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Ethics review finds no merit in complaint alleging mayor organized religious rally
Summary
An ethics review presented to the Putnam County Commission found the complaint unsigned, outside the ethics committee’s authority under the county code and Tennessee law, and that the rally was organized by the Putnam County Young Republican Group; the presenter recommended no action.
Mr. Jones presented the results of a review of an ethics complaint filed by Trenton Strode alleging Mayor Randy Porter organized a religious "King of Kings" rally on courthouse grounds. Jones told the commission the complaint was unsigned and therefore procedurally defective, and concluded the county ethics committee lacks authority over the matters raised because the complaint did not allege violations covered by the…
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