Gov. Haslam wants to "Ax The Tax" by removing one director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority

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Haslam wants limits on civil damages
Proposal also would shrink utility watchdog
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110218/NEWS02/102180358/2288/NLETTER01/Haslam-wants-limits-on-civil-damages?source=nletter-news
5:01 AM, Feb. 18, 2011




Gov. Bill Haslam proposed new limits on damages in civil suits and a plan to slim down the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, in addition to his education reforms.

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Board would shrink

Haslam separately proposed dropping one person from the Tennessee Regulatory Authority's board of directors, returning it to three people. The TRA regulates utilities and the governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the state House appoints its board members.

"We think three members is plenty, seeing the workload the TRA has," he said.

The board is currently made up of Mary Freeman, Kenneth Hill, Sara Kyle and Eddie Roberson. Haslam did not indicate which member would be removed. A spokeswoman for the TRA did not return a call requesting comment.

My Suggestion: TRA Director Kenneth C. Hill:



Hill is a radio evangelist from Blountville with a mail-order doctorate degree from a non-accredited institution who was nominated to be a director of the bloated Tennessee Regulatory Authority by his friend TNGA Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (also of Blountville)...



shown here working on the failed 2010 Tennessee 3rd House District Republican Primary election of his son, Timothy Hill (center)...



TRA Director Hill also lies to the Federal Communications Commission under penalty of law about his being an "Alaskan Native/American Indian"...



all while on his Tennessee voter registration information Hill signed a sworn statement that he is caucasian...



and his other son, Matthew, is a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives who introduced a bill in the TNGA House during 2010 that would have expanded the size of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority by transferring the Tennessee Department of Safety into the state agency that TRA Director Hill serves as a $150,000 per year director working approximately two days per month in Nashville.