Submitted by R. Neal on Thu, 2008/07/24 - 7:05am
Rikki Hall's column in this week's Metro Pulse explains the controversy surrounding a heated race for Blount County Circuit Court. Rikki is the only journalist to get it right so far. He has more commentary at BlountViews.
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