Saturday, April 01, 2006

Rep. Cochran Talks Smack Toward Phillips

Read how Rep. Jerome Cochran (another Gregory/HOE "indirect" campaign money receipient) regards the entry of Fred Philips into the 7th House District race with Rep. Matthew Hill:
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Story published: 4/1/2006

Phillips’ candidacy among topics at Chamber breakfast

By John Thompson
Elizabethton Bureau Chief
jthompson@johnsoncitypress.com

ELIZABETHTON — Several long-stalled highway projects were once again a major item of discussion at the annual Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce legislative breakfast held at the Truman Clark Annex on Friday morning.

Sen. Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City, and Rep. Jerome Cochran, R-Elizabethton, also discussed such wide-ranging issues as TennCare, the federal sales of national forest land, and the new challenge of Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Johnson City, from former commissioner of safety Fred Phillips.

[...]

Cochran said the race between incumbent Hill and Democrat Phillips in the 7th House District will attract statewide attention. He said the race could decide whether the Republicans can gain the majority in the House. He said a lot of Republican leaders will be “camping out” in Jonesborough.

“Phillips resigned as commissioner of Safety after the Tennessee Highway Patrol went through the worst scandal in its history,” Cochran said.

[...more at link]

I would attempt to contact Rep. Cochran about this matter by telephone, but apparently Rep. Cochran does not either give out his home telephone number to the public or take telephone calls from constituents in Tennessee while he is at his Carter County residence: you can either choose to contact Rep. Cochran by telephone at his Tennessee General Assembly office in Nashville or by telephoning Cochran (i.e.: if he is not working at the courthouse) at the law offices of David Crockett in Elizabethton.

So how many THP "pre-scandal" reform bills was Rep. Cochran introduced while serving within the Tennessee General Assembly?

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

When little Hilly boy loses, then he can satisfy his desire for public service and sign up for Iraq. After all, he's a strong supporter of Bush's war. Hey, maybe even his brother can sign up with him. That would be quaint, wouldn't it?????????

Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 1:20:00 PM EDT  
Blogger Elmer Gantry said...

I am sure that there are also plenty of in-country job opportunities to be found in Iraq for civilian employees of the U.S. government...

Friday, April 7, 2006 at 2:47:00 PM EDT  

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