Charges by his GOP opponents that he raised taxes as mayor should not be of major concern to voters. Anyone who governs locally at some point is going to have to choose between taxes and reductions in services that cause a city or county to decline.

When the KNS writes that raising taxes should not be a major concern to voters they reveal who and what they really are. They are not "progressives" they just act like them. The KNS is just like Corker. Dishonest, but very good at being dishonest.

One of Corker's main television ads is where 20 some odd people say Bob Corker was the "best Mayor Chattanooga ever had". "The lowest tax rates since the 1950's." What the ad didn't say was they also had the highest taxes since the 1950's. That Corker ad is patently dishonest. Isn't this a sort of intelligence test? To see just how stupid voters actually are?

Corker, like the KNS, is the personification of style over substance. Is there any substance underneath? Is a man with a 100 million dollar net worth like you or me? Does he see us as people or units of production?

Vote for Corker and subscribe to the KNS if taxes are not a "major concern" for you and your family.

What?!

The KNS endorsed Bob Corker?!?!

I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you! There's endorsin' going on here!

Take Care, Be Good and don't play in the street!

SteveMule

 "When the KNS writes that raising taxes should not be a major concern to voters they reveal who and what they really are. They are not "progressives" they just act like them. The KNS is just like Corker. Dishonest, but very good at being dishonest."

You're exactly right. The News-Sentinel concealed the fact, until it was too late, the many millions of dollars that the city of Knoxville (or the taxpayers) paid to construct their new building.

Here's what the News-Sentinel got:

* A $55,000,000 dollar, low interest loan raised from a municipal bond issue floated by the city of Knoxville (that obligates the taxpayers in the event N-S's owner Scripps defaults).

* A ten year tax abatement on their $20,000,000 building and their $30,000,000 German-made printing press (they pay no taxes on the property for ten years). The personal property tax rate is 20% after 5 years (by law) so they'll pay at a rate of only 20% on the $30,000,000 printing press.

* The $3,000,000 that the city of Knoxville paid to condemn, acquire, and develop the 25.74 acre parcel of prime industrial land upon which the News-Sentinel's new building now sits (which they gave to the News-Sentinel - free of charge).

* The likely decrease in the municipal bond rating for the city of Knoxville and the higher interest rates that we must now pay on the $260,000,000 of outstanding bonds because of the added burden of the citizens guaranteeing the $55,000,000 N-S bond issue.

It was not until after it was a done deal, the building built, and the new printing press in operation that the News-Sentinel made a news report. I don't think that they told the whole story. The general public had not been the least bit aware up to that point. There was no public debate.

The News-Sentinel has no credibility.

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Hey digit - just curious.  You don't like Corker.  Who is your man in this election?

The Tennessean has also endorsed Corker.

(Day late, but no surprise.)

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