Against the Whole Thing

It's refreshing when an elected official attacks government ethics
head-on. This is what Tennessee state representative Willie "Butch"
Borchert did in an impromptu speech yesterday, according to <a href="http://www.wreg.com/sns-ap-tn-xgr--ethicscommission-borchert,0,4377566…; target="”_blank”">an
Associated Press report</a>.<br>
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He wants to do away with the state ethics commission altogether,
arguing that it isn't necessary since the Tennessee Waltz sting
operation was successful and that the state can't afford the $900,000 it
spends on the ethics commission (only $379,000 is spent, according to the EC's
executive director).<br>
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"I'm against the whole thing, and I don't care who knows it," Borchert
is quoted as saying.<br>
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