January 16th, Peggy Lambert Appointed to the Blount County Commission

According to a Daily Times article, a last-second nomination by commissioner Ron French resulted in Peggy Lambert being appointed to the seat left vacant by Bob Ramsey. Ms. Lambert will represent District #5 until 2010. The nomination letter was not submitted until close of business the Wednesday before the commission meeting. Mayor Jerry Cunningham is quoted as saying this was done, "to shield Peggy from the hatred and terrible comments and cheap shots that are being taken at her from the blogs." It would seem, however, that if the candidate has nothing to hide, then "terrible comments and cheap shots" should not have affected her in the first place..