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• Putnam County Schools contemplate spending thousands to join the Chamber of Commerce.

Ask your children whether they know this before you decide where money should be spent.

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Cookeville's Dysfunctional Binge Annexation Disorder [DBAD]
Or, How to recognize a failing police state faced with potential civil rights damages and falling revenue sources when no one wants to move there because of the corrupt government.

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The Shipley Gang, in conjunction with  TML's Risk Management Pool and taxpayers across Tennessee present **Litigationfest** A Federal civil rights tripleheader scheduled for Cookeville in 2001 Starring big shot Knoxville lawyers at the trough City government, officials faces millions in damages from complaints alleging repeated federal civil rights, employment violations  Holt v. Cookeville Tentative trial date of April 30, 2001 set in former police chief Richard Holt's civil rights suit against the Shipley Gang Bobby Andrews v. City of Cookeville and Robert Terry , tentative trial date of Sept. 25, 2001 in employment discrimination case. Putnam Pit v. Cookeville Date of Oct. 9, 2001 in trial of first amendment abuses by Cookeville City Manager Jim Shipley U.S. Supreme Court is asked to hear a related Cookeville case naming City Manager Jim Shipley and City Attorney T. Michael O'Mara as defendants for retaliation against journalist critical of them Election links from

Readers speak: The Herald-Citizen asked: With nearly 300 election workers hired for election day in Putnam County, could counting and accuracy mistakes happen here?  "Never," responded Nancy Boman, Putnam County Election Commission Registrar. Asked why the H-C chose to interview Nancy Boman, Putnam County Election Commission Registrar, as an expert on election irregularities, Putnam Pit readers said: ON ELECTION DAY, PACIFICA RADIO'S DEMOCRACY NOW! AND WBAI ASK CLINTON THE HARD QUESTIONS President Clinton's temper flares when asked questions on Ralph Nader, death penalty, Middle East -- Story Bad Tennessee lawyers Politics Putnam County databases online Boycott Herald-Citizen advertisers Disciplined Tennessee lawyers Ouster law Ouster petition Recall Bad judges Refer a friend Letter to H-C's Charles Denning about possible follow-up stories