Putnam Pit articles by Lawyer X

 
• Putnam County's grand jury should stand on its own: An interesting story came out of McMinnville recently.District Attorney Dale Potter was been indicted by the local grand jury for official misconduct and official oppression. The charges arise out of an incident wherein a young mother was attempting to collect her child support through the DA's office. Her family wrote a derogatory letter to the local newspaper. Then the DA called the mother and agreed to collect the child support only if she would write another letter to the local paper favorable to the DA. And she tape recorded the conversation. Now the DA faces a jury trial and possible ouster proceedings.

• Local papers should demand accountability in public office: While reading The Tennessean on May 29, I noticed an article about John J. Hooker. Hooker was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1970 and he has announced for that office again this year. It was amusing to read about him blasting the news media and The Tennessean for letting the state go to hell." It brought to mind an article in The Tennessean about District Attorney General Bill Gibson that appeared Feb. 20, 1996. 

•   Lilligate:Lillie Ann Sells' divorce and property transfers leave some unsettling questions unanswered, and voters deserve answers from someone running for the new criminal court judgeship. [April 24, 1998]
• He painted the sign . . . He paid the taxes. . . The least DA Bill Gibson could have done was buy drugs with the rest of the money like a respectable DA [April 25, 1998]
• The Putnam Pit Ouster Petition Form
• Changes in charter, makeup of council possible in next general election
• Just do[n't do] it [anymore]
• Throw the rascals out....
• The 'Ouster Law'