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Written on Finney calls off recount, is ‘out of political campaigns forever’:

I will miss Mr. Finney's "Listening" campaign that he diligently followed throughout his tenure as Senator. I never got the sense that Doug Overbey cared what us regular folks thought, although the big developers seemed very happy with his performance in the House. I guess that explains why Finney got such high marks from conservationists.

I have lost sleep wondering how the people of Sevier County can live with what is happening on their ridgetops and still vote for Doug Overbey.

I hope Finney will reconsider his decision to stay out of politics. To be honest, I hope Overbey will reconsider his decision to stay IN politics. It is obvious that money matters. Check out the Campaign Finance Disclosures to see who thought Overbey was a better representative of his constituency than Finney, who polled us constantly and responded accordingly.

Unlike AlcoaGuy, I am very proud of Senator Finney and his performance. Say what you will, but he both heard and listened to the people he represented. You can't argue with that.

Written on Overbey wins with strong showing in Sevier; Finney asking for recount:

It really seems like if Duggan followed the Code of Ethics to the letter, he would have corrected Judge Young's misinformation. Furthermore, it seems like Judge Young would have corrected it himself, since he indicated that was his duty to correct such things. Apparently, only when it serves his purpose. And since it is public information that Judge Young contributed a great deal of money to the Duggan Campaign, it is downright silly to think his disclaimer to the contrary was adequate.

Written on Overbey wins with strong showing in Sevier; Finney asking for recount:

I think Bennett has things backwards. I do not consider Duggan's Circuit Court race "clean" just because it was Judge Young and not Duggan himself who was slinging mud FOR Duggan. I thought it was incumbent upon Duggan to correct the misinformation published by Young under auspices of his official duty as judge. Especially given the TBA Code of Ethics he signed.

Written on Meares issues rebuttal press release to Black letter:

Good Lord, jlrl2006, Cunningham's incendiary comments were uttered in the course of introducing Judge Duggan. Of course there's guilt by association.

You may recall that Judge Young said it was his judicial responsibility to correct any misinformation about a judicial candidate. Unfortunately, it was he who was misinformed. I do not think you can cite the same Code to defend Judge Duggan keeping silent.

Written on Meares issues rebuttal press release to Black letter:

PoorMeares, are you saying it is not a problem that Tommy Hatcher's paperwork to the Administrative Office of the Courts got lost in the mail or through a computer glitch? And that it is just interjecting political beliefs into the courtroom for Judge Meares to have uncovered that? I guess you are one of those who wants to claim that everything he has done in the past year was somehow related to politics. Well, he is not the one running the campaign focusing purely on party affiliation.

Are you saying it is not a problem that Judge Young used Hatcher's flawed information to publically accuse Meares of creating a backlog, when it is he himself who is solely responsible for assignment of cases? Since he is a major contributor to Duggan's campaign, naturally this was done in support of his candidate. No amount of disclaimer to the contrary would convince anyone otherwise.

Apparently, some people believe that this local court system wherein facts cannot be trusted is a fine system that does not require any fixing. I am not one of them. The people are not well-served in an atmosphere where the truth is negotiable, depending on your pary-affiliation or family tree. And I am very pleased that Judge Meares chose the unusual approach to investigate this publicly.

"We do it everyday with ordinary folks and lawyers are not one bit better before the law than anyone else."

Written on Meares issues rebuttal press release to Black letter:

I think Judge Duggan is a fine judge, but he is already a judge. A vote for him is a vote for his unknown replacement in Sessions court. It is my understanding that the Mayor and the County Commission would choose the next sessions judge. I would prefer we citizens choose our judges. So why not leave things as they are, when both men are doing a fine job? Why is it so important that Duggan win? (Who is it that is just dying to be appointed to Sessions Judge?)

To PoorMeares: Are you really saying that Black's press release publicly trashing Meares was an effort to support Meares? With friends like that...

And I am perplexed why it is a "cheap shot" for Meares to quote a Republican's own very public comments? Are you denying that Cunningham made those statements? As an aside, it would have been nice to hear Mr. Duggan make some statement that he did not agree with those comments. I do not hold them against him, but there is an element of guilt by association.

Mike has certainly NOT made it clear to the COJ that he held any hearings for political purposes. You imply that he has made such a statement and that is completely untrue.

Written on Duggan signs TBA code of conduct pledge:

I am very glad to hear that. Perhaps now Mr. Duggan will correct the misinformation given by his supporter, Judge Young, about his opponent, Mike Meares and his efficiency at handling the cases the come before him.

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