Comments on: Lobster for Lunch in Knox County http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/ A Good Christian Raisin' and a Eighth Grade Education Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:24:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marty http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Marty Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:51:37 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/13/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/#comment-473 re: wheel tax / property tax increase That's because you live in the city. You see, each segment of the county had to have a specific reason to vote for the wheel tax increase. It's all about the votes... On the bright side, the entire wheel tax episode gave us the one and only Lumpy Lambert and hereby made listening to local politicians fun again. Hey, nothing says Friday like a power lunch at Regas - particularly if the Friday is the one right before the Monday County Commission meeting. Raise your hand if you think that story was about buying lobster (or, rather, buying votes). The identity of the 3rd person wil eventually come out but it won't matter since the 1st district commissioners are pretty much bulletproof... re: wheel tax / property tax increase
That’s because you live in the city. You see, each segment of the county had to have a specific reason to vote for the wheel tax increase. It’s all about the votes…

On the bright side, the entire wheel tax episode gave us the one and only Lumpy Lambert and hereby made listening to local politicians fun again.

Hey, nothing says Friday like a power lunch at Regas – particularly if the Friday is the one right before the Monday County Commission meeting. Raise your hand if you think that story was about buying lobster (or, rather, buying votes). The identity of the 3rd person wil eventually come out but it won’t matter since the 1st district commissioners are pretty much bulletproof…

]]> By: sadcox http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/comment-page-1/#comment-472 sadcox Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:14:30 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/13/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/#comment-472 Marty, you are correct on the wheel tax--I was lumping the wheel tax and vehicle registration together...it used to be $30 for both, now it's $60. That's the first I've heard of using a promise of a new school to push the increase. I thought it happened by the far less dubious method of threatening us with a property tax increase if the wheel tax didn't pass. <i>Anybody want to go to lunch?</i> I would love to, but my business can't afford it right now. I would, however, appreciate it if you'd pick up a couple of lobster tails for me if you go out. :P Marty, you are correct on the wheel tax–I was lumping the wheel tax and vehicle registration together…it used to be $30 for both, now it’s $60.

That’s the first I’ve heard of using a promise of a new school to push the increase. I thought it happened by the far less dubious method of threatening us with a property tax increase if the wheel tax didn’t pass.

Anybody want to go to lunch?

I would love to, but my business can’t afford it right now. I would, however, appreciate it if you’d pick up a couple of lobster tails for me if you go out. :P

]]> By: Marty http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Marty Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:03:01 +0000 http://www.itfrom.us/2007/07/13/lobster-for-lunch-in-knox-county/#comment-471 OK, you had to know a post was coming from me... First, the wheel tax went from $6 to $36 which is a bit more than 100%... The stories on Lady D and her high maintenance round the city/county building are of epic proportions. That new library is diguised as a high school out in Hardin Valley that pretty much none of the Farragut folks want to send their kids to. Even after the "I'll build you a school if you vote for my wheel tax" deal was struck with them. But, fortunately for us, now that my good friend John Werner has jumped on the grenade, we can all go back to work to creating great schools, taking care of our seniors and making government better every day... Anybody want to go to lunch? OK, you had to know a post was coming from me…

First, the wheel tax went from $6 to $36 which is a bit more than 100%…

The stories on Lady D and her high maintenance round the city/county building are of epic proportions.

That new library is diguised as a high school out in Hardin Valley that pretty much none of the Farragut folks want to send their kids to. Even after the “I’ll build you a school if you vote for my wheel tax” deal was struck with them.

But, fortunately for us, now that my good friend John Werner has jumped on the grenade, we can all go back to work to creating great schools, taking care of our seniors and making government better every day…

Anybody want to go to lunch?

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