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Daily Dose for August 20, 2007
Lawrenceburg: Ready for Freddie
Lawrenceburg: Ready for Freddie -- The LA Times took a field trip to Lawrenceburg, TN to see what the town is doing to prepare for Fred Thompson's run for President. The town seems convinced Thompson will announce from little Lawrenceburg, instead of Nashville when it comes time for Thompson's announcement around the first week of September. Lawrenceburg had the old public square has been pressure-cleaned for the first time and several vendors have set up shop to sell merchandise. The city has developed a whole economic development strategy on how to best capitalize on the Fred fever. The LA paper also gleefully reports the city went so far as to change municipal law - they banned citizens from leaving bulk trash curbside.
Oscar Brock Will Announce Later Today -- In what will surely be one of the more interesting races for the upcoming elections, Oscar Brock will announce that he is running for the State Senate in District 10, Ward Crutchfield's old seat, later today. Brock will be flanked by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, following the Chattanooga Pachyderm Club meeting.
Waltzer Sit on War Chests -- $189,000 is left in the campaign coffers of felons convincted in Operation Tennessee Waltz. Former State Sen. Ward Crutchfield has the most left-over dough at $172,000 cash on hand, while former State Rep. Chris Newton still has $17,000. Under current law, the Waltzer still wield their campaign coffers and can donate to campaigns and political causes from their prison cells. That appears to be what they have done - with both Crutchfield and Newton contributing to local party coffers. The Waltzers aren't alone. Former Govs. Ned McWherter and Don Sundquist both still have active campaign accounts. More here.
Nashville Mayor's Race May Come Down to Black Vote -- Black voters may be the deciding voice in the Nashville Mayor's race run-off between Bob Clement and Karl Dean. Many black voters backed Howard Gentry in the general election, with Clement getting more votes than Dean in the precincts that Gentry won. Outgoing Metro Councilwoman Brenda Gilmore takes a stab at explaining black support for Clement: "People remember his dad was a good governor, and they remember that he was a good congressman."
