Today's Opinions

 Last week’s ruling from the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals in the Kenneth Bartley case wasn’t news- so to speak. What it was and still is disruptive and upsetting.

Pleas are meant to bring closure and allow people to move forward.

Bartley’s plea has done nothing of the sort. Instead it has been a legal volleyball from the moment it was entered.

Seated in the jury box that day watching the 15- year- old Bartley agree he was guilty of fatally shooting Ken Bruce and wounding Jim Pierce and Gary Seals, I was concerned. 

The outpouring of support for Campbell County Director of Schools Donnie Poston has been moving to say the least.

At last week’s special called meeting many members of the community turned out in support of the embattled Poston. They rallied behind him in a show of support or force depending on where you fall on the issue of his contract renewal.

But why did it come to this?

The answer is simple. Some things never change.