James Reesor 2010 Campaign Issues #4 Tennessee voters need info from the media. It’s impossible to "Vote Smart" if the media keeps people too stupid to make wise choices! One newspaper did it right. The others are catering to Democrats or Republicans. Compare “ALL” gubernatorial candidates before voting! COPIED from The Daily Herald -- Maury County, Columbia, Tennessee Elections 2010 Q&A: Candidates for Governor, combined answers EDITOR’S NOTE: The questions appearing here were selected by the editorial staff of The Daily Herald, and the candidate’s responses are presented verbatim unless editing was required because of length (candidates were asked to limit responses to 50 words). 1. Pre-kindergarten education was one of the hallmark programs implemented by Gov. Phil Bredesen. If elected, would you support expanding the pre-K program, or given the state’s financial problems, scaling back pre-K or eliminating it entirely? BAYRON BINKLEY (Independent): I would not continue funding the Pre-K Program. Instead I would re-direct those funds to our K-12 program, provide additional tuition assistance for our college students, and provide funding for adult education. I believe we should see a greater and quicker return on our education investment by eliminating the Pre-K program. DR. BRANDON DODDS (Independent): I would not be in favor of expanding the pre-K program. I do think it eases the transition to kindergarten for children. However, studies have shown there has been no long-term educational benefit for pre-K programs. I would leave the program at its current level. SAMUEL D. DUCK (Independent): Eliminate the program. It’s just another way for the government to spend money and tax it’s citizens. K-12 is in bad enough shape as it is. The tax payers don’t want to pay another penny. Job losses are driving revenue down. Precisely where do you think we’re going to get the money? The only other option is divert revenue from K-12. DAVID GATCHELL (Independent): No responses given. JUNE GRIFFIN (Independent): I am opposed to expanding the pre-K program and would scale back pre-K programs and attempt to eliminate it entirely. TONI HALL (Independent): No responses given. BILL HASLAM (Republican primary): I support maintaining the program where it already exists — in high-need areas — while continuing to evaluate its effectiveness and prioritizing K-12 education over Pre-K expansion during these challenging economic times. I do not support mandatory Pre-K. MIKE KNOIS (Independent): No responses given. BASIL MARCEAUX SR. (Independent): No responses given. BOYCE McCALL (Independent): pre-kindergarten education will be the recipient of the Tennessee lottery funds with the upper grades k- college to receive pro rada! The sale of lottery tickets was a crime, TCA 39-2006 ET SEQ, until Gov. Bredesen signed into law the amoral legislation. DONALD RAY McFOLIN (Independent): When the present governor announces new cuts every week or so, how can the new governor justify the pre-K program.” MIKE McWHERTER (Democratic primary): Across this country, study after study has shown that individuals enrolled in pre-K programs have a much better foundation for academic and professional success. I share Governor Bredesen’s commitment to this issue and will work to expand voluntary Pre-K programs in every county. LINDA KAY PERRY (Independent): No responses given. JAMES REESOR (White Horse Independent): Educational books and computer software programs could be used in homes where adult guardians are available to supervise the activities of young children. Insufficient government budgets in coming years will require us to adjust “pre-K” objectives by eliminating everything but essential public school basics. THOMAS SMITH II (Independent): No responses given. HOWARD M. SWITZER (Independent): No responses given. CARL “TWO FEATHERS” WHITAKER (Independent): No matter the financial problems of the state, education cannot take a back seat to expenditures. We would see what areas of the program could be better managed certainly and look for cost savings but we would not scale it back and certainly not eliminate it. 2. The General Motors assembly plant is on standby, and thousands of jobs have been lost in southern Middle Tennessee as a result. As governor, what would you do to make the Spring Hill factory productive again and bring jobs back to the community? BINKLEY: I would like to have a behind close doors heart to heart conversation with GM officials. I have some issues with its “standby” status. Long story short; if they are not going to use the facility and had received incentives, we will find ways to better utilize that facility than in its present state. DODDS: Our tax laws are designed to crush businesses and drive them overseas. As companies close their doors the tax burden is increased on the remaining businesses and a domino effect is created. As a small businessman, I understand these taxes and what needs to be changed to create a thriving economy. DUCK: As governor, possibly nothing. One thing I thought of was, I would like to see a mutual fund created by one of our local financial companies that specializes in investing in companies that build things in Tennessee. I would also like to see a website that shows where to buy products made in Tennessee. GRIFFIN: The every enterprise will be helped to profit goals by eliminating hindrances to their production: doing away with the agencies which cause hindrances in production, like EPA, OSHA, and other aggravating schemes which create busybody jobs. HASLAM: As governor, I will be strong advocate for the plant and will work hard to bring more jobs to Spring Hill. I want Spring Hill to be the first place GM considers as production demands grow, and I will be aggressive in my pursuit of new opportunities. McCALL: As governor I would rely upon my daily work schedule to include associations personally with the citizens of Columbia and Maury county to do due diligence in order to do that which is necessary to put people back to work. McFOLIN: Keep bugging Washington to stop foreign aid and send the money back to state to use for start-up programs. McWHERTER: For the past several years, automotive companies have been migrating southward from the Midwest to the Southeast. As governor, I would work to capitalize on this trend by recruiting automotive suppliers and original equipment manufacturers that would make use of a skilled Spring Hill labor force in need of work. JAMES REESOR: The idle plant in Spring Hill is a General Motors problem that will only be resolved when most people can afford to purchase new cars again. Maybe unemployment could motivate workers to create bicycle, wagon, or horse carriage factories? A change in our culture might lead to happier life. WHITAKER: As Governor we would meet with the owners and see what ways the Governor’s office could help them out; we then would look at ways to give the owners a tax break to produce incentive for them to hire more people. 3. Our schools are struggling to make ends meet during these tough economic times. Will you support fully funding the Basic Education Program, which provides state education dollars to school districts across the state? BINKLEY: The Basic Education Program would always be fully funded in my administration. As our economic conditions improve, I am hopeful that we can increase those dollars as well to our school districts across the State. DODDS: Yes I support fully fulfilling the states obligation to its schools. Our children are our future. We are counting on today’s students to cure diseases, run businesses, invent things, and make the world we live in a better place. Tennessee is ranked 42nd out of 50 states in education. DUCK: My education model is geared toward local schools making these decisions. I’m trying to mandate as little as possible from the state level, and get the federal government out of education, entirely, if possible. That’s a tall task. I make presentations about how cash flows effect many things, not just education. GRIFFIN: I am opposed to the Basic Education Program. This is another failure which complicates education, rather than helping it. HASLAM: Yes. We’re facing a budget crisis approaching $1.5 billion, and the next governor will be forced to make difficult cuts. However, understanding that education is our best long-term economic development strategy, I will do everything I can to protect education from painful cuts. McCALL: I don’t wish to disparage another candidate but we have one whom I suspect has made millions of dollars for his company. Millions of dollars that could fund the basic program(s). McFOLIN: Yes and bug Washington to stop foreign aid, American students and the schools need the money. McWHERTER: I strongly support full funding of the Basic Education Program. Without a decent education, Tennessee children won’t have the skills to compete in an increasingly competitive job market. As governor, maintaining the Basic Education Program would be one of my top priorities. JAMES REESOR: I support the idea of “educating” our children and adults in every possible way. However, our current system is inadequate to meet marketplace demands. My “Mind Formation System” concept is a seven-year plan that would reduce funding requirements. To accomplish hi-tech futuristic goals, we will need immediate sacrifices. WHITAKER: We will fully support the funding of the Basic Education Program; we would siphon lottery dollars to help fund the K-12 program in Tennessee; we have to undergird basic education first before we can deal with funding our colleges. 4. How would you balance the budget during lean years? BINKLEY: The coming year will be a tough one for the State. I would look at our budget and determine what by law we have to pay for. All other programs that are not bound by law would be subject to cost cutting measures, deferment, or elimination until our economy improves. DODDS: Our state government has a tremendous amount of redundant bureaucracy. It has to be streamlined and made more efficient. As an eye doctor I also know that there is also an incredible amount of waste, fraud and corruption in our TennCare system. DUCK: 2011 will be a lean year. The budget is going to be cut from nearly every program. Education is the largest line item, so it’s not likely to be immune. TennCare is the second largest line item. I’m objected to government run health care. I want to sever that program from the state budget. GRIFFIN: Balanced budget can be achieved by reducing bureaucratic agencies and forced insurance programs for State employees. HASLAM: I will force state government to prioritize the same way a family does. As governor, I will lead a top-to-bottom review of state government to identify and eliminate waste, set priorities and establish measurable goals, and ensure every aspect of state government is operating efficiently and effectively. McCALL: I would balance the budget during “ prosperous years” with the lean years always on my mind. I would work toward placing auditors in every county courthouse and (city hall) to look over the shoulder for fraud and abuse. McFOLIN: Try to find more ways to cut spending and ask Washington to send some of the millions of dollars to Tennessee. Try to get more green jobs created. McWHERTER: As a businessman who sets a budget and makes payroll every month, I understand what it takes to make the difficult decisions required to keep a business afloat. I would balance the budget by combing the books to eliminate pork and useless government spending so our important programs can continue. JAMES REESOR: Reduction of our state government budget by 30-50% during a seven-year transition is vital to several plans I would implement if miraculously elected. Business owners in all 95 counties need relief from excessive regulations. Each person in our state deserves a comfortable lifestyle — free from needless taxation. WHITAKER: We would look at the budget and eliminate wasteful and pork barrel spending first. We would take the budget department by department and take a close look at where expenses could be cut in a strategic way as not to eliminate jobs but to optimize every dollar coming in. 5. What — if anything — can be done to make college more affordable for Tennessee residents? BINKLEY: As I mentioned earlier, I will shift a portion the Pre-K dollars into our Community Colleges, which are a tremendous value in a College Education. We will build, promote, and tout our Community College System throughout out the State. It will be a “Cool Place” to attend! DODDS: Tennessee’s college systems, like all government entities have become large bureaucracies. Rather than maintain two large separate college systems (UT and Tennessee Board of Regents) each of which has its own top-heavy administrative costs, I would merge them into one efficient system. DUCK: People don’t realize if you subsidize a market for the purpose of bringing people into the market who could not afford to be in it to begin with, you increase demand without increasing supply — price goes up, offsetting your subsidy. Eventually, you are out of the tax dollars with little to show for it. GRIFFIN: It is not the State’s responsibility to make college more affordable. HASLAM: We must make sure our higher education institutions are operating efficiently and we must work to make the cost of college more predictable. Families must be able to plan and accurately predict what college will cost, and I believe the process for setting tuition should be improved to reflect that. McCALL: We are all tax payers and we all support our public colleges with our taxes but aren’t able to access our universities. I am a great fan of U.T. sports but the school wastes a lot of resources that could be spent to help reduce student cost. McFOLIN: Try more tax breaks for students and the parents and stop foreign aid, American students need the money! McWHERTER: I’m a strong proponent of making an affordable, post-secondary education system available to every Tennessean. I would work to reduce the cost of education by streamlining Tennessee’s higher education system so students can save money by taking lower level courses at community colleges before entering a four-year institution. JAMES REESOR: My “Striving for Excellence (SE)” concepts could motivate High School students to excel. Scholarships sponsored by potential employers is the best solution to managing unaffordable tuition/fees/housing. Kids with good grades could negotiate with their chosen future employer in hope of “contracting” prior to enrollment. WHITAKER: Take a common sense look at the salaries of the professors and deans and see where those can be adjusted to bring college cost down for the students. We are not seeking to regulate these salaries but we feel that those costs are a major reason colleges have become so expensive. 6. Our communities are heavily burdened with the cost of incarcerating nonviolent offenders, particularly drug offenders. What do you think could be done about this problem? BINKLEY: Another tough issue. Whether or not they are violent or non-violent offenders, the laws are written accordingly — they must be punished. Either we write new laws or get judges to become a little more creative in disbursing punishment. The present jailing system cannot continue as it is. DODDS: When citizens break the law they must be held accountable, nonviolent or violent. Our penal system has to do a better job of preparing the prisoners to become productive members of society as they do their time. As governor I will stress education and hard work in our prison system. DUCK: First of all, bring prayer and paddling back to schools. It’ll take years for that to have an effect again. Next, make prison life punishment again. Men in prison have lost their liberties. These men should be working hard, while serving time. A return of chain gangs might deter someone who thinks prison isn’t so bad. GRIFFIN: Restore non-lawyer judges and return to the County Judge. The entire prison system has become an industry, rather than a place of correction. This must stop. Professional judges and lawyers cannot administer justice. HASLAM: Legislation passed this year will begin to address some of these issues, but the state should continue to work toward tougher sentences for violent criminals and alternative sentencing for nonviolent offenders. As governor, I will work to keep our streets safe and ensure the state is not overburdening local communities. McCALL: I was jailer for a period of time and witnessed the making of horrible criminals out prisoners jailed for minor offenses. I find the entire Tennessee corrections system an embarrassment to the religious establishment. I have the skills to reform the entire system which will reduce the cost per prisoner. McFOLIN: Americans must collectively reduce drug usage to slow demand for the drugs. Drug activity will not be reduced unless people change. McWHERTER: Until the economy recovers, our state will continue to see increases in crimes like theft, and alcohol- and drug-related offenses. I would consider fiscally prudent alternatives to reduce the taxpayer burden of housing inmates. People with jobs are less likely to commit crimes, so my priority will be job creation. JAMES REESOR: Illicit drug use is a societal problem that can only be resolved through spiritual counseling and realistic indoctrination. The “justice system” is not a suitable baby sitter for irresponsible offenders. I strongly endorse “family-managed home incarceration” for self-destructive, soft-hearted people who express a desire for rehabilitation. WHITAKER: Releasing drug offenders back on the street is not the answer to this problem. We would look at cost-effective means to keep those who have committed drug offenses behind bars as determined by the severity of their sentence. 7. Some states want to opt out of the new federal health care plan. What are your feelings on this issue? BINKLEY: I am one that feels that this move by the Federal Government is unconstitutional. I believe there are other avenues to provide Healthcare cost reform. The one that has been devised by the Feds is one that I would NOT choose. DODDS: It is an absolute necessity to not allow Obamacare to be implemented in Tennessee. There are four major factors that are ruining our healthcare system and Obamacare makes all four exponentially worse. It cuts benefits to our senior citizens and gives them to illegal immigrants. DUCK: I don’t even agree with mandatory participation in social security, medicare, or unemployment insurance. The health control bill is way beyond that. Expect me to fight it tooth and nail. GRIFFIN: Mandated insurance is out of the bounds of both the State and Federal constitution and is an infringement on our basic rights to liberty. Forced buying is un-American. HASLAM: As governor, I will pursue every available option to prevent the damaging impact of this legislation. We must stand up for our right to govern our state according to our own priorities and tell Washington that we simply cannot afford this unbearable unfunded mandate. McCALL: As the recipient of benefits from the federal health care plan I must support the system. I plan to keep my eye upon the system to end massive fraud and abuse that goes on in the programs. I have found it next to impossible to report abuse to the noted authorities. McFOLIN: I feel the states should have the right to opt out if the majority of the residents of the state feel to opt out. McWHERTER: What worries me about the new federal health care plan is that it has the potential to strap Tennessee taxpayers with a major unfunded federal mandate. Many components of this reform measure do not go in to effect until 2014. JAMES REESOR: I’m totally opposed to the Obama healthcare package. It should be repealed before further damage is done to the economy. Believers in God, and in the power of prayer, should emphasize “faith, compassion, and charity.” The health care industry has become too dependent on Medicare, Medicaid, TennCare and insurance companies. WHITAKER: If elected Governor we pledge to fight the federal health care plan with everything in us. As it stands now, Tennessee is not one of the states suing the federal government over this issue; if elected Governor, we pledge that will be one of the first things we’d look into doing. 8. In coming years, federal stimulus dollars allocated to Tennessee will be depleted. What are your plans to help the state overcome the sudden decline of stimulus money? BINKLEY: The State knew that the stimulus money was not a re-occurring income source when it received those funds. The State must become very proactive, take bold moves and use creative themes to help speed up our recovery rate and “Rebuild the Quality of Life” in Tennessee. DODDS: As governor I will help Tennessee become an economic juggernaut that does not need any federal stimulus money to be viable. We will reduce, streamline, and simplify business taxes to the point where we become an industrial magnet. DUCK: In coming years? Most of it runs out the day Bredesen leaves office. When I said we’re going to have an 8% budget shortfall, I’m already considering that. The state budget’s going to get smaller, fast. GRIFFIN: With reduced State employment, ending hindrances to private industry, and an end to federal mandates, the economy would flourish. HASLAM: Our state will face a budget gap approaching $1.5 billion next year. I will not raise taxes, and I am 100 percent opposed to a state income tax. We must force state government to prioritize and restructure it in order to make it leaner and more efficient for the future. McCALL: I have no objective idea at this time, but, I can assure your readers that I am very skilled tracing down personally, money entrusted to the governor to spend. I will spend full time working from the governors office and not in the sky. EGO’S shall be checked at the front door. McFOLIN: I would need to consult with present people in the present administration and ask some questions before I could give a more specific answer, need to know the problems. McWHERTER: My first order of business as governor would be to restore the rainy-day fund so that Tennessee has the ability to weather hard-times.My plan to create jobs by providing tax breaks to small businesses would set up an economy free from dependence on federal funds. JAMES REESOR: Drastic changes in our marketplace culture can lead to self-sustaining lifestyles. United families need to work within a community plan to revitalize small business incentives. I’ve been advocating “Free Barter Market” concepts to enable goods and services wherever there is a need or desire. WHITAKER: We would seek to generate funds through the creation of more job programs and eliminate waste and fraud in the state’s welfare and public assistance programs and make it harder for people to abuse the system which is causing the reduction of state revenues. 9. How will you tackle the double-digit unemployment rates found in many parts of the state? BINKLEY: We have to “Rebuild the Quality of Life” in Tennessee. Looking at helping businesses that have already made a long-term commitment in Tennessee and be very aggressive in attracting new businesses to our State. Starting business incubators across the State as well. DODDS: Businesses currently pay about 70 percent of their profit to some form of city, county, state, or federal tax. When they hire an employee they have to pay workman’s comp taxes, social security taxes, unemployment taxes, payroll taxes etc. DUCK: I talked a bit about supporting products made in Tennessee in an earlier answer. Beyond that, I intend to try to repeal or possibly nullify the 16th Amendment. I have good reason and some evidence, the 16th Amendment was not properly ratified. GRIFFIN: I will demand that the Federal government refund all social security money to Tennesseans with interest from the date of their “participation,” and urge every person to start their own business, free of above-referenced hindrances. HASLAM: I have a specific plan to bring more and better jobs to every county in the state. My plan includes initiatives that will help folks get back to work quickly, regional economic development strategies, targeted workforce development, and a focus on small businesses. Visit www.Jobs4TN.com for more information. McCALL: I pledge to monitor the unemployment offices across the state daily, and if progress on actual employment does not begin to rise rapidly then changes will be made. McFOLIN: First, back to getting money from Washington, get American needs first, get the foreign aid stopped, not some person halfway around the world to answer the phone when I pay a credit card payment. McWHERTER: For years, tax breaks have attracted large businesses here. I’ve proposed offering small businesses, which employ 95 percent of Tennessee workers, similar incentives to hire new workers. I would also push large corporations that have relocated to our state to contract with local suppliers and make sure jobs go to Tennesseans. JAMES REESOR: A portion of our tax-funded state budget should cover the cost of recruiting new manufacturers. We need to look back as we move into the future, making sure that a hi-tech society can be sustained by a log-cabin society. Everyone needing a job must be guaranteed modest survival. WHITAKER: Creating job training programs which give employees a chance to learn a trade and will benefit the employers and provide tax credits that produce incentive for them to hire workers. We would seek to end discriminatory employment practices as well as seek to fine employers who have hired illegal immigrants. 10. Columbia and Maury County have petitioned the state’s Department of Transportation for years to increase the number of lanes on Bear Creek Pike (U.S. Highway 412) leading to Interstate 65. What could you do to ensure TDOT respects local priorities? BINKLEY: I am a infrastructure guy and believe it is one of the keys for economic growth ... roads and bridges. I would hope that the Columbia and Maury County officials could make the claim and back it up for the need and the benefit of improving Bear Creek Pike to 65. DODDS: I believe strongly that the government should listen to its people and represent its people. At all levels our government has forgotten that basic principle. As governor I will make sure that the state government takes into consideration what’s in the best interest of its constituents. DUCK: I’d have to hear more details. I don’t know about this specific issue. I’d need to know if it’s red tape, money, or engineering. GRIFFIN: I do not know enough about this problem to comment now. HASLAM: One of Tennessee’s most important job recruitment tools is our infrastructure, and we must preserve that resource. Local officials best understand the needs of their communities, and I and every department of my administration will closely listen to the concerns on the ground and do our best to address them. McCALL: I have witnessed TDOT at work for many years as a Police Officer and interested Citizen of Tennessee and have found that dept. in East Tenn. to do wonderful and life saving work. McFOLIN: Again, get the money back to the states, not some other country and there might be funds for the feds to give to states when asked for by governors. McWHERTER: Tennessee’s road system is one of its greatest assets. There is no question that maintaining and improving it should be a state priority. I would hold regular meetings with state legislators and TDOT officials so local priorities were given due consideration in planning state transportation projects. JAMES REESOR: Recent flood damage has impeded quick resolution of problems by TDOT — due to time constraints and limited resources. In these tough times, it may become imperative for community leaders to take matters into their own hands. A cooperative effort might be the best alternative to all other options? WHITAKER: We’d hold meetings with the TDOT officials discuss the problem and come up with a common sense solution that will ensure that TDOT does respect local priorities while also maintaining their work to keep Tennessee having the best safe and public roadways possible. 11. The state has earmarked $5 million for a vocational school for citizens at GM’s Spring Hill facility. Would you support this project and others like it? BINKLEY: In our budget and re-directing Pre-K funds, there would be monies allocated for a vocational school at the GM plant and I would support other Adult education programs. I want to have a little heart to heart talk with GM officials as well ... More on that to come. DODDS: Vocational training and education is crucial to making sure Tennessee has a well-trained work force. As we bring good jobs to Tennessee I will support programs that make sure our population can do those well. DUCK: Not likely. I’m trying to cut the budget. However, I am a big supporter of vocational training. I hope you picked up on that in a previous question. Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your meaning. I don’t intend to add $5 million to the budget anywhere. That’s really where my objection is coming from. GRIFFIN: I have not studied this particular investment of State money. Education will not be as expensive if it eliminates all social studies. HASLAM: During this campaign, I have visited community colleges and technology centers all across the state and have highlighted many important workforce development partnerships. As governor, workforce development will play an important role in each of the specific regional economic development strategies I will help create. McCALL: As a veteran who received a vocational education via G.I. Bill I will propose legislation to emulate that wonderful program. McFOLIN: Yes. McWHERTER: My top priority is job creation and one of the most critical components is ensuring we have a well-trained workforce. I will work to utilize existing facilities to educate our workforce. Our community colleges, technical training and vocational schools are a key component to our economic development success. JAMES REESOR: Yes! However, we must make sure that every decision to proceed is based on frugality — and not frivolity. Workers with new skills must have a realistic expectation of new job opportunities and/or enhancement of existing employment. WHITAKER: We would support this as well as doing this in many other counties across the state; When elected Governor, we believe this will reduce the rate of drop outs; it has been shown in other states that more vocational schools do that and we feel that is a priority for Tennessee. 12. Many of the state’s bridges were already in disrepair prior to the terrible flooding in May. What could you do to expedite those repairs? BINKLEY: Bridges, Roads, waste water management and other infrastructure issues will be given greater attention by my administration as they are components of “Rebuilding the Quality of Life in Tennessee,” which is our Theme of our campaign. Other components include Education and Jobs! DODDS: Bridge repair is a public safety issue. I would make sure all of Tennessee’s bridges were inspected and if found to be in disrepair make it a priority to have them fixed immediately. DUCK: This is similar to the question about HW412. I’d have to know what’s slowing things down. I do know the federal government got in the way of some of the clean up of houses. I saw that first hand. If that’s the problem, that can be solved. GRIFFIN: I don’t know what I would do until I look at this problem with the bridges. I do know that federal involvement with construction and repair has complicated all building projects, demanding that we hire those they want to be hired and make unnecessary “studies.” HASLAM: I understand the concerns after the floods, especially with the closure of S.R. 7 to Santa Fe. Maintaining our state’s infrastructure will be a priority of my administration, and I will emphasize repairing roads and bridges in a safe and timely manner. McCALL: I would send emissaries directly from the governors’ office around Tennessee to the expert’s for opinions on bridges and fund any in need of repair. They would take precedence over any other road project. McFOLIN: Bug the life out of those people we have in Congress to bug Washington that we need to put a stop to foreign aid. McWHERTER: The Flood of 2010 brought a host of problems to an outdated bridge system. I would call for examination of all Tennessee bridges to rank their safety, then begin with the worst and approach each project individually. I’ll work with local governments and local representatives to identify and establish revenue streams. JAMES REESOR: “We the people” of Tennessee will work together to fix those bridges without help from the DC monster. I will advocate non-union, pay-as-we-go, low-bid contracts to get the job done. Getting rich off the backs of hard-working taxpayers is no longer a feasible option. WHITAKER: As Governor we would issue a executive order basically mandating these repairs be done on county bridges and roads would be done within a certain time period and reported back to the Governor’s office. We would oversee the projects closely to make sure these repairs were done in a timely manner. Vote Smart for A Change... even if you are stupid! JAMES REESOR for GOVERNOR 20TEN TENNESSEE A White Horse Independent Copy & Share If You Still Dare To Care!

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