Welcome to Capitol Hill

Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics

Joel Ebert, Erik Schelzig, Bill Haslam , David Boucher

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Vanderbilt University Press
15 August 2023

Regional & national history; Regional government; Political corruption

Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals, dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confound, and sometimes hilarious mess of ne'erdowelling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state's modern history of corruption. From Gov. Ray Blanton's pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now-Lt. Gov. Randy McNally wearing a wire in the late 1980s to the sexual misconduct that plagues Tennessee politics, it's all here.

These two veteran political reporters rely on interviews with primary and secondary sources, archival documents, and never-before-seen federal investigative files to provide readers with a handy resource to the wrong-doings of our elected officials.

By: Joel Ebert, Erik Schelzig, Bill Haslam, David Boucher
Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9780826505859
ISBN 10: 0826505856
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 15 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Foreword by Gov. Bill Haslam Cast of Characters Introduction 1. From 'Miracle Man' to 'Pardon me Ray' 2. The Butcher collapse. 3. Operation Rocky Top. 4. John Ford and the Tennessee Waltz. 5. Representative Pants Candy. 6. Casada’s crash landing. 7. Trouble with campaign cash. Epilogue: The same old song. Appendix: Tennessee lawmakers behaving badly.

Joel Ebert joined the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics in 2021 after nearly a decade of reporting on state legislatures and government, including for the Capital Journal in Pierre, South Dakota, the Charleston Daily Mail and the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia, and The Daily Line in Illinois. After joining the Tennessean in 2016, Ebert reported on serial sexual harassment allegations against then-Rep. Jeremy Durham that ultimately resulted in his ouster from the House, broke several developments in the scandal leading to Rep. Glen Casada becoming the first House speaker to fail to complete his full term in 126 years, and launched a political podcast, Grand Divisions. Ebert earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Erik Schelzig was named the editor of the Tennessee Journal in 2018 after twelve years as an Associated Press statehouse correspondent in Nashville, where he chronicled the state’s changeover from Democratic to Republican control. He previously worked for the wire service in West Virginia and Florida, where he covered governor’s races won by Joe Manchin and Jeb Bush. Schelzig started his career with the Center for Public Integrity’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and later spent a year in Germany covering the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a visiting reporter for the Washington Post and the news magazine Der Spiegel. Schelzig has a master’s degree in political science from George Washington University.

Reviews for Welcome to Capitol Hill: Fifty Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics

"""Joel and Erik are my favorite kind of journalists. They ask tough questions of politicians and policymakers--people who don't always want to answer such--and they remember the factual details. This book ought to be read by every citizen and the aspiring leaders who ask for their votes."" --Keel Hunt, author of Coup: The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor ""Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig are uniquely qualified to write authoritatively on many of the Tennessee political scandals in the book because they either reported on the events in real-time or subsequently covered the players involved in them. A riveting examination."" --Adam C. Kleinheider, former journalist and Tennessee Senate communications director ""Political scandal is as endemic to Tennessee as the Grand Ole Opry. In this rollicking account, Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig unwind squalid tales of larceny in high places that will make you howl."" --David Axelrod, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama"