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Open
elections for all county commissioners
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Review
all functions of local government to
reduce duplication of services
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Take
better care of tax money
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Avoid
nepotism
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Limit
campaign spending
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More
responsive to public, more informed and
engaged
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More
economic development
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Desire
to use 'Brown Fields' rather than
agricultural land
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Guide
and direct residential developers
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Freeze
and index property taxes
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Education regime based on consumer
choice
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County
commission better balanced in its view
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County
government that listens to citizens
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Dissolve
Knox County Development Corporation
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Better
oversight of purchase surplus practices
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Rule
recent election null and void with new
election and term limits
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Knox
County Development Corporation
accountable to the people
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Developers to provide infrastructure in
their project
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Adequately fund public libraries
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Knox
County Development Corporation and MPC
more responsive to public input
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Abide by
the sector plan
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MPC to
be elected and term limited. One per
district
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Residents of impacted communities able
to vote on development plans
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School
board to study charter schools
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Term
limit bonds to eight years
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Make
elections non-partisan
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Consolidate and better utilize emergency
services
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Reduce
the number of commissioners
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Enforce
conflict of interest laws - make more
strict
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Environmental and quality of life
concerns should be number one priority
in development
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Preserve
agricultural land
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More
citizen involvement
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Metro
government
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Stop
building on dumps and sinkholes
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Government should encourage public
participation in their decision making
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Publish
budget in paper minutes on-line for all
government bodies
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No metro
government
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Nepotism
not apply to teachers
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County
employees can not run for elected office
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Staggered election terms
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Zero
tolerance nepotism
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Look at
redrawing district lines commission and
city council
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Consolidated government
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Accountability
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All
decision makers should be elected,
including MPC and school board, with
term limits
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Every
parent should get to vote for the school
board member for every school in which
they have a child
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Ways to
get voters involved, including
punishment
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Administrative offices all appointed by
county mayor (trustees, register of
deeds, county clerk)
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Elect
industrial development board
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Knox
County should develop and enforce master
plan for land use of facilities and
infrastructure development
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Infrastructure and facilities tax should
be paid by developers
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No
private use of public vehicles
(including driving them home)
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Open
City-County Building garage
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Knox
County government should be more
responsive to public's desire to be
informed and engaged. Encourage broader
public participation in major issues.
Should require public input process such
as this
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There
should be no contract buy-out clause for
less than satisfactory performance
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Elected
superintendent of schools
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County
commission meetings should be in the
evenings
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If
City-County Building garage cannot be
open all the time, at least open it for
public meetings
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All
public meetings should be in the
evenings
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Anything
to be voted on should be written in
clearly understandable language
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Must
make old courthouse more handicapped
accessible
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All
government construction contracts should
be closed bid process
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Every
county commissioner - one of their two
terms should be at-large