Conflict of Interest: Wife Of State Senator To Lobby For More Corporate Welfare

Nicole Osborne Watson, Wife Of Senator Bo Watson, Will Be Lobbying For Major League Baseball And A Potential New Partially Taxpayer-Funded Stadium To Come To Nashville.

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Nashville Stadium Committee Chair Details His Opposition To $2.1B Titans Stadium Deal

The Chair Of Nashville’s East Bank Stadium Committee Detailed In A Post How The Mayor’s Office, Lobbyists And Communications Staff Have Pushed False Narratives About A $2.1 Billion New Tennessee Titans Stadium Over The Past Year And Why He Will Be Voting Against The Project When It’s Expected To Reach The Metro Nashville Council In March.

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Wining, Dining & Refining Lawmakers, Sneaky Pete Bill Lee, Keeping Outside State Influences Away From Our Elections, Sexton Doesn’t Care & Much More! – The TennCon Big 7!

• $750 Thousand Spent By Lobbyists On Receptions And Other Events For Lawmakers In 2022
• Lee Administration Abuses “Deliberative Process Privilege” To Block Tennessee Government Transparency
• Transparency Win For Taxpayers In The Tennessee Legislature
• “Tennesseans Need To Elect Tennesseans” – Bill Filed To Limit Out-of-state Campaign Contributions
• Proposed Legislation Would Prohibit Local Governments From Funding Out-of-State Abortions
• Lawmakers Hope To Eliminate Mandatory Bias Training For Educators In Tennessee
• House Speaker Sexton Shows Disinterest In Extension Of State School Voucher Program

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Six Biden Nominees Sworn In To Serve On TVA Board Of Directors

Shortly Before The Rolling Blackouts That Affected Homes Across Tennessee Just Before Christmas, The U.S. Senate Confirmed Six Biden Selected Nominees To Serve On The Board Of The Nation’s Largest Public Utility, The Tennessee Valley Authority. On Wednesday Of Last Week, The New Members Officially Took Their Oaths Of Office.

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Pork Report Says $1 Million Plus A Year Of Tax Dollars Spent To Fund Lobbying Efforts

In Their 2022 “Pork Report,” The Beacon Center Of Tennessee Says That $1 Million Plus Of Tennessee Tax Dollars Goes To Funding Lobbying Efforts At The State Legislature Every Year.

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Democrats Earmarked Their Way To Election Win (Op-Ed)

Democrats Realize For The Past Few Years Voters Have Grown Weary Of Them Using The House Floor As A National Stage To Do Anything But Govern. After Their Losses Last Election, They Feared They’d Lose The House In The Midterms. They Are Aware Voters Like “Free Stuff” And Hedged Their Bets They Could Buy Votes With Earmarks And Keep The House, Or At Least Cut Their Losses And That Is What They Did. Texas Senate Republican Ted Cruz Said, “Earmarks Are The Gateway Drug To Excess Spending.” Politicians Are Addicted To Spending To Buy Votes Once They Are In Office. Earmarks Give The Career Politicians Another Vehicle To Continue Their Free Ride On American Taxpayers. They Kick The Debt Can Down The Road Knowing The More Bones They Throw To Their Voters The Longer They’ll Remain In Office.

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We’ve Been Banned On Facebook!

Every Week, Thousands Tune In To Our Tenncon Big 7 News Digest Show, Where I Break Down The 7 Biggest Stories In Tennessee State News From A Conservative Perspective, Via Email, Social Media, Podcasts, And Video.
This Week, We Will Not Be Live-Streaming On Facebook. Instead, I’d Like To Invite You To Join Me On Zoom In The “Live Audience.” I’ll Be Taking Questions At The End… Live!
Now, If You Are Interested, Get There A Little Early. Zoom Can Only Accommodate 100 People. First Come, First Served.
We Will Be Sending Out The Recording After The Fact, So Do Not Despair If You Can’t Make It. But, For Those Of You Who Can, Please Do.
I’d Love To See You. Let’s Stick It To Facebook…
Credentials In Article…

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TN Methodically Moves Toward Total Elimination Of Professional Privilege Tax

Tennessee Lawmakers Eliminated Another Sector Of Privilege Tax This Year With The Removal Of Physicians And Osteopathic Physicians From The $400 Annual State Licensing Tax.

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The Corrupting Influence Of Corporate Lobbyists & How To Fix It! (Interview With AFP-TN’s Tori Venable)

We Recently Ran A Story Revealing That Left-Leaning Corporations Spend Roughly $450,000 Per Legislator On Lobbyists Who Are Forever In The Ears Of Our Representatives And Most Often, These Lobbyists Are Not Working In The Best Interest Of Tennessee Taxpayers. Even Our Own Government Use Lobbyists To Fight Against Legislation That The Majority Of Tennesseans Would Like To See Passed.
Tori Venable, Tennessee Director Of Americans For Prosperity Joins Me Today To Talk About The Connection Between Political Action Committees, Or PACs, And The Lobbyists Who Spend Their Entire Working Careers In The State Capitol.
More Importantly, She Talks About What Regular Tennessee Citizens Can Do To Become Citizen Lobbyists And Potentially Wield The Same Or Even More Power Than The Corporate-Funded Left-Leaning Lobbyists And Positively Influence Legislators In The Volunteer State. AFFP-TN Is Offering A Free Citizen Lobbyist Training Event Coming Up On October 22nd In Cookeville, Tennessee. Food Will Be Provided, But Seating Is Limited. Registration Details In Post.

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