A Washington County native, Knight drove trucks for about six years after graduating from Boonsboro High School. He was then hired as an operator at Eastalco Aluminum Company in Buckeystown, Md., where he's been employed for nearly 25 years.
A political newcomer, Knight said he's relying on his life of hard work and his knowledge of right and wrong to win votes over the candidates who have experience in government.
"I grew up here. I take a lot of pride in this county. I don't like to see it being run into the ground," he said.
It's the $53 million water and sewer debt and a county population that has been taxed to the limit that Knight blames for "crippling" the county.
"There are people here just barely existing. People can't be taxed anymore," he said.
But dipping into the county's general fund isn't the solution to reducing the debt either because it's poor policy to weaken one account to help out the other, Knight said.
Reducing the debt isn't going to happen overnight, he said. It's going to take years of bringing higher-paying jobs to the area, tightening spending, and other methods to turn it back around, Knight said.
That means spending tax dollars on a new stadium shouldn't even be considered, he said.
"We can put money in, but what do we get coming back?" he asked.
