Tax Assessor candidate Steven Robinette has outdone himself with an even more venemous 2nd smear sheet on his opponent. I just got it in the mail.

This type of campaigning disgusts me.

I don't care about a public official's private life. I want to know about job performance, and why a challenger thinks they can do a better job.

Now, I don't like taking public sides in a campaign like this but I am going to. I will vote against Mr. Robinette. Roane County can not tolerate political campaigns based on smear and innuendo if we are going to have good government.

In Mr. Robinette's resume he presents absolutely nothing that makes me think he is remotely qualified for the job. His level of ignorance on the meaning of real estate LLC's, green space designations, and other not so complex aspects of property ownership, as exhibited by some of his claims in his smear sheets and web site, demonstrate that, while Ms. Kirkham may have committed some tansgressions that she needs to attend to, she is the only candidate in the Tax Assessor race that is remotely qualified for the office, in expertise but more importantly...In
Temperment.

I don't think many of us want to deal with a public official willing to stoop to the low form of discourse shown by Mr. Robinette in his tactics.