Victor Ashe

19 Jan, 2016

TCOG adds 5 new members to its Board of Directors

By |2016-01-19T10:46:47-06:00January 19, 2016|Categories: Tennessee Coalition for Open Government|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit organization that promotes government transparency, has named five new members to its Board of Directors. They are: Victor Ashe, former Knoxville mayor, state representative, state senator and U.S. Ambassador to Poland Braden Boucek, litigation director and representative for The Beacon Center of Tennessee Hedy Weinberg, executive director of ACLU-TN John Williams, attorney with Tune, Entrekin & White, P.C. Larry Wood, general manager of WNWS-FM, NewsTalk 101.5 FM in Jackson TCOG is a non-partisan organization founded in 2003 whose mission rests on the belief that citizen access to government information, through public records and public meetings, is crucial in allowing informed [...]

12 Sep, 2014

Ramsey, Ashe call for more transparency in the Tennessee Attorney General selection

By |2015-08-18T08:20:17-05:00September 12, 2014|Categories: Open Courts|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Tennessee's lieutenant governor and a former mayor of Knoxville have called for more transparency in the Tennessee Supreme Court's selection of the Attorney General. Bob Cooper currently holds the slot, and in a process unlike many states, the state's top court reviews candidates and decides who should take his place (or if he should remain in the job) when the eight-year term expires. In most states, the attorney general is an elected position. Andy Sher with the Chattanooga Times Free Press today reports on criticism of the Tennessee Attorney General selection process by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and former Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe. The Supreme Court will make its choice [...]

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