For those of you that are employed by the Knox County Sheriff’s Department or for those of you, like me that support the men and women that protect and defend our community against the bad guys and girls.

You have no friend in Karen Carson, a candidate for Knox County School Board – Fifth District.

Not only did she reveal in a questionaire that she opposed the Sheriff’s Department Pension when it passed. But, she would support it being placed back on referendum to be abolished.

A friend of the Sheriffs Department forwarded a page (to Brian’s Blog) of a recently submitted questionaire completed and submitted by Carson.

Question 9 asked “Would you consider asking the county to readdress the recently implemented sheriff’s office pension plan if it meant more tax dollars could go to education?”

Karen Carson responded “While I do not think the pension plan was a sound decision, given the reality of Knox County Government revenue projections, it was approved by referendum. I think the wording of the referendum was confusing and only a small percentage of eligible Knox County voters actually voted to approve it, but it did pass. If the County commission determines that it cannot support adequate funding for education because of the additional funding requirements of the of the Sheriff’s pension plan, I would support another referendum to reconsider the pension plan changes.”