8/30/2004 04:28:13 PM|||Nathan Moore|||

For those of you who may not be from around here, there has been a mini-scandal a-brewing about a speeding ticket that the Deputy Governor, Dave Cooley, got dismissed, or allegedly got dismissed. The deputy governor is an appointed position, and Cooley is, of course, a Democrat (of course, only because we presently have a Democratic governor).

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has initiated an investigation into the incident (really). Apparently there was a shortage of money launderers and real crimes to pursue. There has been a call by some Republicans to place Cooley on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation.

My response - who cares. This is the kind of petty partisanship I want no part of. The Bredesen administration is running a remarkably clean ship. Throwing soft darts at pseudoscandals is not the way to bring it down. Let's concentrate on something real - not a "scandal" erupting over a dismissed speeding ticket.

|||109390189388928570|||Too Much!