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State Rep Stirs It Up in Tennessee

The Tennessean covers the story of a state rep who has taken to blogging — and offending many of his colleagues in the process.

Rep. Stacey Campfield has been taking a beating over his blog.

The Knoxville Republican’s Internet postings about goings-on at the state Capitol have been called less than ”outhouse worthy” by one lawmaker. And Democrats, displeased over some of Campfield’s writings last week, all but killed his proposal to make it illegal to point a laser device at a police officer or firefighter.

The blog in question can be found here.

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