Commentary
By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director
Twelve county officeholders are out of a job in East Tennessee not because of anything they did, but because of the way they came into their positions — in a secret vote by other county officials. And we should all be glad things turned out that way.
A local trial jury found that a dozen people who were tapped in January to fill vacant offices, including county sheriff, were selected behind . . .
