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Last Updated on Friday, 11 January 2008 12:18 Written by rslcpol Friday, 11 January 2008 11:41
Maybe Lieutenant Governor Ramsey knows that digging big holes in the ground with government money can get more expensive than expected. Take a look at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center and the Big Dig up in Massachusetts ($8 billion over budget) just to name a couple of taxpayer funded blown budgets. Come on, does the Tennessee Governor’s mansion really need an underground ballroom? What are they building – Versailles on Music Row?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Governor Bredesen criticized Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey for being the lone holdout in the Tennessee Building Commission’s vote to clear the way for construction of an underground hall at the governor’s mansion.The hall is part of a $19 million project to renovate the mansion that has drawn objections from neighbors.