New TN office of 'repealer' would target useless or unreasonable laws to sweep away

TN Lawmakers Create Office of the Repealer to Shrink Government

By Blue Collar Muse- Tennessee state GOP lawmakers Representative Glen Casada and Senator Jack Johnson, both from Franklin, announced they have filed HB 500 and SB 595 to modify the TCA and create the Office of the Repealer.

Under the direction of the Office of Tennessee’s Secretary of State, Tre Hargett, the Office of the Repealer would be tasked with “Investigating and collecting information regarding the state’s laws and rules and regulations to determine instances in which such laws and rules and regulations are unreasonable, unduly burdensome, duplicative, contradictory or unnecessary;”  Casada, Johnson propose 'repealer' to cut state laws

The Tennessean ‎- by Chas Sisk ‎

Glen Casada and state Sen. Jack Johnson, both Franklin Republicans, have filed a bill that would create an Office of the Repealer, whose job ..

My Comment: This is the kind of creative thinking we need to shrink government. Thank you to Glen Casada and Jack Johnson. This is a good start. Next, we need a process to systematically review every license or permit issued by State government to determine if they are necessary and if they are, are the requirements and cost reasonable or excessive. I would start with training for beautician. To protect me from a bad haircut why does the government require hair stylist spend thousands of dollars and two years in training. A bad haircut will grow out.  

The State government should also look at prohibiting local governments from passing laws that unduly regulate, license or fix prices. Metro Nashville's limo price fixing is the kind of law that the State should not allow. The Republicans have a super majority: use it.

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Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey today introduced TNRedtape.com,

Nashville) – Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) today introduced TNRedtape.com, a new website dedicated to shining a light on unnecessary government regulation.


TNRedtape.com’s mission is to be a space on the web where regular Tennesseans can have a voice and seek relief from oppressive government red tape. The site offers the opportunity to small business owners to tell their story of overbearing government regulation and how it has affected their lives.

“The best thing that government can do to promote economic growth is stay out of the way of people who create jobs,” said Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey. “This website is designed to help highlight and expose the barriers government puts in the way of entrepreneurs trying to put people to work.”

Lt. Gov. Ramsey was joined at the unveiling by the National Federation of Independent Business’ state director, Jim Brown, Justin Owen, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research and Josh Helton, Small Business Advocate for the Office of the Comptroller.

The most flagrant examples of government red tape will be highlighted on the TNRedtape.com blog and the site will also aggregate stories of government red tape in the news.

Lt. Gov. Ramsey is a leading voice for economic growth in Tennessee state government. Ramsey believes government must do all it can to stay out of way of entrepreneurs who wish to create jobs.
URL: http://www.tnredtape.com/

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I JOIN FAMILY ACTION OF TENNESSEE IN OPPOSING THIS ORDINANCE:

The following is from Family Action Council. Please help defeat this bill. Rod

  

Metro Council for Nashville and Davidson County is set to vote this coming Tuesday, February 15th on an ordinance that would impose homosexual and gender identity (e.g. cross-dressing) personnel policies on businesses. If you don't live in Davidson County, this ordinance still affects you, so please keep reading.

 

Right now, if we don't begin to speak up, it appears they have the votes to pass it on second reading!  This ordinance, bad on a number of levels, needs to be defeated on second reading. We cannot risk what might happen on the third and final vote in two weeks. 

 

We have been working hard behind the scenes with business groups who are opposed, but so far they are not willing, as a group, to risk the ire of either politicians or the homosexual community.  

The bottom line is that a lot of folks are scared to be opposed to this for fear it will hurt their businesses.  Only a courageous few have stood up publicly.  So it looks like "we the people," the everyday people, will have to speak up. 

This issue raised by Metro's ordinance is not just about government approval of homosexual conduct or gender-related conduct.  Whatever one thinks about this issue, the fact is that the ordinance will impose additional requirements on businesses that will impede business growth, job creation, and intrastate commerce.  Businesses from around the state that want to bid on contracts being let by Metro for goods and services will have to choose between the economic opportunity these bid opportunities represent and controlling their own personnel policies.  These government-imposed personnel policies create a number of issues for businesses that can drive up their costs of doing business, costs that, in this case, will be passed on to taxpayers.  And to the extent that some businesses decide not to bid because of the increased regulation, the decrease in competition will also result in higher prices that will be passed on to taxpayers.  Our economy simply can't endure more government intrusion.  For more information about how Metro's ordinance will affect business and taxpayers, click here.

Please take a minute to email your Council member, or all of them if you can take the time, with this simple message:  "Please vote no on Ordinance BL2011-838."  Email addresses are listed below or if you want to email them through the City Council website, you can go to this link.

Thank you,

David Fowler, Esq.
President
Family Action of Tennessee, Inc.

Tim.garrett@nashville.gov                  Mike.jameson@nashville.gov

Megan.barry@nashville.gov               Erik.cole@nashville.gov

Charlie.tygard@nashville.gov             Karen.bennett@nashville.gov

Ronnie.steine@nashville.gov              Jim.forkum@nashville.gov

Jerry.maynard@nashville.gov                Rip.ryman@nashville.gov

Lonnell.matthews@nashville.gov        Darren.jernigan@nashville.gov

Frank.harrison@nashville.gov              Jim.gotto@nashville.gov

Walter.hunt@nashville.gov                 Carl.burch@nashville.gov

Michael.craddock@nashville.gov        Bruce.stanley@nashville.gov

Jamie.hollin@nashville.gov                 Phil.claiborne@nashville.gov

Anna.page@nashville.gov                  Sandra.moore@nashville.gov

Kristine.LaLonde@nashville.gov         Erica.gilmore@nashville.gov

Buddy.baker@nashville.gov               edith.langster@nashville.gov

Erick.crafton@nashville.gov                emily.evans@nashville.gov

Jason.holleman@nashville.gov          Sean.McGuire@nashville.gov

Greg.adkins@nashville.gov                randy.foster@nashville.gov

Duane.dominy@nashville.gov            vivian.wilhoite@nashville.gov

Jim.hodge@nashville.gov                   Parker.toler@nashville.gov

Sam.coleman@nashville.gov              Robert.duvall@nashville.gov

Carter.todd@nashville.gov                  bo.mitchell@nashville.gov

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