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Oct 14 2008
12:06 pm
By: Paul Witt
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Damn, that's pretty huge.
Damn, that's pretty huge. Never saw that coming.
Damn, that's pretty
Damn, that's pretty huge
Yes, but not by Knoxville standards. If Moore is not circling downtown in a stolen sheriff's helicopter by happy hour, I'm not going to be satisfied.
KNS:He [Moore and Pinkson's
KNS:
A novel defense.
Flashback Link...
Flashback
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Too bad there wasn't enough
Too bad there wasn't enough evidence to boot both of them. Grumpy lied too; they just can't prove it.
Nah, we need Grump...
As long as Rags and Grumpy are busy tearing each other apart, they can't devote their full attention to keeping government safe for developers.
Two Words: James
Two Words:
James McMillan--
He's already announced that he's running for it, and he needs to be appointed.
You 8th District peeps need to talk to Dave Wright.
And you 1st District peeps need to talk to Sam and Tank.
Seriously. This is a chance to put Davy Crockett on County Commission.
County Commission Jan.'06-Oct.'08
Incumbents beaten in '06 county elections:
Moody lost to Norman
Collins lost to M Harmon
McMillian lost to Ballard
Horner lost to Smith
In '06 county election incumbent Commissioner Stephens does not run.
Lumpy wins open seat.
Incumbents ousted Jan.'07:
M Cawood
Clark
Griess
Guthe
D.Jordan
Mills
Schmid
Tindell
Commissioners appointed Jan'07
ousted Oct'07:
S Cawood
Greene
F Leuthold
Cate
Trammel
J Jordan
Huddleston
Bolus
Commissioners appointed Feb '08 till
Aug '08:
McKenzie(elected Aug '08)
Campion
Davis
Daniels
Briggs(elected Aug '08)
Roundtree
Defreeze
Wright(elected Aug '08)
Commissioners elected Aug '08:
Broyles
Saunders
Shouse
Anders
Brown
Vacant Spt '08:
Incumbent Commissioner Ballard elected prop.asso. special election to fill vacancy Nov 4,'08
Vacant Oct '08:
Moore ousted
Appointment to fill vacancy.
When the dust clears from the term limit turmoil Knox County has had 43 different county commissioners in less than 3 years?
Am I right?? Or have I counted wrong?
A niggling point perhaps,
A niggling point perhaps, but the Channel 6 story is a tad inaccurate. Judge Blackwood cleared Pinkston because he found no "clear and convincing evidence" that Pinkston made false statements (or so my notes say).
Larry Van Guilder
Bill
When the dust clears from the term limit turmoil Knox County has had 43 different county commissioners in less than 3 years?
You have to wonder if this is some sort of record for a municipal government.
Larry Van Guilder
Good Point. Pinkston Stays.
LVG makes a good point. Pinkston was not on camera and not the focus of the proceedings as Scooby was the commission chairman at the infamous black Tuesday proceedings and was front and center of all of the attention as the in fix unfolded. The fact that he happened to be talking on the cell phone from the commission chair is all too unfortunate.
In my opinion, Scoob was nothing more than a Scooby snack for Judge Blackwood and if he's got something better to do, I'd suggest Scoob get with it as any appeal is likely a waste of time.
Maybe Pinkston will get Blackwood to hear Ragsdale's Ouster
suit sometime in December, wouldn't that be a great gift to the citizens of Knox County, Ragsdale tossed from office.
Then, with all that time on his hands and off the county's payroll, having turned in his gas guzzling Tahoe, he could read to school children. We can only hope, but if Pinkston appreciates what he has just been through, he'll step on the gas on his ouster case against Ragsdale and continue to clean up county gubmi't one way or the other.
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Congratulations to Paul
Congratulations to Paul Pinkston for finally being declared ignorant by a competent authority:
but if Pinkston appreciates
but if Pinkston appreciates what he has just been through, he'll step on the gas on his ouster case against Ragsdale
You mean before Pinkston gets caught again?