Lenoir City Election
| With 24 days left for candidates to qualify for the
November Lenoir City election, thus far, only two candidates have picked
up a petition as a challenger to any of the incumbent city candidates.
Wayne Collins has picked up a qualifying petition to challenge incumbent
mayor, Tony Aikens. Unfortunately, Mr. Collins hasn't returned his
petition to qualify to run. Trevor Branson has also picked up qualifying
petitions for both the mayor seat and and a council seat. Ultimately,
Branson will have to decide which seat he wants to run for.
Also on the ballot is the city treasurer/recorder position currently held by Jimmy Wilburn. Wilburn is also seeking re-election. Unique to this position, anyone in Loudon County can run for it. You need not be a resident of the city. Given the anger shown by so many city residents, over the last few years, over the actions of the mayor and council, it's surprising no other challengers are willing to get into the race. I know there are a number of people who have talked about getting in, but so far no others have. The incumbents, mayor Tony Aikens, council members Mike Henline, Jennifer Wampler and Eddie Simpson are all running for re-election. All four of these incumbents supported/voted for:
If these votes aren't bad enough, all the above incumbent candidates have voted for and supported all the mass developments in the city and refused to even consider any changes to their planning and zoning policies to put any controls on development. If Tony and his cronies get back in office for another four years, there's no doubt the slash and burn, development policies will only get worse and no doubt, Aikens will find more ways to tax the city residents. Are there really no citizens in Lenoir City who are willing to step to the plate to save the city? Candidates have until August 15, noon to qualify to run for any of the offices listed above |
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7/22/24