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	Don Sundquist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Don Sundquist was born in Illinois and attended Augustana College.
		Sundquist established a very conservative voting record as a Congressman, and was a darling of conservative-oriented groups such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the American Conservative Union.
		Sundquist became very isolated politically, with many of his Democratic supporters doing so only because they wished to see the income tax implemented in a way in which the Republicans could be blamed for it, and his original conservative supporters mostly became avowed opponents, some participating in street demonstrations against him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Sundquist (866 words)

	HobbsOnline
		Don Sundquist says he had more fun during his first term.
		Though Sundquist's post-election revelation was greeted with considerable skepticism in some quarters, including the Legislature, he insists today he was surprised and wishes by the shortfall and now wishes he had made tax reform part his 1998 campaign.
		Although Sundquist declared his opposition to the income tax in his Feb. 8, 1999 State of the State speech, he told WSMV that he had decided to propose an income tax during the Christmas holidays of 1998, about two months before.
	www.hobbsonline.blogspot.com /2002/12/boo-hoo-gov.html (725 words)

	Don Sundquist -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Don Sundquist was born in (A Midwest state in north-central United States) Illinois and attended Augustana College.
		Sundquist established a very (A person who has conservative ideas or opinions) conservative voting record as a Congressman, and was a darling of conservative-oriented groups such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the (Click link for more info and facts about American Conservative Union) American Conservative Union.
		Sundquist then won the general election in November, 1994 over Nashville mayor (Click link for more info and facts about Phil Bredesen) Phil Bredesen by a margin that surprised many pundits, and was inaugurated the 47th governor of Tennessee in January, 1995.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/don_sundquist.htm (644 words)

	HobbsOnline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Four years ago, then-Gov. Don Sundquist, frustrated that there were folks who said Tennessee was not really in a fiscal crisis, told the Knoxville newspaper that opponents of his tax plan were either stupid or lying, hoping that by insulting his political opponents he might convince them to agree with him.
		In fact, it was Sundquist who was lying, as I documented back in January 2001 when it was revealed that Tennessee had run a $51 million revenue surplus in the prior fiscal year, while all along Sundquist was claiming the state faced a revenue shortfall.
		Sundquist calls current Alabama Gov. Don Riley his friend, and recently told the Knoxville paper he supports Riley's push for a "tax reform" plan that will increase Alabamians' taxes by $1.2 billion, the largest tax increase in the history of the state.
	www.hobbsonline.blogspot.com /2003/08/stupid-lies.html (260 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundquist is expected to win over six-time candidate Democrat John Jay Hooker Nov. 3 with what could be a record margin in a statewide election since Republicans began seriously contesting gubernatorial elections nearly three decades ago.
		The landmark Families First welfare program imposed a two-year time limit on adult welfare recipients who are able to work and, as a result of both that and the booming economy, the welfare rolls have been cut by nearly 60 percent of adults who are not disabled, elderly or their caregivers.
		Sundquist was confronted by a group of eight advocates for more home-based, long-term care for the elderly and disabled at the early-morning kickoff at his Eastgate Shopping Center headquarters.
	www.mcil.org /mcil/text/10-1798.txt (740 words)

	Judge says Sundquist was reason for federal probe Investigation led to indictments of ex-governor's friends in past ...
		Tennessee - Former Gov. Don Sundquist was "the impetus" for the federal investigation into state contracts that has led to the indictments of two of his friends, a federal judge says in court documents.
		John Stamps, an investor in ENA and another longtime Sundquist pal, pleaded guilty in May to tax evasion and making fraudulent statements to secure a government contract while Sundquist was governor.
		Sundquist "apparently was the impetus for the investigations," Forester wrote.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /july2005/10/corruption.htm (986 words)

	The Memphis Flyer: Cover Story
		Sundquist was instrumental in putting together the combination of state and local aid which landed the NFL's Houston Oilers in Nashville ("in Tennessee," as the governor prefers to put it), and that fact, fairly or not, has not always sat well back home.
		Earlier this year, Sundquist was widely accused of insensitivity when he announced both the imminent layoffs for unlucky state employees and a wage freeze for the lucky ones, while simultaneously raising salaries for members of his own staff.
		BUT, AS DON SUNDQUIST HIT THE back stretch of his first term as governor, it was not only the details of his program that bothered various critics, it was also a matter of intangibles and, for that matter, of simple scratch-my-back services.
	www.memphisflyer.com /backissues/issue422/cvr422.htm (3046 words)

	Nashville News Politics
		Sundquist said it's only fair, since manufacturers now have an exemption from the sales tax when they get their equipment fixed (though, of course, average folks must pay the sales tax when taking their car in for repairs).
		Sundquist may respond to his prodding for action on pet education projects, but the Democratic majority in the Legislature is another matter.
		Don Sundquist's administration is quietly circulating a "strategic plan" for the remainder of his term and well into the next four years he appears so confident of serving.
	www.nashvillenet.com /news/politics.htm (8789 words)

	South End Grounds: TennCare
		The bottom line is many folks do not like Don Sundquist and will forever tie him to the income tax, and that is fair for that is the path that he chose, but do not wholly blame TennCare on him.
		Sundquist was also handed a $400m budget shortfall that nobody seems to remember.
		Sundquist tinkered with TennCare, but he never wanted to really reform the program for that would have cut its cost and hamstrung his push for an income tax.
	www.southendgrounds.com /2005/07/tenncare.html (1565 words)

	NashvilleFiles Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sundquist was ostracized by most of the Tennessee Republican Party toward the tail end of his term for advocating a state income tax.
		Corker served in the first Sundquist term as the Commissioner of Finance, but left before Sundquist won re-election in 1998 on an anti-income tax platform and then did an about-face on the issue in his second term.
		Corker would not speak Sundquist¹s name when asked about the contribution by The Lebanon Democrat, but said simply his campaign was enjoying ³broad-based support.² ³We have received broad-based support from people with all kinds of backgrounds,² Corker said Thursday.
	nashvillefiles.com /blog/archives/000586.html (720 words)

	The Heartland Institute - High-Risk HIP Will Return to Tennessee - by Conrad F. Meier
		Sundquist's revamp responds to major criticisms of the program: It covers too many people, offers benefits that are too rich, costs too much, and is draining the state budget.
		Sundquist's plan assumes federal regulators at CMS and the Office of Management and Budget will give Tennessee the same generous federal matching funds for the new program that it gave to TennCare in 1992.
		Sundquist said he projects a modest total savings of $1.5 billion in state funds over the next 10 years, and $3.5 billion in federal funds over the same period.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=474 (762 words)

	Sundquist will vote for Henry - Says Hilleary would be 'horrible governor'
		Sundquist said he was concerned about the general political picture, both in campaigns and the Legislature, despite "a lot of good people" involved.
		Sundquist also predicted that a $933 million tax increase approved by the Legislature means the next governor will have at least two years - "probably about three, 31/2" - of adequate funding for state government under the present tax structure.
		Sundquist, Alexander, and Henry are cut from the same mold--they are liberals with a republican label.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/722633/posts (1278 words)

	Metro Pulse/Insights/Sundquist Shines
		TennCare's rescue from the brink of collapse, Gov. Don Sundquist's recommended funding increases for education, and broad-based legislative recognition of the need for them, all stand for the proposition that good things really can happen in the state of Tennessee.
		Sundquist's success in reshaping the terms of the debate on the state's budgetary bind is equally remarkable.
		Sundquist's proposal for including compensation in excess of $72,600 in the income of professionals that would be subject to the state's 6 percent tax on business income tries to close the tax dodge that professionals now enjoy.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2001/1109/t_insights.html (1058 words)

	The Memphis Flyer: Politics - August 19 - 25, 1999
		As evidence of the latter, Sundquist had in fact hosted a big-ticket fund-raiser for Herenton himself at the governor's residence as recently as February.
		Conceivably, Sundquist may split the middle on Thursday night, accepting the title of "host" but distancing himself from an outright endorsement of Sisson.
		Sundquist thereby became the 22nd of the nation's 30 Republican governors to endorse Bush.
	www.memphisflyer.com /backissues/issue548/poli548.htm (1792 words)

	National CrossTalk - Spring 1998 - National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
		WHEN TENNESSEE Governor Don Sundquist was faced with a political problem involving higher education last year, he reached for a time-honored device—a "blue ribbon" study group.
		Sundquist was in need of blue-ribbon advice because internal wrangling, some of it caused by the governor himself, had reduced the effectiveness of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), the state’s planning and coordinating agency.
		Although Sundquist is a popular Republican governor who is expected to be reelected in November, the turmoil at THEC was a weak point that provided potential ammunition for a Democratic opponent.
	www.highereducation.org /crosstalk/ct0598/news0598-tenn.shtml (2022 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		ASHVILLE - Gov. Don Sundquist today presented State Trooper Edward Cherry with two complimentary Delta Airlines tickets to New York City as well as a gift certificate for four nights at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at the United Nations for his outstanding service on the Tennessee Highway Patrol Special Operations Unit.
		Sundquist received the tickets, along with a letter explaining the goals of EPICC from Congressman Christopher Cox who represents the citizens of Orange County.
		Sundquist and Gilbert made the presentation to Cherry and his wife, Katherine, at the State Capitol.
	www.30minphotos.com /news/nashville.html (317 words)

	Headlines This Week in Tennessee - February 8, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Reaction by rank-and-file lawmakers to tax options worked out in talks between Gov. Don Sundquist and legislative leaders appeared to range from cold to hostile yesterday, but some legislators said they believe that a hybrid plan, incorporating features of some of the options, will ultimately pass.
		Don Sundquist will announce a flat tax proposal today to fund a $9.7 billion budget that gives major emphasis to education and early childhood development and raises the pay of state employees, K-12 teachers and higher education personnel.
		Despite staunch opposition in the Senate, Gov. Don Sundquist is proceeding with a flat-rate income tax proposal that also lowers the state sales tax rate and takes all taxes off groceries and nonprescription drugs.
	www.nfib.com /object/3158847.html (351 words)

	Target practice on Sundquist - Sunday, 10/06/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Tennessee voters arrive at the polling booths for the November general election, they may be stupefied to discover that Republican Don Sundquist will not be on the ballot.
		To Hilleary, Sundquist is a man who abandoned his principles when he decided in his second term to reverse his stand on a state income tax.
		Bredesen has countered that he thinks the income tax is a dead issue, and in the event that he were to consider it, he would let the voters know before running for a second term.
	www.tennessean.com /government/archives/02/10/23363908.shtml?Element_ID=23363908 (1053 words)

	South End Grounds: What To Do About Sundquist? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Sundquist tact was always to cover as many people as possible with a trimmed down benefits package.
		So Sundquist is putting as many people on TennCare as possible which one of our regular commenters, Terry, accurately describes as a "free-for-all." At the same time, the legislature is having its own free-for-all with benefits.
		The fact is, Sundquist's plan, for all of its imperfections, was closer to that than Bredesen's.
	www.southendgrounds.com /2005/07/what_to_do_abou.html (1832 words)

	WBIR-TV Print Article
		Sundquist says the last eight years were hard: tough economic times, a tax structure he says collapsed in his second term, a public that didn't want change, and some lawmakers who didn't either.
		Sundquist says he's doubled Tennessee's investment in education, increased school accountability, lowered teacher student ratios, and upped test scores.
		Governor and Martha Sundquist are spending the holidays in Nashville, moving out of the governor's mansion.
	www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=10195 (387 words)

	CBS News \| tn_gov_SUNDQUIST \| December 13, 1999 07:40:44 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When he was 12 years old, he saw President Harry Truman on the back of a train and, from that moment on, decided to pursue a career in politics.
		In 1954, Sundquist became the first member of his family to graduate from high school.
		From 1971 to 1973, Sundquist served as national chairman of the Young Republican National Federation.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/10/13/politics/main19876.shtml (399 words)

	NewsChannel 5 Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Now, Sundquist's own papers are providing a look into the world of friends and favors that may be behind those allegation.
		Sundquist's assistant forwarded it to state officials with the note: "Please see if you can help her out.
		And Sundquist's papers show one of his own commissioners warned that it would violate the state's rules to give preferential treatment to the governor's friend.
	www.newschannel5.com /content/investigates/4923.asp (1075 words)

	Nashville City Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Most of the state’s major newspapers are editorially in favor of Gov. Don Sundquist’s various proposals to vastly increase state taxes and spending.
		Within weeks, Sundquist’s finance commissioner was warning politicos and the media that projections showed the state will run up a deficit this fiscal year of more than $100 million, then he began beating the drums for a major tax increase.
		Sundquist wants to spend $1 billion more next fiscal year than the $18.9 billion the administration now says it will spend this year.
	www.nashvillecitypaper.com /index.cfm?section=10&screen=news&news_id=2394 (803 words)

	WorldNetDaily: 'No new taxes' protest in Tennessee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Don Sundquist, a Republican, rode into office a few years ago with a Bush-like pledge: "No new income taxes." But, as did Bush the Elder, within a few years Sundquist reneged on that pledge, saying a new state income tax was "needed" because the state's bean counters couldn't make the budget balance.
		Sundquist the "no new taxes" liar, along with other lawmakers, were again trying to sneak through a new income tax last week before they were, once again, caught and exposed.
		House and Senate negotiators had hammered out the details in a private meeting, according to published reports, and had decided upon a new income tax figure of 2.75 to 3.5 percent.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=23652 (828 words)

	Feature 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Governor Don Sundquist said during a visit to UTC's campus that he sees no obstacle in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's plans to construct a new building to house its engineering, computer science, and mathematics programs.
		Sundquist's comments came after an extensive tour of the UTC campus with Chancellor Bill Stacy and other local officials, including Chattanooga Mayor Jon Kinsey, Hamilton County Executive Claude Ramsey, and Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Ward Crutchfield.
		In February Sundquist announced his intentions to provided $500,000 in planning dollars next year toward the construction project.
	www.utc.edu /Administration/UniversityRelations/UTCnews/march.1998/feature1.html (263 words)

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