Thursday, August 25, 2005
A Move Toward County Commission Moderation?
The Chattanoogan has the scoop that the County Commission's moderate, pro-education funding wing will stay together to elect Larry Henry as the next Commission chairman.
Is this the beginning of a new long-term alliance, or is this merely leftover bitterness from the contentious tax vote? One can only hope that we can now move on from the days of making the Superintendent Public Enemy Number One.
Just a couple of weeks ago, current Chairman Fred Skillern had been counting on the support of Commissioners Beck and Richard Casavant for another term.This bodes well for people in Hamilton County if this block can hold together. This is a unique study in the partisan politics of Hamilton County, with a block of moderate Republicans lined up with the Commission's Democratic minority against their conservative party mates and one faux Democrat in Lou Miller.
But the team that voted in a 26-cent property tax increase is set to also name the commission leadership.
Commissioner Henry, who will be the next chairman, was the swing vote. He voted against a tax increase last year, but for one this time.
He is set to get the votes of himself and Commissioners Henry, Beck, Casavant, Charlotte Vandergriff and William Cotton.
Is this the beginning of a new long-term alliance, or is this merely leftover bitterness from the contentious tax vote? One can only hope that we can now move on from the days of making the Superintendent Public Enemy Number One.
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