House Dems call for education activist's resignation from state board

well a secret recording first revealed by News Channel 5 investigates now has State Democrats calling for a Timeout on Governor Bill Lee's push for school vouchers and they want the resignation of a prominent education activist from a key state board News Channel 5 Chief investigative reporter Phil Williams with an update on his investigation at issue is the secret recording in which Mark Gil calls for what he calls public hangings to defeat certain high-profile lawmakers to send a message to ot

her leg lators that they either vote the way he wants or they too will be targeted as we tell our kids sometimes it's time for a time out Tennessee house Democrats say Mark Gill's comments from 2016 if we can prove if you don't TR with us you're at the elction referring to the need for public hangings and scalps in getting School vouchers approved says a lot about the tactics currently being deployed to try to pass that legislation and you heard you heard it on tape they're trying to force these

rural Representatives into uh uh supporting this bill it's just flat Ro Gil was affiliated with the pro voucher group Tennessee Federation for children which is pushing new school voucher legislation this session to send taxpayer funding to private schools why does something in 2016 still matter it's because the same people are still in charge doing the same thing playing the same dirty tricks house Democratic caucus chair John Ray Clemens of Nashville called for Gil to resign from the Tennesse

e Board of Regents which oversees the state's community colleges Mark Gil represents the worst of Tennessee his attitude and demeanor and political threats have no place in the state of Tennessee Gil declined to comment on the Democrats criticisms although in his initial statement Gil claimed that he has not been involved in the state's education debates in eight years it would be very shocking if his fingerprints aren't all over this voucher legislation just like they were in 2019 when Governor

Bill Lee appointed him to the Tennessee border of region around asked about Martin Gill's claim that he's no longer involved in this debate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle tell me that some of the faces may have changed but the tactics remain the same of course we'll be watching as the debate continues Phil Williams News Channel 5 investigates