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Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

8/12/2002

1100 Broadway Logic
The Tennessean says in an editorial Sunday that lowering the sales tax is a good idea, but Van Hilleary is "irresponsible" for proposing it. Whatever. Methinks what The Tennessean really opposes is Van Hilleary setting a successful political trap for Bredesen, deftly exposing that Bredesen isn't really as opposed to higher taxes as he pretends to be in his campaign.

Relevant factoid: property tax rates rose 42% for the average Nashville homeowner during Bredesen's 8 years as mayor. Bredesen sought each and every tax increase.