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January 16, 2007
State Film Commission Director Forced Out
From NashvillePost.com:
David J. Bennett, executive director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission, has resigned from that position at the behest of Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration.Bennett, a well known figure in the state's film community, was appointed to the post in early 2003.
Over the weekend, Bennett told the Memphis Commercial Appeal that he was forced out over "political pressure."
Bennett cited the passage of an economic incentives package last year by the state legislature for the entertainment industry. The measure was not part of Bredesen's legislative agenda. The film promotion measure "was not the governor's initiative, and he did not endorse it when it occurred," Bennett told the C A. "There were people in his administration who then expressed their fury when the incentives passed."
Thoughts, anyone?
Film | By colrus | 12:27 PM
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