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  • Tenn: You Paid For It: Lawmakers' FedEx Bills (US Rep Harold Ford, jr's uncle fleeces TaxSerfs)

    11/25/2003 5:30:19 PM PST · by GailA · 21 replies · 507+ views
    Chanel 5 News Nashville ^ | 11/25/03 | Phil Williams
    http://www.newschannel5.com/content/investigates/2894.asp You Paid For It: Lawmakers' FedEx Bills A NewsChannel 5 "You Paid For It" investigation has already sparked an internal review at the legislature. Every year, lawmakers spend thousands of dollars to send packages overnight. But it's not always state business. NewsChannel 5's chief investigative reporter Phil Williams discovered that sometimes anything goes. When it comes to the spending of Tennessee's universities, state lawmakers have been outraged. But those same lawmakers have set up secret long-distance accounts so no one can trace how they're spending your money. And how they use the state's postage is anybody's guess, according to...