Roy Exum: Kelly Gallops To Mayor Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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Tim Kelly, betting heavily on himself by spending over $1 million of his own money and divesting of a widely respected auto dealership in order to be fully focused, was hailed as a winner Tuesday night. The personable Kelly was greeted with open arms as Chattanooga’s newest Mayor when he outlasted another quite capable candidate, Kim White. In what was expected to be a nose-to-nose runoff election, Kelly won handily, galloping away with over 60 percent of the vote. The unofficial difference was Kelly’s 15,966 votes to White’s 10,661 finish, causing the gutty Kelly to declare himself an early winner with just 20 percent of the precincts reporting.
Mayor-Elect Kelly Focusing On Economic Development, Early Childhood Education Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - by Joseph Dycus Mayor-elect Tim Kelly says economic development and investing in early childhood education are two points of emphasis for his administration over the next four years. Mr. Kelly, on the day after his election runoff victory, said he has spoken to most of the City Council members and people within the city, and said investing in preschool education is an “easy sale.”
“The science is crystal-clear, right?,” the former auto dealer said in a Wednesday afternoon interview. “By the time a child is six years old, their brain is wired and he or she will be on a path that you can change, but it’s more difficult to change after that.”
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New Gophers men s basketball coach Ben Johnson finally is getting some help on the recruiting trail.
Johnson, who was hired last month, officially announced former DeLaSalle coach and Colorado State assistant Dave Thorson and William & Mary s Jason Kemp to his staff on Friday.
But they ve already hit the ground running in trying to build the roster together.
Thorson, who coached Johnson in high school in the late 1990s, has spent the last three years at Colorado State under Niko Medved. Kemp has been at William & Mary for the past two seasons, which included coaching new Gophers recruit and graduate transfer Luke Loewe.
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