"LEAVE LT. GOV. RON RAMSEY ALONE!": whiney Ramsey boo-hoos over press coverage

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Tennessee legislative briefs: Ethics agency merger may lose steam
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090507/NEWS0201/905070347/0/NLETTER01/Tennessee+legislative+briefs++Ethics+agency+merger+may+lose+steam
May 7, 2009

Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey on Wednesday blamed what he called unfair media coverage for possibly scuttling an effort to merge the Tennessee Ethics Commission with the state Registry of Election Finance.



The Blountville Republican said all current ethics laws would stay on the books under the merger, and that combining the two entities would save money.

"I don't know the political willpower is there to do that, simply because the media attention that it's received — unfairly, to be honest," Ramsey said. "Nothing is going to be scaled back in terms of ethics in the state of Tennessee. Everything we passed would remain there."



Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey, R-Blountville

The ethics commission was established in the aftermath of the FBI's Tennessee Waltz corruption sting in 2005 that led to the convictions of five former lawmakers. The panel is set to expire at the end of June if lawmakers don't extend it.

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(Sniff, sniff, sniff)...Ron Ramsey has had a lot to deal with here lately in the Tennessee Senate, so JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE! --- LEAVE HIM ALONE! Please, just leave him alone. LEAVE HIM ALONE DAMMIT AND I MEAN NOW! The press coverage of Tennessee Lt. Governor getting caught with his hand in the Ethics Commission cookie jar is sooooo unfair...JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE OR YOU JOURNALISTS AND BLOGGERS WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME!