By Chris Taylor
Clarksville, TN – Former Clarksville Mayor and current CDE Lightband Superintendent Johnny Piper has announced his resignation at the end of the fiscal year. Piper's office yesterday released a letter sent to Power Board Chairman Wayne Abrams. In it, Piper sums up his short tenure as a job well done. The announcement follows CDE's hiring of a full-time Human Resources Manager and the start of a $390,000 renovation project. Piper says he never planned to stay in the position for long and now he says the outfit needs a long-term leader. Piper's hiring was controversial, culminating in a City Council decision last month to take CDE to court over numerous contradictions in state and local laws.