October 28, 2005

The Black Caucus Strikes Back

It looks like Memphis lawmaker Ulysses Jones will be filing an ethics complaint against Rep. Stacey Campfield on Monday.

State Rep. Ulysses Jones, D-Memphis, said Thursday he plans to file an ethics complaint against Rep. Stacey Campfield over the Knoxville Republican's sponsorship of legislation that could have benefited him as a landlord.

Campfield disputed that he would have benefited from the bill. He said Jones was making a "baseless attack" in retaliation for Campfield's criticisms of the Black Caucus.

The complaint looks like a little bit of a strech to me, but ok.

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How does Campfield benefit from a bill which allows landlords to talk to each other about tenant history? I could see some civil libertarians being upset about this bill, but otherwise I agree that it's quite a stretch.

Jones says if amended the bill COULD have...blah, blah, blah.

If amended? This is sheer desperation.

Posted by: at October 28, 2005 03:15 PM