Take Back Our Government Rally?
Over at KnoxBlab some people are poking fun at the Take Back Our Government Rally.
One poster wrote, “I heard that the anti wheel tax people are having a rally tomorrow night at the Expo Center on Clinton Highway to take back the government. Anyone know who they are taking it from and what do they want to do with it assuming they get it.”
Another poster wrote, “I don’t know who they want to take it from, but they want to give it to Steve Hall, Gary Sellers, Lumpy Lambert and #9. Apparently their platform espouses bringing the Dark Ages back to Knox County.”
Sounds Medieval doesn’t it?
This is interesting. There appear to be nervous people since the “cats sleeping with dogs” phenomenon that occurred during the Candy Factory fight when conservatives and progressives joined together for a common cause. Now there is a war among the various progressives. Is it a political sin to mix with other groups? Consider how the Haslam administration and various people on KnoxBlab and k2k have maligned the Green Party.
There will be featured speakers at the rally. One of these speakers will be Michael Kaplan of the Green Party. He will be speaking about the Candy Factory and eminent domain.
If the City and County had acted after the Kelo decision would this strange convergence of different political groups have occurred? One thing is certain; the people of Knox County are serious about property rights.
The rally will be held Thursday the 26th from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM at the Knoxville Expo Center . Michael Silence has said he will try to attend. My guess is many curious people will attend also.
January 25th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
If you haven’t heard about this rally here is more information.
The “what” is that the group of people that started the protest which led to the “Wheel Tax” referendum wanted to have a reunion. After the vote on the Candy Factory they decided to expand this idea and turn it into a rally to discuss various issues they felt were not being addressed by local government with eminent domain being the most important issue.
The “where” is the Knoxville Expo Center. Knoxville Expo Center is located at the corner of Clinton Hwy and Merchants Rd. Directions here.
http://www.knoxvilleexpocenter.com/directions.asp
The “who” is the original Wheel Tax protest group and elected representatives along with other guest speakers such as Michael Kaplan former UT Professor of Architecture and possibly Mark Saroff the owner of the McClung Warehouses.
The “why” is the common perception that local government has not addressed its responsibility following the Kelo ruling to define how property rights in Knox County will be protected.
I am not a member of any of these groups so other people that know more about the agenda are welcome to join in and explain more.