Click here for a ballot, or go pick a paper. The things are free, you know. And make for great gift-wrappings.
Anyhoo, it features six sections and lots and lots of categories. (You apparently have to fill out at least 25 for your ballot to count, and any ballot-stuffing goes into the "Extra Scrutiny Pile.")
I'm working my way through it right now.
Here's mine* (the ones in italics):
Best of the Best
Knoxvillian: (you must vote for someone besides previous winners Bill Haslam, Bruce Pearl, or Pat Summitt): Wait, Bruce Pearl won this????
Store: Walmart.
Restaurant: Calhoun's. Best ribs in America. Just ask Mike Chase. He'll tell you that over and over and over and over again.
Bar: Yeah, I wouldn't know.
Band: Tim Burchett and the Balanced Budgets.
Knoxville Life
Best Thing Knoxville needs: A $48 million weight room and a $200 million Neyland Stadium facelift during fiscally tight times. Oh wait, we got that.
Best Local Attraction: Bruce Pearl's wife's Facebook page.
Best Place to Meet New Friends: On the county's audit hotline.
Best Place to Take Your Kids for Free: To school.
Best Reality TV Show Contestant from Knoxville: I don't know. Who was the biggest disaster?
Best Way to Get Tim Burchett to Attend Your Meeting: Hold it at Wright's Cafeteria.
* I did have some input from others. Anything upsetting? That was them. Not me.
