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Republican Lawmaker Spends Tax Dollars on Resolution Honoring Himself
http://gawker.com/5995051/republican-lawmaker-spends-tax-dollars-on-resolution-honoring-himselfHaving recently completed turning Tennessee into a present-day Xanadu, one local lawmaker finally found the time to focus his attention ob passing a resolution that has been far too long in coming: A resolution honoring himself.
"I think it's important for us as a state to say, 'Hey, great job on creating jobs and moving the ball forward,'" Sen. Jon Lundberg (R-Bristol) told WSMV.
Asked about the $300 of taxpayer money that were spent on the self-congratulating resolution, Lundberg claimed he "reimbursed the state the cost of the paper and all of that."
According to WSMV, this isn't Lundberg's first abuse of the resolution system: He previously passed one honoring his daughter upon her graduation from high school.
This is why we need term limits....
