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Sen. Stacey Campfield and the tape measure scandal

by design | Jan 16, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus

According to State Senator Stacey Campfield, security at the City County Building downtown is tight these days. In fact, its so tight, they confiscated his trusty 10ft tape measure as a potential “deadly weapon.”

Campfield posed the following question to his Facebook followers later in the day: “What am I going to do- measure someone to death?”

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