Monthly Archive: February 2006

This from the Knoxville News-Sentinel this morning. A story on portable classrooms and the fact that they will always be with us. Does that make it right? A couple of questions to ponder and...

When Representative John Boehner (Bay-ner) was elected to the post of House Majority leader to replace Representative Tom Delay, I was excited though I did not post anything on it at the time. Here...

According to my friend and our 14th District State Representative Parkey Strader (pictured here) the word in Nashville today is that there will be another Democrat defection from the party of Bob Tuke and...

This from today’s Knoxville News-Sentinel Letters To The Editor. Kim Waller the President of the Knox County Education Association is complaining that a recent business roundtable that was printed in the business section did...

The Superintendent this evening addressed the Teacher realignment and how the student/teacher ratio breaks down and unveiled a three year plan for bringing the teacher/student ratio in line. These middle schools will lose the...

At this evenings Public Budget Hearing, the Superintendent of Schools has indicated that he will bring to the board three resolutions. Hoping that the board will approve of one or two or all three....

This evening at the Knox County School Board budget hearing, the Superintendent changed his budget proposal to reflect input from board members and staff. The changes include: Reducing the Teacher Reallignment by $1.3 million...

This evening the Knox County School Board held a once in a decade meeting at West High School in the main auditorium. Kudos to Dr. Dan Murphy for the leadership to pull the school...

I am a proud member of Citizens For Home Rule, This organization continues to be successful in fighting the City of Knoxville on every piece of annexed property that they have litigated on behalf...

“Long before I was struck with cancer, I felt something stirring in American society. It was a sense among the people of the country—Republicans and Democrats alike—that something was missing from their lives, something...