The May 3 Republican Democratic Primary is clearly drawing nigh, and the races that already were hot now are crackling with attempted one-ups, accusations, and he-said-she-said retorts.
Last week’s news and many mailboxes (digital ones, as well as those planted by the roadsides) carried stories, ads and mailers that – pick ’em all – depicted the three GOP mayor candidates in poor light.
Matt Hullander, the former Hullco owner who touts his business experience was said in one mailer to be “sued multiple times for paying illegal wages,” “admitting to violating Fair Labor Standards Act” and selling his “company during lawsuits.”
Radio listeners heard an ad accusing Hamilton County Commissioner Sabrena Smedley of snugging “up to liberal teachers unions.” She would “hand our children over to woke, liberal activists,” according to the ad and another mailer. (Never mind that the idea of a Tennessee teachers union as “liberal” is at best laughable.)
Smedley and Hullander pointed fingers to Weston Wamp, who denied knowledge of the ads and said he had nothing to do with them. Still, some of his supporters paid for them, so the other candidates were quick to point fingers and cry foul.