WRGS Radio in Rogersville has an online roster for the Nov. 4 game race.
After looking it over, I’ve learned some things I didn’t know before:
(1) Mike Faulk, the Church Hill attorney and candidate for 4th district state senate seat, lives in Kingsport. In fact, he’s on the far side of the [Holston] Ordnance. So, technically, if he walked over to the river and jumped in, he wouldn’t be eligible to run in this district. Not that I’m recommending he go jump in a river, I’m just making an observation on geography – that’s all.
(2) Chris Lugo did not drop out the (US Senate) race. I thought he had. Of course, since the vast majority of people here have never heard of him or think he’s a county music back-up singer, I’m not sure it matters one way or the other.
(3) The forgotten Rogersville City School Board seats, which the entire town got their grannies panties twisted over and demanded an expensive special election to be held immediately, are on the ballot. Seats 1, 2 will be filled by current members (and sole candidates for the seats) Frank Testerman and William E. Phillips II. Seats 3, 4 will be filled by incumbent Reed Matney and newcomer Todd Biggs. With challenger Dan Brooks dropping out of the race, there is no race.
Of course, I am immensely pleased to see Todd toss his hat in the ring. Todd is pharmacist in Kingsport and has two children in the city school system. Their kids are roughly the same age as ours – so the boys were on the same soccer team back when the girls were still toddlers. Later, Todd served as their Boy Scout leader. And last season, the girls started playing soccer. Having known them for awhile, I can say that Todd and Kristi are wonderful people, very involved and proactive parents – and I am confident he will do an outstanding job.
As for the rest of those folks threatening to put their name on the ballot, I guess they realized that seeking a role of leadership and serving the public would seriously cut into their time spent sitting around and complaining to the public about its leadership.
Angelia, don’t you have to live in your district?
You do. And if the River marks the Hawkins/Sullivan boundary, which I think it does – the address Faulk listed is on the Hawkins County side of the Holston. So he’s in the district… but just barely.
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