When everyone heard Kim Sepesi (yeah I know she got married to a Severance recently) say she wasn’t going to run for re-election. The Knox County Commission Vice Chairman known as Robert Lawrence Smith announced that he would be a (I mean ‘THE’ School Board Member for the Seventh District)
A couple a folks had already been thinking about it. Zachary Wishart, a local Realtor and another Realtor Danny Kirby. Kirby can’t decide between School Board and County Commission as he picked up both petitions. But since Robert Lawrence picked up. Retired or Retiring Brickey McClound Beloved Teacher Patti Lou Bounds and NOW Republican Activist, Successful Business Entrepreneur Andrew Graybeal has picked up a petition.
The E.W. Scripps employed Publisher of one of their free weekly bird cage liner The Shopper has written about how Smith is the heir apparent. She and one of her contracted writers even had a disagreement over at the local liberal playground aka KnoxViews about Smith’s descent to a school board position. The Publisher opined something to the likes of you can’t beat somebody with no body or some resemblance of such a statement.
It appears that Robert Lawrence will have several opponents and unlike some school of thoughts (I believe anyone can win) but all of these candidates are known to be viable candidates. Robert Lawrence has NEVER been on the ballot in Powell. At least 40-45% of the school board district includes Powell. Unlike in previous primary campaigns where less than a majority won him the Republican candidacy. With this race if no one receives 50% plus 1 vote. The top two then run off head to head. This race appears to be a tough road for Robert Lawrence. But time will tell, February 20th is the deadline to submit a petition. So there could be more candidates, for political junkies this is gonna be fun to watch.
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I’m with you on this one: Anyone can win it. In fact at this point, this is the one BOE race that I wouldn’t even try to predict who makes it into the general election if everyone who picked up a nominating petition actually runs.
Good Gurtie Murtie this is great, the Papers Boys golden turd has got some REAL competition this time, if only my old buddy Mary Lou were here to see this one. Larry lets just bring this right to a head now once and for all. You opened that double sided mouth and said from the start you would not have voted for the extension of the contract of the King of the schools. That is as believable as their is no duck crap in the bottom of the Fountain City Lake. You have been on that blasted commission so long that you have lost touch with reality. Leave commission gracefully, go back to selling insurance and leave the education decisions to someone else. We appreciate you cutting the grass out here, but even Forest Gump knew he was not a smart man, and he cut the grass for free. The Paper Man will plaster your face as the wise choice just like he did the reject from the Property Assessors , I mean the Trustee’s office. Good lord, you people move around like musical chairs on an episode of Romper Room. We see it clear out here in Halls, too much Larry is not a good thing. How many of those money green signs have you ordered with the your slogan “Eight years on the County Tit”?