Knoxville City Council Election

The General Election is Tuesday, and here are my picks:

1st District: Incumbent Joe Hultquist vs. Julia Tucker
No viable opposition as Tucker is a write-in candidate. Hultquist favors mass transit and has brough South Knox issues to light.

2nd District: incumbent Barbara Pelot vs. Ken Knight
Pelot supports downtown development and gets my vote.

3rd District: incumbent Steve Hall vs. Ellen Adcock
I’ll vote for Adcock, despite her previous boss Vistor Ashe. She favors downtown and south waterfront redevelopment, more sidewalks, and a re-vamp of the 911 system.

4th District: incumbent Rob Frost vs. Kim Litton
This is my district, and I pick Rob with great entusiasm. He’s an old house fan, favors neighborhood development, voted against the Candy Factory sale, and wants to control development in the semi-urban 4th district. Litton is a realtor, has stated succinctly that she thinks all development is good, and her literature emphasizes “family values” which is code for the GOP Neocon agenda. She was was also the only viable candidate not to return a Knox Heritage survey.

5th District: incumbent Bob Becker
Not up for election.

6th District: incumbent Mark Brown vs. September Aretha Coleman Goolsby, and Wayne Swann
I support Mark and he has no viable opposition. He’s smart, he’s vice mayor, and he’s brought redevelopment to his district, especially Five Pints where it was sorely needed. He also supports downtown development which is part of his district.

At-Large: incumbent Joe Bailey
At-Large: incumbent Marilynn Roddy
At-Large: incumbent Chris Woodhull
None of these Council Members are up for election.