The Price of Petulance: Knox County Mayor Mocks #NashvilleNed.

He brought it on himself–and us. Governor Ned Lamont made an ill-judged complaint last week that Connecticut is a complicated place to do business, using his wife, venture capitalist Ann Huntress Lamont, was doing business in Nashville at one of the good restaurants Nashville has. The mayor of Knox County, Glenn Jacobs, took note of Lamont’s deriding Connecticut and replied with a mocking tweet.

Jacobs thanked Lamont for the compliment. Tennessee welcomes Connecticut’s investors but not our taxes and regulations, Jacobs wrote. The Tennessee Republican enjoyed a long career in professional wrestling/acting before entering politics in 2018. Expect more of this in the competition between states to woo businesses.

Posted December 7, 2021.