Knox News
Pigeon Forge voters once again declined the offer of a cocktail during their meals out as a liquor-by-the-drink referendum failed on its second attempt at the polls Tuesday. The measure was defeated with 55 percent of voters opposed to allowing liquor to be sold at restaurants, according to unofficial returns from the Sevier County Election Commission.
The state election coordinator has ruled that Knox County has to limit a recall ballot initiative to a single question ”” should school board member Bill Phillips be recalled? The ballot cannot contain two questions, election administrator Mark Goins wrote in a four-page opinion released today. The second question would have been whether a special election should be held to choose a successor.