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July 11, 2007
Warding Off Corruption (updated)
This week's Civic Forum column is up at The Pulse, and is all about the biggest (to some) trial to come out of Operation Tennessee Waltz, in these parts — Sen. Ward Crutchfield goes before a Memphis judge and jury starting Monday, July 16.
We need to pay attention to our elected officials' behavior. It is our lack of scrutiny that led, for the most part, to the "business as usual" bribery that these people apparently felt rather safe taking part in.
UPDATE: Adam Groves opines that another possible result of Crutchfield's legal situation is a GOP win in District 10. I'm not so sure of that. The Hamilton County portion of the 10th is drawn to skew way Democratic, in contrast to the Republican 11th (currently represented by Sen. Bo Watson). The 10th also includes all of Marion County, which is where the question becomes more valid.
Has the GOP made inroads in traditionally Democratic Marion County?
Furthermore, who is planning to run for Ward's seat — Dem, Repub, or otherwise? I'm sure we'll know more after the trial, but are there any early guesses?
Pulsations | By joe lance | 01:01 PM