Publisher’s Positions

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley

The City Election: Mayor Kincannon The Big Loser

The results of the City of Knoxville elections were about what most expected. The most interesting aspect of the election was the referendum on increasing the sales tax. That referendum was funded by donations from millionaires and billionaires, aided by friendly stories from the daily newspaper, which did its best to nudge people into voting for increasing the sales tax. That effort failed miserably with 62% of those Knoxvillians voting “NO.” That was a blow to Mayor Indya Kincannon. It was the third big loss of her administration in an exercise of liberal government failures.

The first loss was the moronic attempt to whitewash a pig, put it in a dress, and call it “Cousin Shirley” in an attempt to