Give Me That Gavel!

The friendly facades of the Knoxville City Council may just come crashing down in the next few weeks. The hand-holding and back-patting will give way to arm wrestling and back stabbing among the usually amiable members as all eight vie for the newly-opened position of vice-mayor. The News Sentinel called it "jockeying". I call it war. Everybody wants it, but no one is ready to admit the real reason why, which is that it will put them one step closer to looking very mayorish. They're all "running" for the position and each one thinks he/she is the best person for the job. I wonder how many votes it will take to get elected. Most will only get one vote, their own. Somebody may win by a landslide...of two votes.
I don't live in the city, so it makes no never-mind to me who gets to be vice-mayor. I do love a good cat fight, though. And this is surely working itself into one.