Tennessee Legislative Ghost Voters

[R_Bert]

This explains a lot!

[Guest bkelm18]

Yeah I just read about that. Pretty BS if you ask me. If you aren't in the chamber at the time of a vote you shouldn't have a vote. We pay these people to do this job. At least in Congress ghost voting is prohibited. They can't even vote if they're not present because they have to insert their special card into the voting machine in order to cast a vote.

Edited May 18, 2012 by bkelm18

[hornett22]

the arrogance of these people is beyond belief. I am beyond fed up!

[Worriedman]

Collecting per diem if they are not there is part of this, to me that is fraud in its worst form from these people.

[mcurrier]

How about voting "present", that's pretty b.s. too. Our Pathetic-In-Chief voted that more than yay or nay. Why pay people like that?

[R_Bert]

As you might expect from me, I did contact my state legislators and inform them of my opinion on the issue.

[zapfbroad]

wow that's an eye opener. if this is how they conduct themselves for voting, which should ultimately be the most important aspect of the job (casting the vote as the representative for their respective districts), then what could be More pressing that they don't show up? it's like finding out after sedation the hygienist performed the root canal. or having the stenographer handling objections from a defense attorney.

I hope this doesn't simply end here but I fear it will. I don't foresee Haslam or Anyone else being able to reign in this behavior. Likely it will fade from most people's memory come election time too...

[Worriedman]

Full interview with Speaker Beth Harwell regarding "Ghost Voting" investigation.

http://www.newschann...fo&rnd=22485119

[R_Bert]

Full interview with Speaker Beth Harwell regarding "Ghost Voting" investigation.

http://www.newschann...fo&rnd=22485119

Even leftist leaning Politifact had trouble with her answers -

http://www.politifac...smen-dont-have/

Edited May 19, 2012 by R_Bert

[TNinfidel]

Harwell makes me want to puke. What kind of idiot would vote that tool into office. Our government is so thoroughly arrogant and corrupt...

[Worriedman]

If you want to see someone else hold the Speaker's position there is a method of achieving that.

Of the triumvirate that is the Leadership of the House, Harwell, McCormick and Maggart, only Maggart has opposition in the primary, (no candidate will oppose Harwell in her Democratic district, she leans too far to the Moderate/Left for that to occur).

Lt. Col. Courtney Rogers is viable, and I believe, far superior in character to the current Caucus Chair. If that seat is taken away from Harwell's Lieutenant, (Maggart), it will change the metric of the House. House freshmen were browbeat last year to vote for Harwell as Speaker, if we can show that there is State wide initiative to change the view at the top, then the Conservatives have a chance of seizing the reigns and turning the Legislature away from the Alexander direction that Haslam and Harwell are pushing.