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The Kansas City Star cites a Tennessee Center for Policy Research report finding that the lengthening of yellow-light times was more successful at reducing accidents than red light cameras. Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson gives his Best and Worst Lists of Tennessee Politics for 2008 on the Mike Slater Show. Hear Mike Slater every weekday morning on West Tennessee’s TJ Network, 1390 AM, 94.3 FM and 105.3 FM.
Drew Johnson of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research joins “Let’s Talk Frank” to share the story of Connecticut’s economic collapse resulting from the state’s decision to implement an income tax on 850 WKVL Knoxville, 1290 WATO Oak Ridge, 1140 WLOD Loudon and 1400 WGAP Maryville. The Weakley County Press features the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s “Lump of Coal” award, which went to the Tennesseans who, more than any others, bah-humbugged the principles of liberty and limited government in 2008. Justin Owen, co-author of the recent Tennessee Center for Policy Research report criticizing red light cameras, joins Mike Slater on TJ Network, 1390 AM, 94.3 FM and 105.3 FM to discuss Jackson’s proposed expansion of their red light camera program. The Tennessee Center for Policy Research criticizes the socialist-style government sponsored “Connected Tennessee” broadband scheme in the Christmas Day edition of the Tennessean. |
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Constitutionally dubious red light camera programs used by numerous cities in Tennessee make intersections more dangerous, and over half the money collected by cities goes directly to the red light camera companies. The third-annual version of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s notorious exposé of government misuse of your money uncovers more than $260 million in waste, fraud and abuse of tax dollars. Citizens Against Government Waste again co-sponsors this must-read report.
A survey of 1,200 Tennesseans finds disapproval of the state’s public schools and a desire for more school choice options. |
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research encourages state lawmakers to use the state budget shortfall as an opportunity to trim fat from the budget in an opinion article in the Sunday’s Tennessean.
Voters in Polk County prevented both an $11 annual wheel tax and a half cent sales tax increase by hefty margins.
Residents of Washington County defeated a proposed $50 wheel tax increase by a 71% to 29% landslide. |
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