The three candidates for Knox County Trustee were on Tennessee This Week which aired today. Barry Hawkins was still discussing the operation of the office by Interim County Commission appointed Trustee Craig Leuthold. Leuthold on the defensive was trying to bob and weave through explanations. Then Leuthold tried the I have Property Assessor experience. Hawkins response was, yeah I didn’t have a Black Wednesday Commissioner friend like Phil Ballard to hire me. Ed Shouse agrees that the current operation of the Trustees office needs a close examination and will use his private sector experience to review it, when he is elected.

George Korda reminded the viewers during the pundits panel on the show of the Ronald Reagan quote, when you are explaining you are losing.

Interesting side note, this segment was recorded on Thursday. Leuthold had an event out in Northeast Knox County that afternoon/evening. All the Hawkins & Shouse signs had been removed from the route of Channel 6 studios to the Corryton Senior Center. All Shouse signs are on property with permission, there could be photographs and/or video of the removers removing the signs. Closer to April 16, the evidence could be revealed publicly. Stay tuned.