TERM LIMITS UPHELD! Big changes in Knoxville!
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld term limits in Knox County. Big political changes are in store for Knox County.
From WATE 6:
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Knox County charter is valid. That means eight county commissioners and Sheriff Tim Hutchison are term limited out of office since they have served more than two consecutive terms.
Knox County’s Trustee Mike Lowe, Register of Deeds Steve Hall, County Clerk Mike Padgett are also term limited.
The commissioners affected are: Mark Cawood, John Griess, John Mills, Diane Jordan, Larry Clark, Billy Tindell, Phil Guthe and John Schmid.
However, these officials are not gone from office immediately. They will continue to serve until successors are elected or appointed and qualified.
Only school board members and court clerks are not affected by term limits.
The big question here will be if successors are indeed appointed, or elected, and if appointed, will the commissioners allowed to serve UNTIL a replacement is named, be allowed to vote on their own replacements.
David Keim over at the News Sentinel is following the story as well. You can access the pdf file of the Supreme Court ruling at the Sentinel site.
Oh, and let’s not allow the moment to slip by without a “for the record” who was right and who was wrong. Who was wrong: Judge Weaver. Who’s he? The judge who tossed out Knox County’s charter and term limits. His judgment doesn’t look too good right now. (He was only correct…in part.)
Who’s right: Judge Jarvis. He apparently knew what he was talking about.
UPDATE: If you’re looking for information on the issue, you won’t find any better play by play than Randy Neal over at KnoxViews. Hurry over by clicking here.
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Don’t forget to add the Knoxville Bar Association board to your list of “who’s wrong.” They had the nerve to write a column for KNS Perspectives one Sunday saying it was wrong for people to criticize Chancellor Weaver for his ruling.
By Catha on 01.12.07 8:23 pm
Didn’t know that, Catha. It’s good to know.
By Terry on 01.13.07 7:51 am
An email I crafted. Love your show.
Mac
Let’s play President
Yeah, let’s play President.
My President is named John. He is a war hero, who has fought bad guys.
Well my President is named Barack Hussein. He has a pastor that curses like a sailor and a friend that bombed the Capitol.
FACT: Obama’s radical ties would preclude him from being a presidential bodyguard.
He doesn’t want to guard the President though; he wants to guard our country.
He began his political career in the home of a known terrorist (see below for proof), has traveled to Kenya to support the campaign of his Muslim cousin (see below for proof), and gave $800,000 this year to Acorn, a group who is openly falsifying voter registrations (see below for proof).
VIDEO PROOF
Obama spent only 143 days in the Senate before he began running for President. VIDEO
Obama’s own Vice President said he was not experienced enough to be President. VIDEO
Obama has no business experience, no executive experience & no military experience. VIDEO – MUST SEE
Obama is the second largest recipient after Chris Dodd of donations from Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. VIDEO
Obama gave $800,000 during this election year to Acorn, a group that is openly trying to rig the election. VIDEO
Obama actually accused our brave troops of air raiding villages and bombing innocents. VIDEO
Obama spent 20 years in a church of a man that said not God bless America, but GD America. VIDEO
Obama has very obviously never been taught what to do when our national anthem is sung. VIDEO
Obama uses Americans as the butt of a joke and suggests that we need to learn Spanish VIDEO
Obama is an associate of Willams Ayers, a true radical who bombed the Pentagon and White House. Obama began his political career in Ayers home, took 50 million dollars from Ayers organization, served on boards with Ayers and blurbed for Ayers book. Yet, he says he has no ties with this unrepentant terrorist. VIDEO
Obama voted to have comprehensive sex education taught to kindergartners. VIDEO
Obama is the only current Senator who voted against the Born Alive Infant Protection Act. VIDEO
Obama stated one of his mentors was Saul Alinsky, a man who dedicated his book to Lucifer. VIDEO
Obama does not have the support of the majority of our brave troops, especially this one. VIDEO
Obama supported on our tax dollars the election of his Muslim cousin Odinga in Kenya Africa. VIDEO
Obama wants to deny us access to our oil, further hurting our economy. VIDEO
Obama wants to give billions to the U.N., further hurting our economy. VIDEO
Obama wants to raise taxes on businesses, further hurting our economy. VIDEO
We need a unifier, not a radical.
We need a proven leader, not a Acorn loving shakedown artist community organizer.
PLEASE FORWARD – THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF MANY HOURS OF RESEARCH
By Mac McAdams on 10.14.08 11:12 pm
Term limits are excellent, Congratulations Knoxville.
The servants of city, state and local governments have had a strangle hold on the people way too long. Many such as judges have used their power to promote and implement their own agendas. While claiming that they are unbiased. Many have terrorized the general population with law interpretations and public policies that are self serving. The Judicial branch of government have
set themselves up to serve the bench as kings.
Term limits is what many cities, counties and states
are crying for.
By Sam Hill on 07.17.09 11:26 am
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