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THE
PUTNAM
PIT
[No bull]
Had
enough at the trough, Mike?
Bad
news for the Tennessee Municipal League
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It's
verified!
action,
that is
City
Attorney O'Mara reportedly 'deflated' by new suit; can't stop federal court
from observing constitutional guarantees, but shouldn't the city attorney
be correcting these problems before they lead to lawsuits?
All
City Manager Jim Shipley had to do was give folks a few more days and notify
them of their right to appeal before he cut off their electricity. But
despite one civil rights suit and publication of the possibility of more,
Shipley's government insisted on continuing the illegal activity until
it brought on a class action lawsuit. -- Complaint
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Time to dump
Shipley and O'Mara
They've
screwed up enough
Cookeville
Utility customers may get justice
after
23 years of civil rights abuses
The
bad part is that people who paid their bills
will
now suffer from city's crimes through higher taxes
Why
couldn't Cookeville just do it right in the first place?
With all the money
the city pays the city attorney, this happens?
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Who is and
isn't doing a good job in local government?
If
raises are any indication
Fire
chief gets raise five times greater than police chief
Cookeville's
Top Cop Bob Terry received only 2% increase; Schmid gets 10%
Bob
Terry's raise was the smallest of all department heads in the city; his
short tenure as chief has been riddled with scandals of pornography, pager
sex, lawsuits and extravagant projects in praise of himselfClick
for
details
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