Some Choice!! Big Government Republican vs. Lefty Democrat.

The election for the Knoxville mayor's race is being held today. The
Republican candidate is Bill Haslam, son of UT Board of Trustee member
Jim Haslam (and founder of Pilot Oil Corp.) The elder Haslam is partly
responsible for the appointment of John Shumaker to the UT presidency.

The rapid expansion in the breadth and scope of government, not the
state income tax, is the primary issue for most of you, I think.

The disease that has caused the explosion in government is the
(unfortunate natural) desire (by some) to receive something for
nothing. The drumming for higher and higher taxes is only a symptom of
the disease and not the disease itself.

According to several polls, it looks like Haslam will win the
election. The campaign manager for Haslam is Wayne Ritchie, former
Democrat state legislator, who is more than likely a proponent of a
state income tax. Another person helping with Haslam's campaign is UT
Professor Bill Lyons, who has been outspoken in favor of a state
income tax.

I'm sure that they (i.e. Haslam, et al) will be drumming for a state
income tax before long.

Comments (below sad but true, in my opinion):

The Democrat Party has ruined the grand old word "liberal." Liberal
used to mean open-mindedness, tolerance, and respect for civil
liberties. Today the word "liberal" means something else.