Rep. Donna Rowland (R-34) issued a press release a couple of weeks ago saying resolutions waste tax payer money, but she couldn’t explain why no other legislator in her class has sponsored more resolutions than she has.
Rep. Rowland’s own wasteful spending on resolutions even earned her the title “The Most Expensive Legislator” by a Republican blogger. Even the Republican Speaker of the House Kent Williams called Rep. Rowland out on her hypocrisy.
In today’s Daily News Journal, Rep. Rowland finally explains why her resolution honoring her boyfriend, Ronnie Barrett, wasn’t wasteful at all.
When state Rep. Donna Rowland issued a statement recently showing her dissatisfaction with the amount of time and money spent on memorials and congratulatory resolutions in the General Assembly, she failed to mention she passed a resolution in May 2007 honoring her current boyfriend.
Advertisement“That’s one of a handful I passed since my freshman year,” Rowland, R-Murfreesboro, said Monday. “It was my attempt to honor an outstanding individual in the community.”
The House joint resolution Rowland sponsored two years ago commended Ronnie Barrett as the the 2006 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
“WHEREAS, this prestigious award recognizes leaders and visionaries who are creating and building world-class businesses; and WHEREAS, a born problem solver and innovative thinker, Mr. Barrett passionately pursued his belief in a .50-caliber rifle that could be shoulder-fired; in 1982, at the age of twenty-eight and through self-taught engineering and personal research and development, Mr. Barrett designed and manufactured the M82 .50-caliber rifle … ” and it continues, extolling the virtues of Barrett’s invention and manufacturing.
I’d honor someone who spent thousands on my chest, too. And then, if I was a republican, I would surely be hypocritical and protest honoring people. All of this is not surprising. What is surprising is that Donna Rowland is actually an elected official representing my county. This county can do better than this pitiful excuse for a legislator!
Why are we talking about a resolution from two(2) years ago??? And how does she keep getting ree-elected? Because she uses her head(brain) not her mouth! She is a very diligent woman and this silliness of calling up legislation from two(2) years ago is absurd! Get something more standard(like up to date). Funny as to how everyone thinks they can do everyone elses job untill they have it.
Dr.Drew
I bet George W. Bush hopes two years ago doesn’t matter too. The idea Bush would go on national television in 2010 and call questions about his 2008 political decisions “absurd” is exactly why America delivered a Democratic House, a Democratic Senate and a Democratic White House. Now it’s Tennessee’s politicians turn to come to Jesus and answer to the people.
The problem with Ms Rowland is her stated beliefs and statements , not only in the legislature but in her personal life. She” talks the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. She could be the poster child for the adjective hypocrite.
For the uninitiated, Webster defines the hypocrite as :
1 : a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion
2 : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings
A quick perusal of her character, not only in state government but in her personal life, shows exactly what type of person she is - Someone I wouldn’t care to even baby sit my children let alone represent me.