Mon
Mar 6 2006
02:39 pm
Apathy?
By: Michael Silence

Of the 49 local offices on the May 2 Knox County ballot, more than half, or 26, are unopposed.

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redmondkr's picture

I remember reading a few

Submitted by redmondkr on Mon, 2006/03/06 - 2:59pm.

I remember reading a few years back about a small town in Wisconsin that could not get people to run for council seats or, indeed, for most elected offices.  When asked why, most answered that they wouldn't soil their hands by taking such disreputable jobs.

With the approval rating that most public servants politicians enjoy, I can see why a lot of honorable citizens will have nothing to do with it?

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R. Neal's picture

Very sad. It has gotten to

Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2006/03/06 - 3:01pm.

Very sad. It has gotten to the point that you can get "elected" to a seat like County Commission by just filling out a form.

Rachel's picture

Umm, I'm not sure it's

Submitted by Rachel on Mon, 2006/03/06 - 11:09pm.

Umm, I'm not sure it's completely apathy. Some of it may be the reality of the difficulty of running against an incumbent. As somebody who's worked to replace the current pair of 9th district Commissioners for the last two elections, I can attest to that.

I think there's a really good race developing this time, tho - that's David Kiger against Paul Pinkston. So what I'm wanting to know is - when will the local media - especially the KNS - start reporting on somebody other than Lumpy Lambert?

Anonymous's picture

"So what I'm wanting to know

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2006/03/07 - 12:41am.

"So what I'm wanting to know is - when will the local media - especially the KNS - start reporting on somebody other than Lumpy Lambert?"

Sadly, only when the other candidates start using silly nicknames and employing equally silly stunts. A guy named David vs a guy named Paul, talking about real issues?  Boring.  Jo Anne Worley boring. Guy named Lumpy, shooting party? Very interesting. Arte Johnson interesting.

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