Bradley County Sheriff Jim RuthA parade of Tennessee lawmakers lined up Wednesday to pummel Bradley County Sheriff Jim Ruth for accusing them of being in the pockets of druggists and meth-makers.
Probably the most forthright was Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster.
“Mr. Sheriff Ruth, have the cojones to come to War Memorial 105 [her office] and look me eyeball to eyeball and tell me I’m on the take. It’s very offensive,” she said.
Rep. Barrett Rich, R-Somerville, said people can — and do — say just about anything they want to about lawmakers with whom they disagree.
“But if he wants to make accusations, don’t do it with the cowardice of writing an article to the paper. Be a man about it, and come up here and see us,” Rich said.