Maybe a New Mayor

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The recent primary election in Knox presented only 2 contested races, both races on Democrat Party ticket. His Honor, Mayor Estok, was defeated in a close contest by former Police Chief, Rick Chambers. Rich Neuburg, formerly of the Family Cafe, defeated Greg Matt, formerly of the Post office, for City Council. Both races contained a wee bit of interest to Blogger Knox Indiana. Therefore, with no further ado, I shall analyze these contests.

On April 16 I posted Sex In Our City. This was about the incompetent firing of a Knox City policeman. (Please don’t misunderstand me; the officer shouldn’t have been hired to begin with.) The piss poor administration of the city’s business concerned me. Why he was hired to begin with, why he wasn’t fired for cause earlier, and why he was fired for a very stupid cause ultimately was my interest in the matter. I wasn’t able to ascertain who exactly was responsible for the firing so I didn’t blast the Mayor. Of course the voters understand quite well that the Mayor is somehow responsible for the mess. The half dozen votes Estok needed and didn’t get certainly could be considered a consequence of this mess.

It is not a coincidence that Rick Chambers was involved in this matter. Chief Chambers refused to hire this officer when he was Chief because he didn’t regard this individual to be adequate, psychologically speaking, for the job. The rumor is that when Estok became mayor he ordered Chambers to hire this candidate for the department. Chambers refused and ultimately resigned his position as Chief and retired from the city police department, evidently under some duress.

It is my opinion that the Police Chief acted in the best interest of the police candidate, the best interest of the city, and in the best interest of Mayor Estok, when Chambers refused to hire this person. Subsequent events have proven the case: The policeman had to be fired ultimately, the city is being sued for the firing, and the Mayor lost the election because Chambers was free to run, no longer being police chief.

The reason I say in the title, Maybe a New Mayor, is that the Republicans have yet to announce their candidate for Mayor in the fall election. I suppose Estok could make a go at that. I think that would be ill advised.

The Matt vs. Neuburg race presented me, as a voter, with a Thesauri of choices: Awful. Dreadful. Terrible. Stinky. Appalling. Dire. Ghastly. Horrendous. Horrible. Shocking. PLEASE, Republicans…run somebody…ANYBODY! Pretty please. I promise to split my ticket for the first time in 40 years..