In light of recent events, MKS has a reminder: We have just witnessed the result of government conducted in secret. The state’s “open meetings” provisions do not apply to the Tennessee General Assembly. It exempted itself. Legislators elected the speaker of the House in private! And they’re pretty good at playing dirty. They did it […]

Well, Naifeh is gone. But it seems Mumpower got the shaft and Kent Williams is now the the speaker of the house. Interesting. Don’t know much about the guy. Update: Zing: I’m a Republican, probably for not much longer because you guys are going to kick me out. I wonder what the details of this […]

All the GOPers who won Tennessee’s house have vowed to oppose Naifeh. Good. Now that that’s concluded, I have a request to the TNGOP and its new found majorities: Don’t fuck it up. If you guys get in there and start passing every socially conservative wish list item that causes turgid little nubbins among the […]

Williams gets it together: I want to state today, unequivocally, that I pledge to vote for a Republican for Speaker of the House. I have every reason to expect that the Republican nominee will be Leader Jason Mumpower

I said Naifeh was gone. AC’s post seems to indicate that may not be the case.

Naifeh out. Mumpower in. Good for gun laws in Tennessee. Don’t screw this up.

With the Republican majority, speaker Jimmy Naifeh (who keeps killing pro-gun bills in Tennessee – see past coverage here) won’t be running the show.

Campfield hangs on. Overbey defeats Finney. You’ll recall that in his time in the house Overbey crossed party lines to vote for Jimmy Naifeh as speaker of the house. Jimmy Naifeh, you’ll recall, is our lying speaker of the house who keeps abusing his power to kill pro-gun bills. And it looks like the dirty […]

First, I don’t think papers should endorse candidates. That said: The KNS has endorsed challenger Doug Overbey. I personally have stated I’ll be voting for his opponent, incumbent Raymond Finney because Overbey while in the house crossed party lines to vote for Jimmy Naifeh as speaker of the house. Jimmy Naifeh, you’ll recall, is our […]

There’s a pretty ugly local election for judge in my county. Apparently, the local papers have been pretty incompetent on the issue. Incompetent is one word. Partisan hacks would be another. But I digress. Also, we have the battle of the douchebags. See, we got us a state senate race going on. The incumbent is […]

To TN House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh who recently got his handgun carry permit only three months after lying and saying he already had one.

So, did he lie or not? Simple question, really. Amazing how much we minimize that depending on which letter comes after their last name. Naifeh did lie.

TNGOP says: SPEAKER NAIFEH LIED ABOUT HAVING GUN PERMIT Public records show that Tennessee House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh lied in order to give himself political cover for his attack gun rights legislation during the last legislative session. On April 11, nine days after he used parliamentary tricks to kill two pieces of legislation designed to […]

Another mass shooting stopped by a carry permit holder: In the small town of Winnemucca Nevada a man bent on performing a mass shooting at a bar was stopped by an armed CCW permit holder who happened to be in the right place at the right time. The alleged mass murderer had already killed two […]

In Georgia, concealed carry laws have been greatly expanded. In TN, they would be too if Naifeh wasn’t speaker.

Jimmy Naifeh (the speaker who kills Tennessee’s pro gun bills) is up for re-election. Meet his opponent, Rory Bricco. He’s quite pro-gun.

A while back, the privacy rights of handgun carry permit holders could have been protected. But Naifeh killed the bill. Now, a bill is written to protect the privacy rights of government employees and it is passed unanimously: A proposal to close public access to state and local employees’ home addresses and phone numbers has […]

Naifeh, as he always does, killed some pro-gun bills. So, I got this nice little email from Bill Hobbs and TNGOP pointing me to a post that says I should pony up some dollars to the TN GOP to make Naifeh pay. No way. The TN GOP will not get a dime from me. After […]

A couple of major gun stories going on in Tennessee. The first is this bit from Tom Humphrey on handgun carry permit data: House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh and the Legislature’s newest member, Karen Camper of Memphis, combined today to keep handgun carry permit records open to the public, after a subcommittee initially supported making the […]

I told you Naifeh would kill all the pro-gun bills. And he did.

It may pass this time thanks to Rep. Briley getting drunk and acting the fool: State Rep. Rob Briley is no longer a member of a key House subcommittee that under his guidance in the past has been a roadblock to passage of so-called “guns in bars” legislation and similar bills. […] The bill died […]

Looks like the senate passed the bill overwhelmingly: The state Senate passed a bill today to allow gun carry permit holders to take their firearms into bars. The bill passed 24-6. The permit holder carrying the gun into a place that serves alcohol is not allowed to consume alcohol under the legislation. Rob is right, […]

Tennessee Tax Revolt: Dont BURN it, RETURN it. The Knoxville News Sentinel is reporting that WE, the TAXPAYERS overpaid our taxes by $1.3 billion in this budget year. In their words, the “State will have money to burn.” This is OUR Money and we should get part of this overpayment back!! We have heard rumors that […]

We know how I feel about the smoking ban. Good to see Naifeh do the right thing. For once: Despite reports of growing support for a ban on smoking in workplaces, House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh said Wednesday he opposes the idea and believes most other legislators feel the same way. MKS says: Can you say […]

Tennessee Tax Revolt emails: Please act TODAY and Click HERE to EMAIL Governor Bredesen, Speaker Naifeh, Speaker Wilder, Senator Ramsey and Representative McMillan to tell them this is a Golden opportunity to reduce the Sales Tax on Groceries. Urgent: PLEASE Email Governor Bredesen with the link below. Governor Bredesen and the Tennessee General Assembly will […]

Blake notes how Naifeh keeps killing pro-gun bills potentially out of a conflict with some NRA types. He notes: The only thing that’s going to help firearm owners in this state is a change of leadership in the House. This can only happen at the voting booth.

An unsigned piece in the Tennessean comes out against the bill to allow concealed weapons holders to pack in places that serve alcohol: A proposal to allow guns to be carried in bars and restaurants was a bad idea last year and a bad idea this year. Gun advocates are reportedly reloading and aiming for […]

Post updated a lot. Scroll down for the latest. Donald Sensing notes: Local news radio stations are reporting that agents of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, acting on federally-provided information, are arresting members of the Tennessee state legislature even as I write. The arrests are taking place at the state capitol itself. At least three […]

Matthew White sums up Naifeh’s actions: To those of you who count yourself as pro-2nd Amendment but vote for a Democrat to represent you in the House, remember this incident. Even if your Democrat shares your views on guns, he will vote for Jimmy Naifeh to be Speaker. And Naifeh is no friend to gun […]

Stacey Campfield, addressing the concealed carry in bars issue, notes some foul play by Naifeh: Today a bill slipped through that Naifeh didn’t want out of committee. Some legislators did not show up for the vote and a pro-NRA bill (conceal carry) slipped through the sub-committee system. Speaker Naifeh flipped out! His people did not […]