Tue
Oct 23 2007
07:07 pm
By: R. Neal
Not wanting to feel left out of local County Commission drama, Blount County is having some drama of its own.
You can read all about it here:
TARGET- Commissioner Wendy Pitts Reeves
More background here:
Commission Democrats under attack
More on County Commission conflicts
The bottom line is that one of the three Democrats (and, gasp, a woman!) on the 21 member Blount County Commission dared question the Good Old Boys of Blount County and now they're going after her.
And in the latest article referenced in the first link, the Scripps owned and News Sentinel affiliated Blount Today "newspaper" is on the wrong side of this one.
But it's no surprise that they're siding with the GOP Good Old Boys without checking any facts other than what they are spoon fed. It will be amusing to watch the backpedaling commence when the facts come out.
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The KNS needs to be drawn in on this as well. Robert Wilson is confused on the Lewis Opinion. It is like he never read past the first page. I would think the KNS would at least fact check things once in awhile, eh?
Or Wilson is the only one to get it right and Lewis is not the "director and stock holder' listed in the opinion.