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MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012

Congressional field hearing Monday in Murfreesboro (Associated Press)Gov. Bill Haslam and U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker are to testify Monday in MurfreesboroRepublican dominated Congressional field hearing. U.S. Reps. Scott Desjarlais, Diane Black and MarBlackburn, all Republicans like the other three, also are scheduled to attend. The subject is "Tennessee JCreation: Do Federal G overnment R egulations Help or Hinder Tennessee's Economic Development?" Thearing will be conducted by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Chairman Darrell IR-Calif., said the federal government has yet to grasp the effects of what he called burdensome regulations tobstruct job growth and economic recovery. The hearing will be at the Business and Aerospace BuildinMiddle Tennessee State Univers ity.http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/congressional-field-hearing-

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Join Governor Haslam at Southern Growth Policies Conference (Biz Clarksville)Make plans now to attend the Southern Growth Policies Board 2012 Chairmans Conference hosted by G ov.Haslam on June 25-26, 2012 in Chattanooga, Tenn. at The Chattanoogan Hotel. The conference will exam job and workforce trends, with a view towards re-im agining tomorrows educated worker. This will inexploring tough questions, such as: How can we determine the skills needed for future jobs w hen were not swhat those jobs will be? How can we raise awareness of potential career paths and opportunities? What are timplications for P-16? What is the business perspective and what role will the business sector play in preparation? And how do we connect the dots between different players-from K -12 to community collegeuniversities to industry?http://businessclarksville.com/2012/06/17/join-governor-haslam-at-southern-growth-policies-conference-45239

18 apply for TRA top director post (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Sher)Interviews start today for some of the 18 people who have applied to become the first executive director ofTennessee R egulatory Authority. Lynn Greer, a former TRA director w ho is president and CEO of N ashvbased Greer Investment Co., is among the ap plicants. So is Joseph W erner, a CPA in the state's Department Finance and Administration who formerly served the TRA as telecommunications chief, financial analyst aother roles. Two others with current or former TRA ties have applied, as well as several utility indconsultants or analysts, executives with smaller utilities, and the senior director of government affairsCorrections Corporation of America. The Tennessee Regulatory Authority's duties include rate-settingmonopoly utilities like Tennessee American Water and Chattanooga G as. State lawmakers this year granRepublican Gov. Bill Haslam's wish to change the organization's governance from four full-time board memto a part-time board with five members and a full-time executive director.

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Field of 18 applicants seeking appointment as TRA head (N-S/Humphrey)Eighteen people have applied for the job of running day-to-day operations of the Tennessee RegulatAuthority, including the first chairman of the agency and three current or former TRA employees. The uregulating TRA was substantially changed earlier this year with passage of legislation pushed by Gov.Haslam. The transformation replaces the present four full-time directors w ith a five-member part-time boardcreates a new position for a full-time executive director. During legislative debate, critics of the Haslamquestioned whether the executive director would effectively run the agency with the part-time board serving rubber stamp for his or her decisions. Proponents rejected such contentions. The deadline for submitt
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applications was June 6, but the Haslam administration in response to a request made a day later did nprovide a full list of applicants until Friday.http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/field-of-18-applicants-seeking-appointment-as/

Chattanooga State explores honors college (Associated Press)Chattanooga State Community College plans to launch a pilot honors college that will allow some studentschance to graduate with a bachelors degree from a private school. The pilot program is set to begin in the with 16 students, who will participate part time. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the goal ishave the program fully operational by the fall of 2013. It will be open to students who have A CT scores of at 27 and a grade point average of 3.6. So far, Chattanooga State has partnered with three schools to offer tfour-year degrees Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee and Berry and Morehouse collegesGeorgia. School officials are continuing discussions with institutions, including Vanderbilt and Beuniversities. We have many people in our community who are the first of their family who aspire to go to coand they might be college ready from point of view from an ACT or SAT score, but do they really know thiscultural change thats going to occur when they go to an elite school? asked James Catanzaro, presidentChattanooga State.http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120618/NEWS21/306180025/Chattanooga-State-explores-honors-college?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|N ews(SUBSCRIPTION)

Counties housing Taft Youth Development Center teens (Times Free-Press/Sher)State efforts to close down Taft Youth Development Center and transfer some of Tennessee's toughest teeoffenders to other state facilities are creating a flow of delinquents into some county lockups, several offisay. "All I'm hearing is the detention centers are holding them until there's an opening [at state facilities] andpiling up and bottlenecking," said Rep. Jim Cobb, R-Spring City, who was among area lawmakers opposeclosing the 95-year-old center in Bledsoe County. Department of Children's Services spokeswoman MSudderth denied in an em ail that there are problems related to shuttering Taft. It houses offenders ages 16 to with at least three prior felony convictions, or those convicted of violent crimes or who have proven difficmanage in other state facilities. "We aim to place all Youth Development Center-eligible youth within 30 datheir commitment," Sudderth said in the email. "On June 14, 2012, the average length of stay for a youth wain detention before being placed in a Youth Development Center was 14 days." A year ago, it was 22 days, ssaid. Area lawmakers also pointed out that the final closure has been delayed from July 1, the start of the nbudget year, to July 13. But Sudderth said, "We would argue that there is no delay."http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/tennessee-counties-housing-taft-tee ns/?local

Blackwood had p lanned to tell it like it is (Knoxville News-Sentinel/Satterfield)Judge held back in spat It may have devolved into a shouting match, but last week's hearing on a motion to trforce Senior Judge Jon K erry Blackwood from helming one of Knoxville's most horrific criminal cases was compared to what Blackwood said he initially intended. Tired of being blamed for the legal morass in the w arevelations former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner was an alcoholic turned pill awith a criminal mistress, Blackwood recounted Thursday a chat with his father, who was upset at the puscourging his son was receiving for granting new trials to the defendants in the January 2007 torture slayingChannon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23. "He says to me, 'Jon Kerry, why don't you get up there tell them what's going on,' " Blackwood recalled of his father. "I said, 'Daddy, I can't do that.' " But Blackwood said, he received a copy of District Attorney General Randy N ichols' motion to recuse Blackwooa motion that accused him of all manner of m isconduct and indicated he had lost all objectivity in the case.http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/17/reporters-notebook-blackwood-planned-jerry-show/

Attorney general's view allays concern over open meetings (AP/Schelzig)A state lawmaker says a recent legal opinion from the states attorney general has soothed concerns aboTennessees open meetings law. Republican Rep. Tony Shipley of Kingsport said he requested the opinion clarify that local government officials can meet privately over a meal, as long as they dont decide pubusiness. My county commissioners were concerned they couldnt even go to lunch together, and I told thedont think thats the intent, Shipley said. So essentially thats what I asked the AG , and he said: No, of cothey can go to lunch together. Attorney General Bob Cooper cautioned in the opinion that while official
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share meals, they must avoid deliberating about official matters, which has been defined to mean to examand consult in order to form an opinion, or to weigh arguments for and against a proposed course of actioThe Tennessee County Commissioners Association during this years legislative session sought to have tstates open m eetings law changed to allow private meetings among officials as long as a quorum isnt presenhttp://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120618/NEWS21/306180024/Attorney-general-s-view-allays-concern-over-open-meetings?odyssey=tab|topnews|text| News(SUBSCRIPTION)

Legislative candidates ramping up cam paign activities (News-Sentinel/Vines)Candidates for different seats in the Legislature to represent Knox County will have activities this week. SSen. Becky Duncan Massey, a Republican who represents the 6th District after being elected in a specelection last fall, will kick off her re-election bid 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Foundry. She said she will stresssupport for a fiscally responsible and balanced state budget, major initiatives to curb prescription and synthdrug abuse, job growth and measures to improve education. She noted the General Assembly adjourned Maywhich was the quickest in 14 years. "This saved taxpayers a great deal of money," said M assey, who has opponent in the Aug. 2 primary. Evelyn Gill, a special-education teacher, is the lone Democrat seeking the pGloria Johnson, Knox County Democratic Party chair who is the only candidate running in her party's Auprimary to succeed retiring state Rep. Ha rry Tindell to represent the 13th D istrict, will participate in a round discussion on the proposed Tennessee First Act at 1:30 p.m. today at the Time Warp Tea Room. The legislatiwould give priority for state projects to in-state businesses.http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/georgiana-vines-legislative-candidates-ramping/

Veteran Tennessee legislators square off (Comm ercial Appeal/Locker)Shelby County's loss of two seats in the state House this year means four incumbent Memphis Democrats asquaring off in two separate Midtown-centered districts this summer. In Memphis' House District 90, Rep. DeBerry and Rep. Jeanne Richardson are running, along with community activist Ian Richardson. In HoDistrict 93, Rep. G .A. Hardaway and Rep. Mike K ernell are running for the same seat. Both districts are heDemocratic and have no Republican candidates in the general election. The two districts border each other acomprise most of Midtown and Poplar-Highland areas, with extensions into South and N orth Memphis and uFrayser. The four incumbents have a total of 66 years of experience in the state legislature, with Kernell alcounting for 38, followed by DeBerry with 18. Hardaway and Richardson have five years each, after both special elections in 2007.http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/jun/18/veteran-legislators-square-off/(SUBSCRIPTION)

Officials welcome voter files case settlement (Chattanooga Times Free-Press/Sher)A spokesman for Tennessee Secretary of State Tr Hargett and state Election Coordinator Mark Goins saSunday both welcome a settlement reached last week in a legal dispute involving state voter files. TennessDemocratic Party officials say their data experts found full or partial voter histories missing for about 11state-maintained voter files they obtained last month. The assertions were introduced in federal court Friday lawsuit filed by Dem ocrats and former Democratic U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, who was turned away from thein the March primary. "We're actually very happy with this settlement," spokesman Blake Fontenay said telephone message on behalf of Hargett and G oins, both Republicans. "Just like we offered to let you loovoter files to verify they're not missing, we're happy to let a special master come in to do that and we welcothe opportunity. ... We want to be transparent." Judges sometimes appoint special masters in complex civil cawhere their expertise would assist the court. The Times Free Press reported Sunday that U.S. District JudKevin Sharp requested both sides agree to a proposed consent decree. They did so Friday night, and it will submitted to the court this week.http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/tennessee-officials-welcome-voter-files-case/?local

Tennessee's tiny Philadelphia endangered (Associated Press/Willett)Future unclear as election looms The fate of Philadelphia is in the hands of a small group of citizen voluntbattling financial burdens that threaten the tiny Loudon County towns very existence. The town was almcounted out four years ago when it couldnt find anyone to run for mayor or other offices. Volunteers steppeto lead the town, but as another election looms, future leadership remains uncertain. At a county commiss
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budget committee meeting earlier this month, the Philadelphia fire department was criticized for poor responsmutual aid calls. Committee members also said they were concerned about the financial health of community. The committee recommended that the county no longer provide $23,000 in funding for thedepartment. With one convenience store, one motel, a couple of used car dealerships and the flagshSweetwater Farms Dairy, the 1.6-square-mile town doesnt have much of a tax base, admits Mayor PStallings.http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20120618/NEWS21/306180029/Tennessee-s-tiny-Philadelphia-endangere(SUBSCRIPTION)

Grundy unhealthiest county in state, study says (Times Free-Press/Benton)A national study puts Grundy at the bottom of Tennessee's 95 counties when it comes to factors affecting heaand life expectancy, including death rates, access to health care and healthy foods, economic and educatiofactors, diet and smoking rates. Even at dead last, Grundy is not far below Marion and Sequatchie, which r88th and 89th, respectively. Meigs, Rhea and Polk all rank in the bottom 25 percent of Tennessee countiaccording to the 2012 County Health Rankings. The study, released in April by the Robert Wood JohnFoundation and the University of Wisconsin Pop ulation H ealth Institute, analyzes factors w ithin four categorhealth behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors and physical environment -- each of which conseveral measures. Grundy ranked in the bottom 25 percent -- 72nd or w orse -- of Tennessee counties in three the four categories, the study shows. It ranked 89th in health factors, which includes a 35th ranking in hebehaviors, 92nd in clinical care and 88th in social and economic factors. But the county notched a 31st ransecond best next to Bledsoe among Southeast Tennessee's 10 counties -- under physical environment factorthanks to its clean air and access to healthy food, study officials said.http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/grundy-unhealthiest-in-state-study-says/?local

Bradley GOP, school officials split on wheel tax (Times Free-Press/Higgins)Bradley County Republican Party chairman and local school officials do not see eye to eye when it comes to$32 wheel tax referendum on the Aug. 2 ballot. "We oppose any new tax," Bradley GOP Chairman David Smsaid Thursday. The Republican Party is not opposed to education or to any individual, he said. The couDemocratic Party has taken no official position. Several schools, in both the city and county school systems,appealing for "yes" votes on their marquee signs. Bradley County school board Chairman Charlie Rose agrthat no one really wants a wheel tax. "But given the current state of funding in our county, combined witcurrent state of capital projects necessary for our students, many of us have come to the realization that we nea wheel tax," Rose said. "The county system is requesting funds for replacement projects or add itional spacecurrent student needs." The city school system, and the Cleveland City Council, endorsed the CouCommission's resolution calling for a referendum.http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/bradley-gop-school-officials-split-on-tennessee/?local

Memphis VA recruiting 21 new staff members (Associated Press)The Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center is recruiting 19 mental health clinicians and two support persofor newly created positions. According to a news release from the VA, the agency expects that they will be hlocally and within six months or so. The positions are among 1,600 clinicians and about 300 support staffadded to the existing national workforce. The Memphis center has already received funds for the posts, the said. It currently has 162 mental health clinicians and support staff. New staff members may review long-tand Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder research and explore alternative therapies.http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/memphis-va-recruiting-21-new-staff-members/

Asbestos shuts Oak Ridge federal site (Associated Press)Federal officials say they have indefinitely closed the federal building in Oak Ridge after asbestos was foduring a semiannual inspection. The building houses about 350 Department of Energy workers, but also offices for contractors and the Oak Ridge staff of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn. DOE spokesman MKoentop told the Knoxville News-Sentinel that a meeting has been scheduled today to address plans fotemporary workspace until the problem can be resolved. He said the building was shut down as a precautafter inspectors found asbestos-containing insulation had become dislodged in the buildings heating-and
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system in more than one area. He said preliminary air samples taken inside the building were clean thomore testing is being done.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/NEWS21/306180018/Asbestos-shuts-Oak-Ridge-federal-site?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CNews&nclick_check=1(SUBSCRIPTION)

CEO: MTMC m ove worth costs (Daily News Journal)Middle Tennessee Medical Centers move from Highland Avenue to Medical Center Parkway in 2010 wcostly one, according to a report filed by the nonprofit hospital. However, MTMC President and CEO GoFerguson said building the new facility was the right thing to do. We had outgrown the old hospital, Fersaid. We only had the ability to accommodate 216 patients there, and we expanded up to our 286 bed capachere at the new facility. The filing in May of the nonprofit hospitals Form 990 tax form for nonprofits shofinancial impact of that move. MTMC reported a $10,933,735 loss in the July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, fyear, according to a summary of revenue and expenses on the form. We had several million dollars of one-tiexpenses related to the move, Ferguson explained. A lot of that had to do w ith the obvious physical move, the training and retraining of our staff. In addition to hiring new staff, we had to train existing staff and orientto the new building. We also implemented several new computer systems related to labs, radiology pharmacy. We also w ent through a customer service program that w as designed to bring our associates back the real purpose we are here and that is to serve our patients.http://www.dnj.com/article/20120618/NEWS/306180028/CEO-MTMC-move-worth-costs?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE&nclick_check=1(SUBSCRIPTION)

State authorization of charters catches school board off guard (CP/Garrison)When Tennessees A chievement School District a new g overnance body that oversees the states 85 loweperforming schools announced June 4 it had authorized three charter organizations to collectively launchto 10 schools in N ashville, the citys elected school board was caught off guard. It kind of surprised me thatwould come in and announce the possibility of a takeover at one or two of these schools without collaboratiothe local board veteran Metro school board member Ed Kindall told The City Paper. If we dont have a understanding, Im sure the publics probably very confused, he added. The shock of some board membhighlighted a potential communications challenge for Gov. Bill Haslams boldest education reform endeavothe ASD, a 1-year-old powerful, yet oft-overlooked, entity that presides over the states bottom 5 percenschools. Equipped with complete governing autonomy, the ASDs strategy is centered largely on tapping chaschools, which rely on public funds but also private boards of directors, to intervene at troubled public schoolhttp://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/state-authorization-charters-catches-school-board-guard

School board member wants early transfer to Aitken (CA/Roberts)Unified school board member Betty Mallott, seeking to begin work on merging the school districts, will intra resolution at Tuesday's board work session that would start the process of turning over the responsibilityrunning Memphis City Schools to Shelby County Schools Supt. John Aitken. The transfer would be based oboard-approved plan. The merger is set for August 2013, as federal Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays ruled. MSupt. Dr. Kriner Cash's job would be to "submit the various responsibilities of operations" under his authorAitken, Mallott says, in the year before the merger. "My resolution presumes that the superintendent for Memstays in his place and the superintendent from Shelby County Schools stays in his place to begin the work."ease the strain of transferring major departments, Mallott suggests MCS begin turning them over now.http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/jun/18/proposal-is-more-power-to-aitken/ (SUBSCRIPTION)

Memphis teachers get job loss notices (Associated Press)More than 30 city school teachers in Memphis got termination notices and another 90 are awaiting tenhearings as the district completes the first year of a new teacher evaluation process. is the first year Tennessschool districts are using a multi-measure scale that rates teachers based on factors including studeachievement and principal observations in the classroom. Many school districts, including Shelby CoSchools, have said they dont plan to make personnel decisions based on the scores in the new evaluations, bMemphis City Schools said it would. District officials told The Commercial Appeal that fewer than 25 are considered for termination based solely on their job reviews. The majority are cited for issues suchinsubordination, neglect of duty or inefficiency. The district has rarely recommended so many teachers be lein one year.
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Williamson County schools seek more minority teachers (Tennessean/Giordano)2 districts struggle to increase diversity Williamson County Schools employee recruiter Eugene Wade saidrecently had a line on two well-qualified minority applicants for teaching positions in the district. Theyexcited about the job, Wade said. But at the last minute they turned it down. One of the reasons: a lackservices such as hair salons in the county that catered to them. Its difficult where its mostly nonminoritiessaid. They like to join a staff where there are other people like themselves. Such is the challenge that Wadconfronted with in hiring minorities to teach in county classrooms, where, according to the TenneDepartment of Education Report Card for 2011, about 89 percent of the student body is white. Franklin SpeSchool District faces a similar uphill battle, with 69 percent of its students white. It also has a growing numbHispanics, making up about 17 percent of the student population.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/WILLIAMSON01/306180001/Williamson-County-schools-seek-diversity-staffs?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CNews%7Cs&nclick_ check=1(SUBSCRIPTION)

California: Private Fix for Public Parks (Wall Street Journal)Companies W ill Manage Six California Sites to Limit C losures Under Budget Cuts California is close to finbids from private companies to take over day-to-day operations of six state parks, including Brannan Island hin an unprecedented step by the state to prevent mass park closures after stiff budget cuts. On Monday, tstate expects to finish its first corporate agreement, under which American Land & Leisure Co. would take operations of three state parks for five years, the California Department of Parks and Recreation said. Thother state parks also are slated for private m anagement, w hich covers running all concessions, visitor servicsecurity and parks' legal liabilities. The state will maintain ownership of the park lands. The corporate bidspart of California's last-ditch effort to keep mo re state parks open. The nation's second-biggest parks systemarea after Alaska's has been in a tailspin in recent years, with annual funding slashed by $23 m illionor 20%since 2009. "I'm not aware of any state that has concessioned the entire operation of a park to a commerccompany," said Phil McKnelly, executive director of the N ational Association of State Park Directors, a nonfunded by state parks.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303410404577464724255828622.html?mod =ITP_pageone_1(SUBSCRIPTION)

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Free-Press Editorial: Fleeing the 'blue model' (Chattanooga Times Free-Press)Tennessee's governors and state legislators over the last 10 years have made a deliberate decision to operatethe state in a manner that encourages the growth of the economy through the expansion of business, an influxresidents whose m oney moves in our state and holding government expenses in check. The state's standards operation have yielded an unemployment rating lower than the national average, a tax status that is deem
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"business-friendly," and a government that serves its citizenry with an eye toward limited spending and budgIn contrast, many state and local governments of decades past have tended to operate within a model that wsupported and written about by Dr. John Kenneth Galbraith, a Keynesian economist who served in administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. This modeoperation theorized that a powerful government, strong unions and large corporations would exert "countervapower" and w ere the essential ingredients to a successful, fair economy.http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/18/fleeing-the-blue-model/?opinionfreepress

Editorial: EPA rule will make all breathe easier (Tennessean)A vote in the U .S. Senate this week could determine w hether our air will be safe to breathe. Some Republicaled by Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, are pushing legislation to overturn a new Environmental ProtecAgency rule that would clean up toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants. The EPA rule has long bneeded, because without the scrubbers and filters that the rule would require plants to install in tsmokestacks, Americans will continue to be subjected to high mercury emissions, which lead to serious bdefects and mental retardation in children, along with respiratory illnesses in children and adults. Withexceptions, Tennessee Valley Authority being one of them, utilities have refused to add the scrubbers voluntaclaiming that its too costly. The EPA rule, Utility MACT, w ould require all power plants to emit no mo re mas of 2016 than the cleanest plants do today.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/OPINION01/306180003/EPA-rule-will-make-all-breathe-easier?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7COpinion%7Cp&nclick_check=1(SUBSCRIPTION)Gail Kerr: Lamar Alexander takes a stand for air quality (Tennessean)A refreshing breeze is wafting through Tennessee politics. One of the states favorite sons is bucking his oparty to stand up for something he feels passionately. Good for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. Of course, genbreezes can be followed by storms, and this is no exception. Hes catching hell for saying what he thinAlexander, for the second time in a year, is backing a clean-air rule written by the Obama administration. first time forces coal-fired power plants to clean up their act and stop blowing their nasty smoke acTennessee borders. This time, it is about requiring they slash emissions of mercury. The change is adamantopposed by the Republican party, of which Alexander is a member. The result? Blow back. Tennesseans aseeing their favorite senator and former governor attacked by a group called American Commitmenmudslinging commercials that say Alexander and Obam a are waging a war on coa l. The change would prodbillions in new costs, higher electricity prices, and fewer jobs for Tennessee workers, the commercials say.http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/COLUMNIST0101/306180015/Gail-Kerr-Lamar-Alexander-takesstand-air-quality?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CNews%7Cp&nclick_ check=1(SUBSCRIPTION)

Editorial: Alexander once again stands up for clean air (News-Sentinel)U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has been consistent in his support for clean air in Tennessee's skies, even when has brought the wrath of special-interest groups. The Tennessee Republican has been in exactly that situatifor the past week when he said he would vote to support a new clean-air rule. The senator's stand made him ttarget of an advertising campaign that accuses him of "siding with (President Barack) Obama and his warcoal." The Hill newspaper in Washington, D.C., says that $1 million is being spent on the ad campaign in states to persuade Alexander and three other senators to vote in favor of a resolution by Sen. James Inhofe, Okla., to disapprove the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATSpower plants. American Commitment, a recently formed conservancy advocacy group, is behind thecampaign. As an alternative to Inhofe's resolution, Alexander is introducing legislation, along with Sen. Pryor, D-Ark., to allow utilities six years, instead of the EPA's designated three years, to comply with the Alexander said many utilities have requested the extension.http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jun/18/editorial-alexander-once-again-stands-up-for-air/

Guest columnist: Air rule will literally save lives (Tennessean)Power plant pollution makes people sick and can cut lives short. That is why cleaning up coal-fired pow er plis a long overdue, lifesaving necessity that thankfully Sen. Lamar Alexander has embraced to secure bothealthy and sound economic future for our state. I treat patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmondisease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other lung diseases in those whose lungs are especiavulnerable to the power-plant emissions. But they are not the only ones at risk. My children and yours also
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highly susceptible to the long-term repercussions of having to breathe dirty air growing up, which science telcan prevent lungs from maturing properly. We desperately need Sen. Alexander and Sen. Bob Corker to ensureceive protection from these toxic pollutants now, not years from now. Protecting them is the recently adopPower Plant Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, as required under the C lean Air Act. Astonishingly, a campis under way to block these public-health protections. Until these standards take effect, coal-fired power plhave no national limits on the amount of mercury or acid gases they may pump out of their smokestacks and the air we breathe. These standards will prevent 370 premature deaths every year just in Tennessee and wprovide $3 billion in annual health benefits by 2http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120618/OPINION03/306180005/Air-rule-will-literally-save-lives?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7COpinion%7Cp&nclick_check=1(SUBSCRIPTION)

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