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By Steve Hunley

Woke Evil In Charlotte

For the better part of the last 20 years, Knoxvillians have heard of the wonders of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mecklenburg County has been held up as a beacon of enlightenment and progress to Knoxville and Knox County residents. Not any longer. Charlotte is sinking under the burden of leadership on its city council and mayor, which is far less enlightened than it is woke. Last month, Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old who worked at a local pizzeria, was riding the train home, minding her own business, looking at her phone when Decarlos Brown Jr. stood up and stabbed her several times from behind. Zarutska was an immigrant from war-torn Ukraine. And another oddity is the determined silence of those who insist we pay for Ukraine’s de

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