Matthew Hill

For other people named Matthew Hill, see Matthew Hill (disambiguation).
Matthew Hill
Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 7th House District
Assumed office
January, 2005
Governor Phil Bredesen
Bill Haslam
Preceded by Robert "Bob" Patton
Personal details
Born Matthew Joseph Hill
(1978-12-04) December 4, 1978
Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Political party Republican Party
Tea Party[1]
Spouse(s) Amanda Nadine Jenkins (m. 2003)
Children
  • Caleb Hill
  • Abigail Elizabetht Hill
Residence Jonesborough, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater

East Tennessee State University
Mass Communications
(B.S. 2003)

Northeast State Community College
(A.S. 2001)
Profession Talk Show Host
Telemarketer
Franchisee
Politician
Religion Evangelical Methodist

Matthew Joseph Hill (born December 4, 1978 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is a talk show host,[2] co-owner of Right Way Marketing, LLC, and a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing the Tennessee General Assembly 7th House District (part of Washington County within northeast Tennessee).[3]

Early life

Hill is the eldest son of Rev. Dr. Kenneth C. and Janet Hill and grew up in northeast Tennessee while attending public, private, and home schools at different times as a student. Hill graduated from Tri-Cities Christian High School[4] and then went on to earn an Associate degree from Northeast State Technical Community College during 2001.[5] Hill later completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication from East Tennessee State University.[3][4]

Matthew Hill participated in the April 17, 1999 Bristol protest rally coordinated with International Action Center international protests against the U.S. military intervention during the Kosovo War.[6]

Hill married Amanda Nadine Jenkins in 2003. Amanda Hill is a former seasonal employee (2000 through 2003) of the 501(c)(3) Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation non-profit controlled by Hill's parents and is a registered dental hygienist.

At the time of his first campaign for the Tennessee General Assembly in 2004, Matthew Hill worked concurrently as operations manager of the Information Communications Corporation, Inc., while hosting "Good Morning Tri-Cities" on WPWT "PowerTalk" 870 AM for seven years[4] Hill is a children's radio show host of the weekday broadcast of the Bible Buddies WHCB Kid’s Show with Mr. Matthew[7] featuring Christian Rock music and had formerly hosted the The Matthew Hill Show[8] nationally syndicated broadcast radio program that was also hosted online by the IRN USA Radio News network as a free archived podcast.[9][10]

Father, Kenneth C. Hill

Hill is employed by his father, Rev. Dr. Kenneth "Ken" C. Hill,[11][12] as Information Communications Corporation, Inc. Vice President and as an Evangelical Methodist broadcaster with WHCB 91.5 FM (Dr. Hill also serves as the president of the 501(c)(3) Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation that owns WHCB 91.5 FM and the Cameo Theater).[13][14] Dr. Kenneth Hill is a former Sullivan County State Executive Committee Member to the Tennessee Republican Party (2005–2008),[15] a current Director of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority,[16] and is also a president of the now defunct 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).[17] Dr. Hill has also served secretary of the General Conference of the Evangelical Methodist Church and as chairman of the Publications Board of the Evangelical Methodist Church.[18]

Brother, Timothy A. Hill

Hill is a director and co-owner of the Blountville, Tennessee-based Right Way Marketing, LLC political telemarketing firm (along with his brother, Timothy A. Hill, and his mother, Janet Hill) and the Any Lab Test Now Johnson City medical lab testing franchise (Healthy Living LLC) with his father, Kenneth C. Hill.[19]

Rep. Hill's younger brother, Timothy Aaron Hill, was formerly employed as a press secretary by U.S. Representative David Davis[20] and is also himself a former WPWT 870AM Good Morning Tri-Cities[21] conservative talk radio show host. n August 2007, U.S. Rep. David Davis's press secretary Timothy Hill at first denied, and later acknowledged, during a second press interview with the Knoxville News Sentinel that he had in June 2007 used congressional office computer and resources within the U.S. House of Representatives to delete referenced blocks of information (termed as "blanking vandalism") about his employer Davis and his brother (Tennessee Representative Matthew Hill) from biographies on English Wikipedia.[22]

Part of the information that Hill reportedly tried to remove from the Wikipedia articles concerned political contributions to both his brother and Davis by former King Pharmaceuticals CEO John Gregory, the prescription drug Altace then branded by the King Pharmaceuticals subsidiary Monarch Pharmaceuticals, as well as other political ties to the Gregory family in northeast Tennessee."[23] Gregory was a major campaign contributor to Republican candidates and conservative causes in Tennessee and donates the rental of office and studio space within his Lietner Pharmaceuticals building in Bristol to Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation controlled by Hill family.[24][25]

Timothy Hill lost his 2010 election bid as the Republican primary candidate for the Tennessee General Assembly 3rd House District seat.[26][27] Timothy Hill was later elected during 2012 from the newly gerrymander Tennessee 3rd House District to his first term within the Tennessee House of Representatives, making this event the first time that two brothers have been elected into the Tennessee General Assembly while serving during the same session.[28]

Tennessee State Representative

Rep. Mathhew Hill speaking during 2008 Republican primary debate, Jonesborough, Tennessee

2004

Hill was first elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2004 as a member of the Republican Party. Hill was then 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 as stating that he "would only vote for an income tax if there was a war."[13]

2005

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."[29]

2006

Hill was first re-elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 2006, defeating Fred Phillips, former Washington County Sheriff and Tennessee Department of Safety Director, in the general election.[30][31]

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. Former Rep. Jerome Cochran of Carter County introduced HB2921 in the Tennessee House Constitutional Protections subcommittee[32] – of which Hill is not a standing member – and Hill's HB2921 legislation died peacefully in subcommittee.[33]

Another 2006 bill introduced by Matthew Hill, HB2924,[34] 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.[35] 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."[36]

2009

Rep. Hill was among a handful of Tennessee General Assembly Members within the House of Representatives widely reported during 2009 as a "birther", demanding that U.S President Barack Obama be compelled to present Hill and other legislators with a certified copy of Obama's Hawaiian birth certificate.[7] Hill interviewed the nationally noted "birther" conspiracy advocate Orly Taitz at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville for a February 10, 2009 segment podcasted online by the IRN USA Radio News network during the "The Matthew Hill Show.[37] [38]

2010

The Nashville Scene reported on February 9, 2010 that Rep. Matthew Hill introduced his HB2683,[39] legislation that "...would transfer all commercial vehicle inspection and enforcement duties from the Safety Department to the Tennessee Regulatory Authority." The Nashville Scene article also observed that as Rep. Hill's father is a Tennessee Regulatory Authority Director, Hill's proposed TRA legislation would, "... In addition to all this new revenue from tractor-trailer tickets, the TRA and its directors also would gain fabulous new patronage powers under Hill's bill to fill positions outside of civil service for the next two years."[40]

Rep. Hill re-introduced Tennessee workplace legislation during 2010 as HB2685,[41] mandating that employees can only legally speak English at Tennessee workplaces.[42]

2011

During 2011 Rep. Hill introduced his HB1705 nullification bill (sponsored in the Tennessee Senate by Senator Stacey Campfield SB1474) that would direct the Tennessee General Assembly to ...appoint a committee to review all federal laws and regulations for constitutionality; requires the committee to submit for a vote of the general assembly all federal laws and regulations it deems to be invalid under the Tennessee or federal constitutions.[43][44]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDBtIYnDNM Rep. Hill Kingsport Tea Party Rally
  2. ↑ http://www.whcbradio.org/ArticleViewer.aspx?ObjectId=12
  3. 1 2 Matthew Hill, Tennessee General Assembly website
  4. 1 2 3 and with the Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation, Inc. WHCB 91.5 FM "sister station" Matthew Listens, Matthew Hill campaign website archived by Internet Archive on March 17, 2004
  5. ↑ http://www.northeaststate.edu/alumniandfriends.aspx?id=1323 "Rep. Matthew Hill, Class of 2001, Outstanding Alumni Award Winner for 2012"
  6. ↑ "Citizens Protest Bombings". April 18, 1999. Kingsport Times News. Bristol Herald-Courier.
  7. 1 2 "Tennessee Republicans get more unstable by the day"
  8. ↑ "The Matthew Hill Show: The Way Talk Radio Was Meant To Be!"
  9. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090311060509/http://www.inforadionet.com/our-programs/matthew-hill-show#archives Internet Wayback Machine. IRN/USA News 'The Matthew Hill Show'. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=62231 "IRN USA Radio News Merger Gives Listeners 2500+ Air Waves of Fluff-free Radio: the Truth Listeners Crave".
  11. ↑ FCC 323-E Ownership Report For Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Station BOA - 20060302ACA (WHCB 91.5 FM)
  12. ↑ FCC 323 OWNERSHIP REPORT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATIONS BOA - 20060303AAW (WPWT-870 AM)
  13. 1 2 "Patton, challengers square off in debate for District 7 House seat" Kingsport Times-News. James Brooks. April 16, 2004
  14. ↑ “Mr. Matthew" - WHCB 91.5 FM Kids Show” (frame)
  15. ↑ "2005 - 2006 Sullivan County Republican Party Executive Board"
  16. ↑ http://www.state.tn.us/tra/leadership/hillbio.html
  17. ↑ "Kenneth Hill is nominated for FCC Commissioner" Leonard L. Kahn. December 12, 2005, issue #23. wrathofkahn.org
  18. ↑ http://www.greenevillesun.com/Local_News/article/Kenneth-Hill-Named-To-Seat-On-Tenn-Regulatory-Auth-id-304520 "Kenneth Hill Named To Seat On Tenn. Regulatory Auth."
  19. ↑ https://apps.tn.gov/conflict-app/view_form_8004.htm?name=HILL&id=10648&f=29445&v=1 "https://apps.tn.gov/conflict-app/view_form_8004.htm?name=HILL&id=10648&f=29445&v=1 "Statement of Disclosure of Interests (ss-8004)". April 14, 2010.
  20. ↑ http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/aug/11/entries-on-wikipedia-edited-bydavis-aide/ "Entries on Wikipedia edited by Davis aide"
  21. ↑ "Officials look to focused leaders, not College GOP and campaigners." Robert Houk. Johnson City Press. August 39, 2007
  22. ↑ Knoxnews article Entries on Wikipedia edited by Davis aide published August 11, 2007.
  23. ↑ knoxnews article Lawmaker's office awaits panel's verdict on aide's act published August 15, 2007.
  24. ↑ http://www2.guidestar.org/profile/52-1221965 Guidestar.org - Appalachian Education Commincations Corporation, 2014 IRS Form 990
  25. ↑ http://www.timesnews.net/News/2010/06/08/Timothy-Hill-downplays-Wikipedia-flap-before-kickoff-of-campaign "Timothy Hill downplays Wikipedia flap before kickoff of campaign"
  26. ↑ "Timothy Hill for House of Representatives"
  27. ↑ "Scotty Campbell wins Republican primary for the 3rd District Tennessee House seat"
  28. ↑ http://www.newschannel5.com/story/20540406/hill-brothers-first-to-serve-together-in-house "Hill Brothers First To Serve Together In House".
  29. ↑ "30 Under 30". Business Tennessee Magazine. Orr, Ruble & Smirnov. February 2005.
  30. ↑ Kingsport Times-News article on Fred Phillips challenging Rep. Hill in the 2006 Tennessee House election
  31. ↑ Phillips for the 7th
  32. ↑ Kingsport Times-News article on Rep. Hill sponsoring Ten Commandments legislation
  33. ↑ Kingsport Times-News article on the above bill dying in the House subcommittee
  34. ↑ Limitations on Capital Punishment - Proportionality
  35. ↑ Kingsport Times-News article on Rep. Hill's bill making child rape a capital offense
  36. ↑ "Child Rape Bill Stalled".
  37. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090321180032/http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/pitw/2009/03/in_the_state_house_another_oba.php "In State House, Another Obama 'Birther' Steps Forward", Wednesday, Mar. 18 2009. Retrieved from the Internet Archive, September 19, 2016.
  38. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090518203621/http://www.nashvillescene.com/2009-05-14/news/tennessee-republicans-get-more-unstable-by-the-day "Tennessee Republicans get more unstable by the day", May 13, 2009. Retrieved from the Internet Archive, September 19, 2016.
  39. ↑ http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2683&ga=106
  40. ↑ http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/02/09/a-state-house-zealot-shows-his-shrewd-side A State House Zealot Shows His Shrewd Side
  41. ↑ http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB2685.pdf
  42. ↑ http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2010/02/22/daily26.html#tp_newCommentAnchor
  43. ↑ http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1705&ga=107 "Bill Information for HB1705"
  44. ↑ http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB1705.pdf
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