Ken Marrero

TN State Rep Rick Womick under attack by local Muslim community

Recently, TN State Rep Rick Womick, at a conference contrasting Sharia Law and the Constitution, said Muslims should not serve in the US military because they could not be trusted. Some in the Muslim community are calling forWomick...

What policies really promote growth in a state?

Tennessee Democrat Jimmy Naifeh, and some GOP House members who seem to have not received the memo that Naifeh is no longer Speaker, attached a poison pill amendment to a House bill last week that would have amended the Tennessee...

Tea Party Choices: Purity of Principle or Maturity of Method

I was listening to some Tea Party leaders recently. They were unhappy some Representatives had not yet made their position on a bill public. They decided to find out those positions and if a Rep was voting “wrong,&rdquo...

An open letter to the Tennessee House on HB 130

There are issues which arise from time to time on which principled adults must take a stand. Collective Bargaining for public sector employees and the impact it has on the various economies of our nation is such an issue. It...

Pelosi defends jail time and fines for those without health insurance

The Speaker of the House opines it is unfair for people not to have health insurance and pass on costs of possible illnesses to the rest of us but it is, however, fair for people not to have health insurance...

LA Congressman Cao Loses Financial Support After Health Care Vote

New Orleans media is reporting that in the wake of his vote with the Democrats to pass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Health Care Bill, Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (pronouced “Gow”) is experiencing some backlash...

Jim Cooper Testifies Debt is a Dangerous "Fiscal Cancer" After Voting for Pelosi's Health Care Bill

The Tennessean today reported that Tennessee 5th District Democrat Jim Cooper testified at a Senate hearing and said "... that the country’s huge debt is a “fiscal cancer.”" The Tennessean goes on to report that...

TN US House Dems on Health Care Reform vote

With Saturday's vote on Health Care reform bearing down on the nation, questions abound as to how US House members will vote on the measure. Tennessee, with 9 US House members, is pretty evenly split with 5 Democrats...

TN Rep Donna Rowland on fiscal stewardship and responsibility

There’s an old saying, “Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves!” TN State Representative Donna Rowland (R - District 34, Murfreesboro) has an interesting report on her efforts to do precisely that. A...

Tennessee's Constitution on the Tennessee Plan

“Constitution” is defined as “The way in which a thing is composed or made up” and “The physical character of the body as to strength, health, etc …” before it is defined as...

Currently in Los Angeles