Capitol View Commentary: Friday, March 25, 2011 - | Nashville
News, Weather & Sports  Capitol View Commentary: Friday, March
25, 2011     March 25, 2011   With the General Assembly about to
finish its third month in session, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey is
our guest on INSIDE POLITICS this weekend.  On the whole he says
he is quite pleased by what his Republican-controlled State
Senate and the overall Legislature has done so far. He believes
they can accomplish even more now that they have all but
approved Governor Bill Haslam's tenure changes. Both houses have
approved the bill and there are only a few minor differences
that still need to be worked out. Final approval will give the
Governor his major legislative win.  One area of concern for
Speaker Ramsey is in another area of what he calls "education
reform." He is strongly in favor of eliminating collective
bargaining by teacher groups (unions) in Tennessee, but the
House, with the support of its Republican Speaker Beth Harwell,
seems headed towards approving