Assuming commission loses, does anyone think one of them won't appeal to drag it out?

Wow! That was fast.

I'd say the plaintiff has made their case. If you look at all the evidence they piled on, there's no way the jury could have just dismissed all of it that fast.

An appeal would keep this alive up to the February primary and hopefully to the August election. That would serve the people well and the appointed commissioners (and those running for other offices) not so well. Does anyone think Chucky has chance in District 2 B?

WATE live also. Crawl on WVLT.

It's not conclusive until #9 has violated copyright heroicially appropriated the video.

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Respect mah authoritah!

Doesn't this mean that at this moment everyone appointed on 1/31 is technically out of office? Or do they have to wait to see what penalties and remedies Fansler comes back with?

They don't have to appeal. Commission just reconvenes, serves public notice and puts the same people back in, and nobody in Knox County (except the people who post here and work for KNS) will notice or care.

But Herb Moncier's argument was classic.

Yowzah!

A friend just IM'ed me the following as a proposed theme song for Knox County:

Whispers in hallways, and cell phones in bathrooms,
Private discussions and confab's in backrooms,
Appointing commisioners by pulling on strings,
These are a few of my favorite things

Catchy!

~Russ

In answer to the previous question, Owings' son works for the Sheriff's Department as a mechanic on the Sheriff's fleet of helicopters. Remember? Hutchison told Commission those helicopters wouldn't cost the county a dime. Presumably the younger works gratis.

Owings has obviously cut a deal to get the son's job and the appointment as law director in exchange for rubber-stamping the former and current Sheriffs' misdeeds. The nepotism issue here has clearly been shielded by the dust from the commission/mayor scandals.

And Owings is advising the Ethics Committee as its legal counsel on issues such as . . . . you guessed it, nepotism.

Sounds like an article for Ms. Bean or her peers, the likes of which we should all be grateful for shining sunlight on the county's characters long before this trial came along.

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He might be thinking the only clerk's job in his future is at the Halls Kroger.

Any talk of how Daryl will fashion the remedy is conjecture.

But I will say this,I have great faith in Daryl Fansler.He will do the right thing.

What I would like to see is a special election and those elected would serve till 2010. I cannot remember how much advance time we need to schedule an election, but I really hate having to wait till August 2008 to get these appointed commissioners and officers out. I would hope for good turnout considering the outrage by residents. I know we need a primary then a general election.

Appointments just won't work with this bunch.

But I have no idea what Fansler will come up with.

Whats been glaring in the whole deal is lack of leadership.
In the void of leadership we found ourselves in the abyss.

I can't understand why the Mayor did not have a options to offer when the ruling came down.In my mind the Mayor's job is to look at all the alternatives & present those to county commission.The Mayor can favor one alternative over the other but its up to the commission to decide.

I believe we could have gotten a special election if there had been a plan in place.It would have been threading a needle but by the time the Mayor got around to it that ship had sailed.

I am not for a special election now.We have what 50 candidates running in the '08 county elections right now & there will be more.
In my opinion,getting these candidates out campaigning for 10 months is the way to go.Let these folks find out what voters are thinking.

However,I do believe a special election does pass constitutional muster.I know court cases say otherwise but the constititution only requres next election & if that's what Daryl says then I'm down with it.