Tue
Oct 14 2008
11:06 am
Moore out, Pinkston stays
By: Paul Witt

The drama never ends...

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R. Neal's picture

Damn, that's pretty huge.

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 11:08am.

Damn, that's pretty huge. Never saw that coming.

rikki's picture

Damn, that's pretty

Submitted by rikki on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 11:38am.

Damn, that's pretty huge

Yes, but not by Knoxville standards. If Moore is not circling downtown in a stolen sheriff's helicopter by happy hour, I'm not going to be satisfied.

R. Neal's picture

KNS:He [Moore and Pinkson's

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 11:55am.

KNS:

He [Moore and Pinkson's attorney Arthur Seymour Jr.] called the backroom appointments a time-honored practice in Knox County government. "That's how democracy works. It's not pretty. They were following the law as they thought."

A novel defense.

R. Neal's picture

Flashback Link...

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 12:21pm.

Flashback

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Rachel's picture

Too bad there wasn't enough

Submitted by Rachel on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 1:15pm.

Too bad there wasn't enough evidence to boot both of them. Grumpy lied too; they just can't prove it.

RayCapps's picture

Nah, we need Grump...

Submitted by RayCapps on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 1:35pm.

As long as Rags and Grumpy are busy tearing each other apart, they can't devote their full attention to keeping government safe for developers.

Bbeanster's picture

Two Words: James

Submitted by Bbeanster on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 1:38pm.

Two Words:
James McMillan--

He's already announced that he's running for it, and he needs to be appointed.

You 8th District peeps need to talk to Dave Wright.

And you 1st District peeps need to talk to Sam and Tank.

Seriously. This is a chance to put Davy Crockett on County Commission.

bill young's picture

County Commission Jan.'06-Oct.'08

Submitted by bill young on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 1:59pm.

Incumbents beaten in '06 county elections:

Moody lost to Norman
Collins lost to M Harmon
McMillian lost to Ballard
Horner lost to Smith

In '06 county election incumbent Commissioner Stephens does not run.
Lumpy wins open seat.

Incumbents ousted Jan.'07:

M Cawood
Clark
Griess
Guthe
D.Jordan
Mills
Schmid
Tindell

Commissioners appointed Jan'07
ousted Oct'07:

S Cawood
Greene
F Leuthold
Cate
Trammel
J Jordan
Huddleston
Bolus

Commissioners appointed Feb '08 till
Aug '08:

McKenzie(elected Aug '08)
Campion
Davis
Daniels
Briggs(elected Aug '08)
Roundtree
Defreeze
Wright(elected Aug '08)

Commissioners elected Aug '08:

Broyles
Saunders
Shouse
Anders
Brown

Vacant Spt '08:

Incumbent Commissioner Ballard elected prop.asso. special election to fill vacancy Nov 4,'08

Vacant Oct '08:

Moore ousted

Appointment to fill vacancy.

When the dust clears from the term limit turmoil Knox County has had 43 different county commissioners in less than 3 years?

Am I right?? Or have I counted wrong?

knoxvegas99's picture

A niggling point perhaps,

Submitted by knoxvegas99 on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 2:01pm.

A niggling point perhaps, but the Channel 6 story is a tad inaccurate. Judge Blackwood cleared Pinkston because he found no "clear and convincing evidence" that Pinkston made false statements (or so my notes say).

Larry Van Guilder

knoxvegas99's picture

Bill

Submitted by knoxvegas99 on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 2:03pm.

When the dust clears from the term limit turmoil Knox County has had 43 different county commissioners in less than 3 years?

You have to wonder if this is some sort of record for a municipal government.

Larry Van Guilder

Rigsby Werner's picture

Good Point. Pinkston Stays.

Submitted by Rigsby Werner (not verified) on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 4:34pm.

LVG makes a good point. Pinkston was not on camera and not the focus of the proceedings as Scooby was the commission chairman at the infamous black Tuesday proceedings and was front and center of all of the attention as the in fix unfolded. The fact that he happened to be talking on the cell phone from the commission chair is all too unfortunate.

In my opinion, Scoob was nothing more than a Scooby snack for Judge Blackwood and if he's got something better to do, I'd suggest Scoob get with it as any appeal is likely a waste of time.

Rags2010's picture

Maybe Pinkston will get Blackwood to hear Ragsdale's Ouster

Submitted by Rags2010 (not verified) on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 5:54pm.

suit sometime in December, wouldn't that be a great gift to the citizens of Knox County, Ragsdale tossed from office.

Then, with all that time on his hands and off the county's payroll, having turned in his gas guzzling Tahoe, he could read to school children. We can only hope, but if Pinkston appreciates what he has just been through, he'll step on the gas on his ouster case against Ragsdale and continue to clean up county gubmi't one way or the other.

redmondkr's picture

Congratulations to Herb

Submitted by redmondkr on Tue, 2008/10/14 - 11:50pm.

Congratulations to Herb Moncier.


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rocketsquirrel's picture

Congratulations to Paul

Submitted by rocketsquirrel on Wed, 2008/10/15 - 5:56am.

Congratulations to Paul Pinkston for finally being declared ignorant by a competent authority:

"The judge said that apparent ignorance might explain Pinkston's testimony but not Moore's insistence that he couldn't remember what he talked about on the phone with lawyer and lobbyist John Valliant during the deadlock over a 4th District appointment during the Black Wednesday meeting."

KC's picture

but if Pinkston appreciates

Submitted by KC on Wed, 2008/10/15 - 6:07am.

but if Pinkston appreciates what he has just been through, he'll step on the gas on his ouster case against Ragsdale

You mean before Pinkston gets caught again?

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