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Hill defeated former Washington County Sheriff and Tennessee Department of Safety Director Fred Phillips in the November 2006 general election.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Hill defeated former Washington County Sheriff and Tennessee Department of Safety Director Fred Phillips in the November 2006 general election.<ref></ref><ref></ref>


==Political connection to Altace, pharmaceutical industry==
During both his 2004 and 2006 political campaigns, Rep. Hill has accepted many generous campaign contributions from former ], Inc. CEO and current Leitner Pharmaceuticals, LLC CEO ], Gregory family members, and corporate executives employed within both the King and Leitner pharmaceutical companies founded by Gregory. Gregory is also noted as an important campaign contributor to conservative Republican and anti-abortion ]s in Tennessee such as the Tennessee Right To Life PAC<ref></ref>, the State of Franklin PAC]<ref></ref>, and the Tennessee Conservative PAC.<ref></ref> Gregory financed and founded the Tennessee Conservative PAC as the political action committee's original president<ref></ref>.

During ], the U.S. ] announced a U.S. ] of all ] pharmaceutical products including ] and by September 17 the anti-abortion organization, Pharmacists For Life International, joined the NRLC boycott, "...against the American subsidiary of Hoechst AG, Hoechst-Roussel, Hoechst-Celanese, its generic subsidiary Coply Pharmaceuticals and the agricultural Hoechst subsidiary" while asking U.S. consumers to "...focus on key Hoechst drugs which have the most economic impact rather than taking an across-the-board shotgun approach" and specifically targeting Altace as a boycott list item.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

Hoechst merged with Marion Merrill Dow of Kansas City, Missouri in ], forming the Hoechst U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR). ] was by then bringing in under $90 million in U.S. revenues for HMR and Hoechst had stopped promoting Altace within the United States.<ref></ref>, and ] President Jefferson "Jeff" Gregory also began negotiations in 1995 with Hoechst to acquire U.S. marketing and distribution rights to Altace.<ref></ref>

Hoechst underwent a 1997 realignment wherein its various businesses were transferred to independent companies, including ] on April 2, and the anti-abortion group ] announced during a National Right To Life Committee press briefing at the National Press Club that the anti-RU486 boycott against the U.S. subsidiaries of Hoechst AG & Roussel Uclaf by the NRTLC "...will be more narrowly focused onto the HMR prescription drugs Allegra, Cardizem, Seldane, Claforan, Lasix, DiaBeta, and Nicoderm" - and Altace is auspiciously no longer included by Concerned Women For Americas as a boycotted Hoechst Marion Roussel product.<ref></ref>

The ] wholly owned subsidiary Monarch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. acquired ownership of the U.S. distribution and marketing rights to ] and other Hoescht products from Hoescht AG subsidiary Hoechst Marion Roussel of Kansas City, Missouri on December 18, 1998, and<ref></ref> following a January 1999 merger with ], Hoechst assummed the new corporate identity of ]).

Then State Senator ] organized an August 1999 lobbying airlift from Northeast Tennessee aboard ] owned corporate aircraft and flew to Nashville meeting with ] Director Brian Lapps that was also attended by State Representatives ], ], and ] at the request of King Pharmaceuticals lobbyist<ref></ref> and former Tennessee State Senator James "Jim" L. Holcomb. The lobbying meeting was successful in placing the recently acquired Monarch Pharmaceuticals (a King Pharmaceuticals subsidiary) branded drug ] onto the TennCare Preferred Drug List within only 33 days.<ref></ref> Lapps resigned as TennCare Director on ], ].<ref></ref> Lapps resigned as TennCare Director underdate of September 27, 1999.<ref></ref>

Aventis went on in 1994 to merge with ], forming ] as the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world.

Both the studio and offices of the 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation (AECC) --- d.b.a. ] and the Cameo Theatre --- and the for-profit Information Communications Corporation (51% of the ownership is held by Dr. Kenneth C. Hill; the remaining 49% per cent of Information Communications Corporation is owned by AECC) --- d.b.a. ], ], ] --- are located within the Leitner Pharmaceuticals Building at 340 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., in Bristol, Tennessee. The Leitner Pharmaceuticals Building is owned by SJ Strategic Investments, a private investment company controlled by managing partner ].<ref></ref> The record of address for the Tennessee Conservative ] is also listed as being within the Leitner Pharmaceuticals Building.

Former King Pharmaceuticals lobbyist Holcomb was later hired during February 2004 "... to manage the firm's governmental affairs" by the Gregory controlled SJ Strategic Investments, LLC on February 2, 2004.<ref></ref><ref></ref> Holcomb is an associate of Rep. Hill (their offices are located within the Leitner Pharmaceuticals Building) and Holcomb has previously co-hosted the ] "Rightly Speaking" talk radio<ref></ref> show with Dr. Kenneth C. Hill.




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Matthew Hill

Matthew Hill is an elected House member of the Tennessee General Assembly (104th 2005-2006; 105th 2007-2008), and one of the highest-ranking American Indians in politics.

Early life

Hill was home schooled and earned an associate's degree from Northeast State Technical Community College and later received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from East Tennessee State University. According to his archived campaign website (2004), Matthew Hill was also at one time concurrently working as the host of "Good Morning Tri-Cities" on the WHCB 91.5 FM "sister station" WPWT "PowerTalk" 870 AM for seven years.

USAF F-15E taking off from Aviano, Italy; Hill protested the U.S. military air war over Kosovo.

Hill is employed by his father, Rev. Dr. Kenneth "Ken" C. Hill, as Information Communications Corporation, Inc. Vice President and Independent Methodist broadcaster with WHCB 91.5 FM. Dr. Kenneth Hill is currently (2005-2006) serving as a Sullivan County State Executive Committee Member to the Tennessee Republican Party and president of the State of Franklin political action committee. Dr. Kenneth Hill was in late 2005 nominated by then U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in 2005 for appointment as commissioner with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Rep. Hill's younger brother, Timothy Aaron Hill, is currently employed as a press secretary by U.S. Representative David Davis and is also himself a former WPWT 870AM Good Morning Tri-Cities far right conservative talk radio show host.

State Representative

Hill was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2004 as a member of the Republican Party and represents the 7th district, which is part of Washington County. He is a member of the Children and Family Affairs Committee, the Transportation Committee, the Domestic Relations Subcommittee, and the Public Safety and Rural Roads Subcommittee.

During the 2004 7th House District election, Hill was quoted by a local newspaper stating that he "would only vote for an income tax if there was a war."

A 2005 article within Business Tennessee Magazine cited Hill as a "...firebrand political conservative," who "...championed social issues to recently get elected to the state House of Representatives representing Johnson City and Washington County."

Among the 2006 legislation sponsored by Hill in the Tennessee General Assembly is HB2921 authorizing (upon passage) "...the display, in county and municipal public buildings..., of replicas of historical documents and writings" including the Ten Commandments religious displays found contrary to the 2005 U.S. Supreme Court affirmation of McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky.

Former Rep. Jerome Cochran of Carter County introduced HB2921 in the Tennessee House Constitutional Protections subcommittee --- of which Hill is not a standing member --- and Hill's HB2921 legislation died peacefully in subcommittee.

Another 2006 bill introduced by Matthew Hill, HB2924, would make child rape a capital offense, punishable by death or life imprisonment and would cost Tennessee taxpayers over $15 million each year to carry out the proposal.. Hill's HB2924 failed in both the House and the Senate during the 2006 legislative session. The Senate version of Hill's child rape bill, SB2490, was sponsored by State Senator Raymond Finney. Finney has stated since the defeat of both HB2924 and SB2490 within the Tennessee General Assembly that he "...does not plan to continue with his bill."

Hill defeated former Washington County Sheriff and Tennessee Department of Safety Director Fred Phillips in the November 2006 general election.


References

  1. Matthew Hill's profile at the Tennessee General Assembly website
  2. FCC 323 OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS BOA - 20060303AAW (WPWT-870 AM)
  3. Matthew Listens, the archived web site of Matthew Hill, presented as it was in 2004 by Internet Archive
  4. FCC 323-E Ownership Report For Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Station BOA - 20060302ACA (WHCB 91.5 FM)
  5. FCC 323 OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS BOA - 20060303AAW (WPWT-870 AM)
  6. "Patton, challengers square off in debate for District 7 House seat" Kingsport Times-News. James Brooks. April 16, 2004
  7. “Mr. Matthew" - WHCB 91.5 FM Kids Show” (frame)
  8. "2005 - 2006 Sullivan County Republican Party Executive Board"
  9. "Kenneth Hill is nominated for FCC Commissioner" Leonard L. Kahn. December 12, 2005, issue #23. wrathofkahn.org
  10. "Officials look to focused leaders, not College GOP and campaigners." Robert Houk. Johnson City Press. August 19, 2007
  11. "Patton, challengers square off in debate for District 7 House seat" Kingsport Times-News. James Brooks. April 16, 2004
  12. "30 Under 30". Business Tennessee Magazine. Orr, Ruble & Smirnov. February 2005.
  13. McCreary County V. American Civil Liberties Union of KY. (03-1693) 354 F.3d 438, affirmed (Syllabus)
  14. Kingsport Times-News article on Rep. Hill sponsoring Ten Commandments legislation
  15. Kingsport Times-News article on the above bill dying in the House subcommittee
  16. Limitations on Capital Punishment - Proportionality
  17. Kingsport Times-News article on Rep. Hill's bill making child rape a capital offense
  18. "Child Rape Bill Stalled".
  19. Kingsport Times-News article on Fred Phillips challenging Rep. Hill in the 2006 Tennessee House election
  20. Phillips for the 7th


External links


Matthew Hill - Appalachian Radio Group

See also

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