Tennessee's Deputy Gov. Dave Cooley has submitted his resignation. Two weeks ago, I predicted this was coming in a Nov. 16 post. See other recent posts on Cooley: Part I and Part II. [This blog post has been updated with more information and more links on Cooley]
Actions by Cooley that likely led to this departure are included in the above posts and are also mentioned in the News-Sentinel article. Most problems stemmed from Cooley's close connections to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. THP and other problems are also mentioned here in a Tennessean article from December 2005.
Cooley was a consultant in regard to THP promotions. The N-S article notes that this "role [] came under closer scrutiny after Cooley had a speeding ticket fixed by a lieutenant in late 2004."
Later, the THP's top two officials and the Safety Commissioner resigned as reports came out of troopers with criminal backgrounds, additional allegations of ticket-fixing, rampant cronyism, conflicts of interest, and political arm-twisting.
Cooley's official resignation was simple. Conflicts of interest are simple, too.
Today's News-Sentinel article is here. A good review of Cooley's four years as Dep. Gov. is also found here in the Nashville Tennessean.
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