Category: Government

City of Knoxville / Community / Current Events / Government / Kim Bumpas / Knox County / Knoxville / Visit Knoxville

10 Jul, 2015

First Annual Band Saw 2015 is on August 5, 2015

Visit Knoxville is proud to announce that local brewery Saw Works Brewing Company with be holding Band Saw 2015, a music and beer festival. They will be celebrating the brewery’s 5th anniversary while simultaneously...

Current Events / Government / Patriots / Politics / Real Life Issues

10 Jul, 2015

Does a Mass Killer’s Actions Change Society?

Today, the Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina courthouse. All the debate was after a young man of hate entered a church in Charleston, SC and gunned down and killed 9 people....

2016 / Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / General / GOP / Government / Knox County / Knox County Commission / Knox County GOP / Politics

7 Jul, 2015

Michael Covington Launches First District County Commission Race

Republican Michael Covington launched his campaign for the First District County Commission seat. The Republican Primary is March 1, 2016. The current First District County Commissioner is Democrat Sam McKenzie. McKenzie has announced that...

2016 / 2016 POTUS / Books That I Have Read / City of Knoxville / Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / Government / MD / Politics

7 Jul, 2015

One Vote, Make Your Voice Heard

This morning, I read the small book “One Vote. Make Your Voice Heard” While it is a small book it is filled with a large amount of information. It is a primer for informing...

Elected Officials / General / GOP / Government / Politics / Sen. Lamar Alexander R - TN / Tennessee

7 Jul, 2015

Thanks to Lamar, Public Education Will Improve

Readers of this Blog know I have a keen interest in education policy. I’ve seen it work–or not work actually–as a parent as well as a member of the Knox County Board of Education....

City of Knoxville / Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / Government / Knoxville

9 Jun, 2015

Knoxville Municipal Judge John Rosson is EVERYONE’s Judge

Last night, Knoxville Municipal Judge John Rosson’s re-election campaign kicked off at Calhouno on the River off Neyland Drive. During a torrential downpour of rain and lighting strikes that took out the air conditioning...

Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / General / Government / Knox County / Knox County Schools / Knoxville

9 Jun, 2015

Knox County Wastes Millions NOT Only $46k

No more complaining about TN Governor Bill Haslam wasting $46k on a new state logo. In Knox County yesterday, a study on middle school capacity and facility needs of the schools that Knox County...

Community / Current Events / General / Government / Knox County

7 Jun, 2015

YOU KNOW WHAT TICKS ME OFF? This ticks me off….

Do you remember radio commentator “Earl Pitts, Uh Merican” he was the orginal angry american. This WATE story ticks me off, St. Paul East United Methodist Church was my home church during my youth,...

City of Knoxville / Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / Government / Knoxville / Knoxville Madeline Rogero / Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero / Politics

7 Jun, 2015

If It Appears to be a Campaign Ad……Fill In The _____?

Knox Area Transit came out with a FREE Fare promotion along Cumberland Avenue because well the City has Cumberland more or less closed for an extended period of time. One of the first ads,...

City of Knoxville / Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / Government / Knoxville / Knoxville City Councilman Finbarr Saunders / Knoxville City Councilman George Wallace / Knoxville Madeline Rogero / Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero / Politics

7 Jun, 2015

City of Knoxville Elections 2015….Deadline is Approaching

September 29, 2015 is the City of Knoxville 2015 Primary Election. A week from this Thursday June 18, 2015 at NOON is the filing deadline. Here are the folks that have the paperwork in...