TN General Assembly Junketeers
You can tell when someone has been in the Tennessee General Assembly too long when he or she starts going on junkets of dubious value to the State's taxpayers. Kinda like this person:House Speaker Pro Tempore Lois DeBerry received $31,967 in per diem payments last year, more than any other state lawmaker, according to a review of 2007legislative expense payments.In the case of DeBerry, many of