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Mackay Wins Post

Submitted by Gene Patterson on June 29, 2009 - 10:33pm

Congratulations to Greg Mackay, who held on to his job as Knox County's Election Coordinator  today.

Mackay - who is a Democrat - won the post despite a majority of Republicans on Knox County's Election Commission.

The vote broke down along partisan lines - 3 to 2 - with Republican Paul Crilly crossing the aisle and casting the deciding vote for Mackay.

Crilly's vote will be seen by some Republicans as a betrayal.  There were a number of solid candidates for the job, with R's on their resumes.

I haven't spoken to Crilly about his vote - but perhaps he felt that what wasn't broken shouldn't have to be fixed. It should also be noted that he voted for Mackay just a few years back, when Republicans were in the minority.

For those of us who've dealt with the Election office over the years, partisanship didn't always deliver a good coordinator. It's obvious that Mackay is a good coordinator - all politics aside.

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The elections under Mr.

Submitted by BayardJDonahoo (not verified) on July 21, 2009 - 9:28pm.
The elections under Mr. Mackay's direction have been well run, clean affairs. "If it isn't broke ----> don't fix it," needs to be amended here to, " If it runs really, really well ----> make sure you don't make changes at the top." Thank you, Mr. Mackay.

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