[Political Junkie Too]

I know it isn't the father's fault, but why isn't an ethics charge being leveled on him in the statehouse for harboring a federal fugitive from justice? Why isn't the father being charged as an accessory after the fact for not disclosing his son's whereabouts? His position as a politician and lawmaker should hold him to a higher standard of behavior.

-PJ

[jessduntno]

Mike Kernell, a longtime Tennessee state assemblyman from Memphis and a technology enthusiast, is concerned about future elections because the new machines are harder to get a look at. ‘’We used to be able to check the machines and see if they’d been tampered with,’’ he said. ‘’It is now almost impossible.’’ Mr. Kernell wonders whether he will have to hire a computer programmer in his next race to make sure the machines are working smoothly and haven’t been tampered with. ‘’We’ve hit a brick wall,’’ he said.

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