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The Aegean Stable that is Knox County government
Posted By katie allison granju
Adam Groves has written an excellent summary of the entire Knox County political saga of 2007, concluding with:
With the new faction on the Commission now removed, the Commission wisely opted to delay another appointment process until after this year’s primary elections – when it learned that the Commission could not authorize a special election. Instead, the Commission’s subversive action has left a lasting mark on Knox Co. politics – building interest in running for local office to historic levels – and participation among voters to projected all time highs.
That just goes to show you the Aegean Stables of last year’s most notorious political saga can be cleaned by the will of the electorate – if only we allow it. More importantly it shows public officials’ attempts to stifle public oversight through the recent move to weaken the State’s Open Meeting laws (the very laws which made the cleansing possible) are instructive.
(In case your memory of the classics is rusty, here’s some info on how Hercules managed to clean those stables in a single day)
Hat tip to Michael Silence.
Jan 29th, 2008
