Off duty, partying Cookeville cop shoots a fellow officer but no arrest imminent  

'As the Chief of the Cookeville Police Department I am proud of the men and women under my command. Our department is staffed by officers and civilian employees I would gladly hold up for comparison to any other police department.'

Cookeville Police Chief Bob Terry

 
Maybe another photo of yourself will fix everything, Bob, or maybe another uniform

 Why should the Tennessee Legislature give municipalities money when they squander it like Cookeville does?

Putnam Pit investigation shows Cookeville, Tenn.'s city attorney erroneously billed taxpayers $8,201 in October 2001 alone. See November bill to city. This charge, in addition to $22,071 paid to Knoxville insurance lawyers Watson, Hollow & Reeves, went to defend a lawsuit that could have been settled without cost three years ago -- except the lawyers would not have made the money. The erroneous charges -- at a time of recession --  were not detected by the city clerk or city manager although the case had been closed for more than a year. 100% of Putnam Pit readers who participated in our online poll said auditors should audit O'Mara's bills. But the government refuses? Why?
 

City Manager Shipley says he  never considered auditing O'Mara's bills

O'Mara: I will not show you my records
At a time when the state is worried about money and cities are whining to the legislature to not cut shared revenue, Cookeville refuses to allow inspection of City Attorney Mike O'Mara's documents that partially form the basis of payments to him of $600,000 since 1996.
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He's not just a thief anymore . . . 

From public records and court documents  . . . 

Wife says Putnam County Court Clerk Lewis Coomer is an adulterer, cruel and inhumane -- Click here

but he wants you to re-elect him anyway. Read the court documents

Gunfight at CoOKeville Corral Off-duty Cookeville cop shoots a fellow officer after party.  No arrest made although they know who did it. Story

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