Mark My Word

Just so it won't seem like I'm picking on only one mayoral candidate, I'd like to officially go on record as being more than a little uncomfortable with Mark Padgett. One of his goals is to make Knoxville more user-friendly. And how do you suppose he's going to do that? Could it be with eGovernment Solutions whose"cutting edge software...allows government to work for the people, by making key services more accessible to the public, including being available online"? That all sounds fine and well, except it just so happens that Mark is the CEO of eGovernment Solutions. It smells as rotten as an old broken down mattress in a seedy motel. Does he want to get elected so he can drag the City of Knoxville into a sordid affair with him and his company? Say it with me, Knoxville: CONFLICT OF INTEREST.