A Republican State House candidate who said his expunged DUI records are being used against him in his campaign to unseat a longtime Democratic incumbent is joining leaders from both parties in calling for an outside investigation into allegations of unauthorized background checks performed by a Tennessee Highway Patrolman.
However, a THP spokesperson said a list of those whose backgrounds were allegedly probed by Lt. Ronnie Shirley would not be made public anytime soon but instead turned over to the district attorney once an internal investigation is complete.
GOP Lebanon businessman A.J. McCall is challenging State Rep. Stratton Bone for the 46th District House seat, a race observers on both sides of the political aisle say is likely to be close.
McCall told NashvillePost.com that it was copies of his driving history – including records of two DUI arrests from the early 1990s and records of some speeding tickets – that were left in an envelope in the locked legislative offices of State House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower and State Rep. Glen Casada several weeks ago.
Mumpower and Democratic House Majority Leader Gary Odom have both called for an investigation from an outside agency into allegations that Shirley performed some 300 background checks outside the normal investigative process at THP. Mumpower has also said the names of any citizens whose backgrounds were checked should be released.
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