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January 11, 2006
From Decatur to Ducktown
The special election to replace former Rep. Chris Newton is here. I found a strongly worded opinion in favor of Republican Eric Watson in the Bradley News Weekly. Appointed interim representative Sally Love is Watson's opponent.
Adam Groves mentioned yesterday that Love had called for Watson to return some of his campaign money. No, not to Jack Abramoff; this was money apparently donated by pharmaceutical CEO John Gregory. I'm really tired of all this spinning about contributions, but I'm also tired of being taken for a ride by people eager to corrupt the system. That's the new, improved Adam Groves, by the way, at the new Tennessee Politics Blog.
I hope that alt-weekly editor is dead wrong about one thing. I hope people will recognize that, if they don't show up and vote, they are closing off the opportunity for things to change. We all say that we want more accountability from our political figures, and rightly so. But accountability can't be left out of the process that gets them there, either, and that accountability is to each other.
Elections | By joe lance | 09:25 PM