize Joy’s business. It has prospered at the head of Music Row for almost 30 […]

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Remember Nancy Pelosi’s comments as the Democrats took back the House in 2006? She said,
‘”The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.”
The emphasis needs to be placed on the word “intend”. At […]

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Well, Tennessee’s most famous (infamous?) treehugger has once again proven that eco-activists are not only wrong, most of them are hypocrites as well. According to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Al’s energy consumption rose 10%. And that is WITH the energy conservation renovations he made to his home…
Full story at: http://theconservatarian.blogivists.com/2008/06/18/al-gore-hypocrite-extraordinaire/
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First a history lesson: In the last 100 years, there was only one two-year period, from 1969-1971, when the Tennessee House had a Republican Speaker. It happened in 1969, following the mandated 1-man,1-vote redistricting of the Tennessee Legislature (which reduced the disproportionate strength of the rural counties). After the turbulent 1968 elections, the defection of […]

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ABOVE: Photoshopped picture of Lt Governor Ron Ramsey (R)

It is always fun to speculate on upcoming races. Here is a race that will garner lots of attention. Republicans will want the seat back, and Democrats will want to keep it. 
  
 Here’s the Mock Draft 2010 Tennessee Governor Field (not in draft order):
 Republicans
1. Ron Ramsey
2. Bill Frist
3. […]

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Sen. John Wilder’s effort to revive his Tennessee Plan reauthorization bill failed in the senate just before 8 p.m. this evening. Sen. Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) and Sen. Mike Williams (I-Maynardville) joined all Republican senators in voting not to bypass the Government Operations committee and bring Wilder’s bill directly to the floor of the senate.
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This is a tale of 54,041 high school diplomas. That’s the number of public high school diplomas awarded in Tennessee last year (2006-2007). There are 324 public high schools in Tennessee. The public high schools are operated by 119 public school systems. There are 137 public school systems in Tennessee, but only 119 of them […]

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The Tennessee Department of Education has recently defended its decision not to recognize homeschool diplomas with the assertion that because they were prohibited from having anything to do with the selection of a curriculum, teachers, or textbooks in the church-related schools which “umbrella” homeschoolers they had no way to tell what a homeschool diploma represented.
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Since its favorable passage eight days ago by the House Education Committee, HB1652 (the bill to direct the Department of Education to resume recognizing homeschool and church-related school diplomas) has been languishing in the House Calendar & Rules Committee. This Committee is where all bills go when they receive committee approval. Calendar and Rules decides […]

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