Mon
Jan 29 2007
01:46 pm
By: R. Neal
Reminder: Public forum tonight, Monday, January 29th, starting at 6pm in the WHITTLE SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, 2700 White Oak Lane (the corner of Whittle Springs and White Oak). "Public, candidates, commissioners, and all interested parties are invited." More details here.
Also: the KNS, WBIR, and WNOX host a one hour program on WBIR Channel 10 TV At 7 PM tonight, Monday, Jan. 29th, to "explain who's in contention and to offer perspective from journalists, public officials and others."
The Knox County Commission will vote on replacements to fill the vacancies created by the recent term limits decision this Wednesday, Jan. 31st.
UPDATE: County Commission has put up this website with candidate info.
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Candidate Forum Info
Some comments on a few of the resumes:
Josh Jordan - A Lawn mowing business might qualify you for a title of County Maintenance Director.
Scheduling appointments.
Purchasing tools and materials for landscaping jobs.
Bidding on jobs for future work.
Josh Lowe - Many of us are terrible at spelling (including myself), but please learn to use a word processor with spell check (avialable - available)
Sharon Cawood - One picture will do. We don't need to see 3 different angles of your jaw line. Also, please replace the 3.3 MB picture from your website with a smaller version and if you are going to rip off your husband's website, at least change the background color of the Tennessee seal so that it matches your website.
To the rest of the candidates, good luck, and by that I mean I hope you are related to, or personally know one or more of the current office holders.
KTB