This morning, on WBIR‘s Inside Tennessee the two Republican candidates for Knox County Clerk appeared. There appeared to be some confusion when candidate Sherry Witt had said that Roger Kane was seeking his fourth position. Kane countered that he had run for Trustee then State Representative for three elections. He didn’t understand the math. So, I began digging, here is what I found.
State Representative Roger Kane speaking and State Representative Martin Daniel listening at a recent West Knox Republican Club Meeting.
Sherry Witt, Candidate for Knox County Clerk speaking at a recent Center City Conservatives Republican Club Meeting
On February 5, 2008 Roger finished third with a little more than 10% of the Knox County Republican vote for Trustee. Then on both February 12 and 13, 2008 the Knox News Sentinel identified him as one of two persons seeking the appointment to the Knox County Commission Sixth District. Here on February 20, 2008 BrianHornback.Com (then Shock and Awe aka Brian’s Blog) reported of the Knox County Commission selection of Robert Rountree. Then in 2012, Roger was elected to the State Representative position, and has been reelected twice. He is now a candidate for Knox County Clerk. So, this is the fourth position that he has sought in 10 years and would “technically” be his sixth election, five on a ballot of the voters and one ballot of the County Commission.
The results of the February 5, 2008 Republican Primary for Trustee.
February 12, 2008 Knox News Sentinel
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February 13, 2008 Knox News Sentinel
I believe the Clerk’s office employees will be a lot happier working under Sherry than who they have been ruled by the past ten years. My only problem is that under term limits, you can jump from one office to another and continue to be paid over $100,000 a year by the tax payers. Kane didn’t even know which office is opened late and Sherry didn’t understand why the public was cut off 30 minutes before their posted closing time. Seems like more of the same old politics in Know County. They forget that the employees are tax payers to while they make 3-4 times more money plus their monthly car/travel stipends. In Knox County, one must only use the “R” when speaking. Republican and same old save the tax payers money Rhetoric.