This popped up on the DT website, not sure what time: Link...

The only surprise here is that the other people he spoke about at the Support Rally haven't filed suit also. Hopefully, the county mayor's attorney won't be billing the county for defense of Cunningham in his individual capacity. Wonder who he'll hire?

UPDATE:
Found the audiotape of the meeting, so you can hear the episode and judge for yourself - if you think you can handle hearing the phrase "testicular fortitude" all over again. Link...

What do you think of this tape? Does it make any difference that Cunningham said he was not speaking as Mayor? I'm guessing that if he were an average Joe, he wouldn't have been as likely to be asked to be the keynote speaker, nor would it have been as likely that any of the press would have covered the story if he had spoken. Is it possible that his office added to the weight of his words?

Do you think YOU could have found out in a *SNAP* the sorts of things that Cunningham "said" that he did? And how would you feel if the Mayor of a neighboring town accessed your divorce file (exactly where did he get it, anyway? If I went to the Justice Center, would they give it to me?) and gave a little speech on it in front of a room full of "office-holders," a state representative, several lawyers, another judge, etc.? Not to mention a Senator who was apparently there in spirit. And what would lead a former US Attorney to believe it was appropriate to comment on pending litigation in such a setting, anyway?

Not to mention coming right out and saying Ana Calixto "ain't legal."

Could this be construed as a discussion of county business without public notice?

The EPA issued new ozone standards on Wednesday. The new standard is not as low as what EPA scientists and public health specialists recommended in 2006, but the new standard will have an impact on transportation and land use planning in East Tennessee and the rest of the state.

A press release from the Southern Environmenal Law Center says,
"To improve air quality, Tennessee must focus on strategies to reduce how much and how far its citizens drive such as investing in transportation alternatives and coordinating transportation and land use planning to reduce sprawl."

See Link...