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January 3, 2006
Kathryn Bowers
The odd-numbered State Senate seats are up this year, so, at least seventeen articles between now and August. (Not too bad, but it's the House that daunts me.)
Senate District 33 has suffered doubly. You all know this, but I'll repeat it again. At the end of 2004, former Senator Roscoe Dixon resigned to take a job in Shelby County Government. A special election was held, and former District 87 Representative Kathryn Bowers won. In early 2005, Dixon and Bowers were indicted as a result of the Tennessee Waltz investigation.
Later that year, Sen. Bowers caused questions by taking lengthy trips with taxpayer funds. She also had invited lobbyists to a failed fundraiser for her legal challenges. She stepped down as head of the local DP.
Bowers says that she will participate in the upcoming special legislative session on Ethics. That such is within her rights is without question, so long as the Senate avoids the expulsion route and she avoids any proven or admitted guilt; but I wouldn't like it if my Senator were taking the same stance.
Oh, right. He is taking the same stance.
Mark Senate District 33 as one to refurbish.
State Senate ~ You ain't 'enate | By joe lance | 4:59 PM
