Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs endorsed U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) for reelection to Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District.
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Republican Mayor of Knox County Blasts Media for Calling Concerns Over Biden’s Decline ‘Conspiracy Theories’
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs (R) joined Sky News Monday where he blasted the media for referring to Republicans as “conspiracy theorists” for questioning President Joe Biden’s mental acuity.
“What did Kamala Harris know [and] when did she know it, and who is actually president of the United States and who is making those decisions,” Jacobs said on “News Hour with Mark Austin.” “The thing about the vice president’s job, one of their primary duties is if something happens to the president, the vice president has to step in, yet Mrs. Harris said she didn’t know there was anything wrong with the president. However, a month ago, right after the debate with President Trump, she said on TV that everything was fine, that he was thinking clearly, [and] that he was giving good advice to leaders around the world. So, she either knew and is basically covering that up, or she is willingly ignorant of the situation. Either way, that’s a bad place to be.”
Read the full storyKnox County Mayor State of the County Address Focuses on Teacher Pay Raises, More Police Equipment
At his state of the county address, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs laid out the county’s budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, which is heavily focused on teacher salaries and upgrades to law enforcement equipment.
Jacobs started with high praise of the county’s sheriff.
Read the full storyKnox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs Most Proud of Not Raising Taxes During His Tenure, Says ‘We Have to Make Sure Our People Are Being Taken Care Of’
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs said the accomplishment he’s most proud of since assuming office in 2018 is his and his team’s work to avoid raising taxes for county residents.
Jacobs said that while it is becoming “more difficult” to construct a budget amid economic challenges resulting from decisions made at the federal level, his administration is “doing everything that we can to be creative and think outside the box” to avoid raising taxes.
Read the full storyReagan Day Dinner Returns: Davidson County GOP Chair Lonnie Spivak Unveils New Plans, Initiative for 2024
Davidson County Republican Party Chairman Lonnie Spivak joined Friday’s edition of The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy to discuss the return of the Reagan Day dinner scheduled for January 25, 2024.
Spivak shares details about the event to be held at the prestigious Cordell, and the event will feature Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs as the keynote speaker and hints at potential surprise guests.
Spivak offered listeners a peek behind the scenes of party political operations to mention one of the initiatives underway to mobilize Republicans who only vote in presidential elections with the roundtable of in-studio guests including author Roger Simon and original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael.
Read the full storyMayor Glenn Jacobs Proposes Record-Size Budget in Knox County That Doesn’t Raise Taxes
Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, guest host Aaron Gulbransen welcomed Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs to the newsmaker line to discuss the county’s record-sized budget that doesn’t raise taxes.
Read the full storyMayor Glenn Jacobs: The Second Amendment Is the ‘Break Glass in Case of Emergency’ Amendment, I Will Never Let Them Touch My Guns
Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, guest host Aaron Gulbransen welcomed Mayor Glenn Jacobs of Knox County to the newsmaker line to give his stance on the Second Amendment and the out of control federal spending.
Read the full storyKnox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs Discusses His ‘Get Out the Vote’ Event in Powell, Tennessee
Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, guest host Gulbransen welcomed Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs to the newsmaker line to promote his get-out-the-vote event in Powell Tennessee tonight with Senator Marsha Blackburn and the need for a red wave across the state come November.
Read the full storyMarsha Blackburn Is Special Guest at July 29 ‘Get Out The Vote’ BBQ for Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs
Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn is slated to appear as the special guest at a July 29 get out the vote BBQ for Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs’ reelection campaign.
The election for Knox County mayor coincides with federal and state primary elections and scheduled for August 4, less than a week later.
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