Now that Stacey Campfield is our very own state senator (and the rest of downtown's, and points west, north, and east), we figured we should check in and see how he's been spending his first month in office. Would the promotion to the sober state Senate from the rowdy House of Representatives intimidate our favorite right-wing oddball? Would there be fewer headline-baiting wedge-issue bills, less immigrant- and gay-bashing, more time spent wrestling with, like, matters of actual importance?
Well, we're happy(?) to report that, so far, Stacey's still Stacey, pursuing his own scolding brand of morality toward ends known only to him. He's been busy, filing 34 bills as of Monday, including the reintroduction of some of his greatest hits. What, after all, is a Tennessee legislative session without Stacey Campfield trying to put guns on campus? Or drug-test welfare recipients? Or, of course, stop teachers from ever acknowledging the existence of gay people? He's also after people with hepatitis, people who file for orders of protection, and ... people who file for orders of protection. But here's one that might win support of B-plus (or D-plus) students everywhere: a requirement that Tennessee high schools use pluses and minuses with their letter-grading systems. It is, at least, more education-related than forcing colleges to act as immigration agents.
Hey, if you live in Knoxville or Knox County, there's a good chance he's your senator, too. If you want to give him some high-fives for his continued dogged efforts to be himself, you can reach him here.
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