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Who will evaluate the evaluations?

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As announced by Gov. Bill Haslam today, SCORE, the organization founded by former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, and headed by former state Sen. Jamie Woodson, has been asked to conduct a formal assessment of the teacher evaluation process that was put into place as part of an education reform package that landed Tennessee a prize package of federal dollars in 2010.

An accompanying legislative resolution is sponsored by Rep. John Fogerty (R-Athens) and Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville).

Here are video snippets of Wednesday’s announcement:

Here is the press release provided by the governor’s office.

Haslam, Ramsey applaud bond rating

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Gov. Bill Haslam and Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey each issued responses on Tuesday following three credit rating agencies’ decisions to maintain their assessments of Tennessee’s credit.

From Gov. Haslam, here’s a video explaining why we citizens should care:

And from Gov. Ramsey, here’s a prepared statement:

Tennessee has proved it can outperform any state in the union even in the midst of the Obama recession. Tennessee keeps its debt low and pays what it owes quickly and in full. These ratings are proof that a united Republican government determined to cut government and promote economic growth works. It’s that simple. I’m proud of our Governor, our legislature and our constitutional officers. I’m proud to be a Tennessean.

There it is, then. Too many bills.

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“Hey, can I, can I tell you one thing? That’s three holding penalties on one football team in a quarter and a half. (Pauses) That ain’t funny.” — Bum Phillips, to a football official.

Jeff Woods reports that Gov. Bill Haslam thinks 2,200 bills in one legislative session is a tad too many.

To reporters after his speech, Haslam said he planned to “have a conversation” with legislative leaders about redundancy and wasting time.

“A lot of times there’s three or four bills filed about the same thing by the same party members. … As Republicans, we’re the party of smaller government. Let’s see if we can do that in terms of bill proposals.”