Cutting staff travel and supply costs, eliminating field offices in Memphis, Dickson and Cookeville, and eliminating eight staff positions would save the Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs $407,300. But VA officials argue that with ongoing United States wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this isn’t the time to slash services for vets.
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Some lawmakers still have qualms with the traffic-enforcement pic-snapping gadgets; say they endanger motorists’ civil liberties, compromise safety and give too much power and profit to camera-operator companies. House Transportation Committee head wants reports on camera-caused or -prevented vehicle crashes, vendor contracts and how citation revenues are spent.
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