The Laura Cole story of property rights abuse by Knox County Government
My post over on KTB tells the Laura Cole story. It is yet another story of a hapless homeowner facing destruction of their property by the developer government complex of Knox County.
It is a story about greed, corruption, ineptness, incompetence, and the complete contempt of personal property rights. It is a story about wink, wink, don’t worry about the rules what can these people possibly do?
One man got a video camera and what he has done is very compelling. James McMillan took his video camera and has created a library of videos that have now appeared on YouTube. The narrative tells a story of some of the usual suspects of stormwater abuse.
Isn’t it ironic that both developers Victor Jernigan and Scott Davis are two of the worst offenders of stormwater runoff? Both are friends of Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale. Victor Jernigan funded R. Larry Smith in his successful Knox County Commission race against James McMillan.
Victor Jernigan is the “go to guy” on Knox County Commission for stormwater issues. Why would you pick the guy with one of the worst records of stormwater violations to be the “go to guy”? Scott Davis is famous for the impassioned speech he gave about ethics and getting along with people after it was very clear that Lee Tramel would be appointed to the District 4 seat he coveted in the January 31st appointment debacle in Knox County Commission.
Mr. McMillan is often referred to as “Farmer McMillan” because he is actually a farmer who became concerned about the stormwater issue after Mr. Jernigan built several subdivisions that caused stormwater runoff which hurt Mr. McMillan’s cattle.
These are the videos that tell the real story of personal property rights in Knox County:
The Laura Cole story via “Farmer” James McMillan and YouTube:
The Knox County Commission meeting Public Forum featuring Laura Cole via Publius9 and Channel9 of YouTube:
