Thursday night at the South Knox Republican Club Cindy Ballard (the wife of John Whitehead’s opponent) came clean on a “whisper legend” that has been active since 2006. When Cindy’s husband first ran for County Commission in 2006 against Mike McMillan. The “whisper legend” of the eighth district has been that Ballard is a Democrat that ran as Republican.Â
On Thursday night Cindy’s husband was scheduled to be the speaker but instead he sent his Chief Deputy Jim Weaver to speak on his behalf. During the portion where candidates or their representatives can speak for 2-3 minutes. Cindy rose to speak for her husband. She said she did not know what a RINO (Republican In Name Only) was. She said that she  asked her husband are they calling you fat? He said NO and explained that RINO is Republican In Name Only. Cindy Went on to inform the club that “we were Democrats, our families were Democrats, however when Phil ran for Commission we ran as Republican”
Well, thank you Cindy for clearing that up! So, in fact Ballard is a RINO!
