Tim Hill will have to leave planning, sports authority posts if elected | Ashe

Tim Hill, 61, candidate for City Council at-large seat C, is chair of Knoxville-Knox County Planning and a member of the Sports Authority, which is building the new stadium downtown.

The question has arisen whether Hill would continue serving on both these boards should he be elected to City Council in November. The short answer is no. He must vacate those seats if he takes office the third Saturday of December.

Since he is a city appointee to the Planning Commission, Mayor Indya Kincannon (if she is reelected) will pick his successor.

As for the Sports Authority, Kincannon and County Mayor Glenn Jacobs must pick a successor, and that person must be approved by both the County Commission and the City Council.

Hill is opposing council incumbent Amelia Parker, 44, and Change Center director Matthew Best, 33.

Early voting is underway and ends Aug. 24. Primary election day is Aug. 29. Please vote!

The city mayor’s race, in my view, is very likely to be decided on Aug. 29. The four City Council contests will go to a runoff.

The municipal judge contest is very competitive. A runoff is certainly a possibility in the general election on Nov. 7. The likeliest top two vote getters are Tyler Caviness, 31, and incumbent John Rosson, 75. The other two candidates are Andrew Beamer, 38, and Mary Ward, 57.

Rosson, who is seeking his 10th four-year term as city judge, declined to say if he would seek an 11th term in 2027 if elected this year. Many have said Rosson wants to serve only one more term, but when I asked him point-blank, Rosson declined to say what his plans in 2027 might be.

Several City Council members are considering submitting a charter amendment to city voters next year to have term limits apply to municipal judge. Voters would have to adopt a charter amendment by referendum for it to become mandatory.

Lois Claire Kincannon, 83, mother of Mayor Indya Kincannon, passed away in Knoxville on Aug. 10. Deepest sympathy and condolences to the Kincannon family.

The arraignment of former president Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 3 was unusual from countless perspectives, starting with who he is. One had to notice that no family member accompanied him, including his wife, Melania, or any of his children, even his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who worked at the White House. Second, the magistrate point-blank told him not to tamper with any juror.

U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is holding a fundraiser Aug. 21 at the home of Scott and Hope Davis. It is co-hosted by U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett – who has not yet endorsed Trump for president – and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, who is considering a race for governor in 2026.

Meanwhile, Trump challenger Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, is in Knoxville on Aug. 17 for a fundraiser hosted by former Gov. Bill Haslam.

The Southern Environmental Law Center is challenging TVA’s two large projects that would replace coal-fired plants at the Cumberland and Kingston facilities with gas. The environmental group says that as the biggest public utility in the U.S., TVA can derail the Biden administration’s effort to decarbonize the power sector by 2035.

Birthdays

Aug. 16: Adrian Jay, wife of County Commissioner Larsen Jay, is 48. Edward J. Primka III is 58. Chris Christenberry is 77. Former councilwoman Brenda Palmer is 77. Travis Brasfield Jr. is 47. Ned DeLozier is 48. Janusz Kulesza is 71. Nicholas McCook is 42. Rollin Sterritt is 38.

Aug. 17: Maureen McBride is 74. Elizabeth Murphy is 36. Thomas Hale is 69. Scott Osborn is 52.

Aug. 18: Jered Croom is 50. David DuPree is 64. Actor Robert Redford is 87. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is 96. Jan Elmore is 64. Charles Van Morgan is 59. Danny R. Brouillette is 61. Former county Mayor Mike Ragsdale is 70. Bill Schwenterly is 78. Matthew McClellan is 84. Edwin Spencer is 53. Brittany Tarwater is 36. Dr. Matthew Nadaud is 54.

Aug. 19: Kevin Bailey is 57. Tipper Gore is 75. Brent Waugh is 41. Former President Bill Clinton is 77. Barry Winston is 74. Lily Seabolt is 35. Mitchell Moseley is 61. Tyler Allen, orthodontist, is 35.

Aug. 20: Ted Russell, businessman, is 84. Adriana McGovern is 76. Attorney James Parker is 33. Kellie L. Toon is 48. Denise Stewart-Sanabria is 67. School Superintendent Jon Rysewyk is 50. Jon Searle is 60.

Aug. 21: Bryan Hair, former chief of staff to Mayor Glenn Jacobs, is 39. Firefighter Danny Beeler is 66. Dana Moran is 46.

Aug. 22: Alicia Hemmings is 22. Attorney Sid Gilreath is 87. Craig Leuthold is 60. Benjamin F. Lee is 53.

Victor Ashe is a former Knoxville mayor and former ambassador to Poland. He is a columnist for Shopper News. 

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