"Operation Tennessee Waltz was a sting operation set up by federal and state law enforcement agents, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The operation led to the arrest of seven Tennessee state lawmakers and two men identified as "bagmen" in the indictment on the morning of May 26, 2005 on bribery charges. The FBI and TBI followed these arrests with an additional arrest of two county commissioners, one from Hamilton County, and the other a member of the prominent Hooks family, of Memphis. Investigators also arrested a former county administrator.
Those arrested are as follows:
State Senator John Ford, of Memphis,
State Senator Kathryn Bowers, of Memphis
Former State Senator Roscoe Dixon, of Memphis
State Senator Ward Crutchfield, of Chattanooga
State Representative Chris Newton, of Benton Sentenced to 1 year in prison in early 2006.
Barry Myers, of Memphis
Hamilton County school board member and lobbyist Charles Love, of Chattanooga
Hamilton County County Commissioner member William Cotton of Chattanooga. On May 2, 2006, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison, 3 years probation, as well as fined 9,500 dollars.
Shelby County Former County Administrator Calvin Williams of Memphis
Shelby County County Commissioner member Michael Hooks, Sr. of Memphis
Michael Hooks, Jr. of Memphis
Ford, Bowers, Cotton, Dixon, Hooks, and Crutchfield are all Democrats; Newton and Williams are Republicans.
The name of the operation comes from the state song of Tennessee, "Tennessee Waltz"."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tennessee_Waltz
It's a start ;-) I just hope they keep going.