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Kyle Testerman
Kyle Copenhaver Testerman (December 27, 1934 – April 11, 2015) was mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee from 1972 to 1975, and again from 1984 to 1987.〔()〕〔http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/knoxnews/obituary.aspx?n=kyle-testerman&pid=174615389&fhid=6411〕 Testerman was a Republican.
==First term==
Testerman was a Knoxville lawyer and businessman and a member of the Knoxville City Council when he first ran for mayor in 1971, against incumbent Leonard Rogers.〔http://www.cityofknoxville.org/mayors/default.asp〕 A major issue in the campaign was the selling of liquor by the drink, something which was at the time illegal in Knoxville. Rogers was opposed to it, but Testerman argued that liquor by the drink was necessary to attract business and tourism to Knoxville. After winning the election, Testerman brought a liquor by the drink referendum to the voters, who approved it two-to-one.〔(WBIR Our Stories ), accessed on 10 June 2006.〕
With the opening of West Town Mall in 1974, business began to drain out of the downtown Knoxville area. The city began to look for redevelopment opportunities, and at the request of the Downtown Knoxville Association, Testerman appointed an advisory committee to conduct a study on the possibility of hosting the 1982 World's Fair. The committee found it to be feasible, but Testerman was not able to oversee the project as mayor, as he was voted out of office in favor of Randy Tyree in 1975.〔(20th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair. ), accessed on 10 June 2006.〕
A possible contribution to Testerman’s loss to Tyree was dissatisfaction with his handling of garbage workers in 1974. Testerman fired around three hundred workers in July of that year after they went on strike because of disputes about wages and overtime pay. At the end of the year, however, following conditions agreed to in court, the mayor announced retroactive pay raises for the unionized workers.〔“Reporter's notebook: final 5 Ws.” Knoxville News-Sentinel, 28 Feb 2005.〕
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