Monthly Archive: July 2009

All of Jack McElroy’s columns have been strange lately. I hear that Hartmann has been calling several facilities in preparation. But today’s column is an endorsement of Tim Hutchison and Tim Burchett for Knox...

Sources in the County Clerk’s office have told us that every two weeks when the Clerk employees are getting paid that Foster Arnett has established a pattern. That pattern is sending someone home, permanently....

Yesterday and this morning the KnoxNews website has been sporadic. What’s going on? Is the website about to be laid off?

This weekend at the Davidson County Republican Picnic, Zach Wamp and Ron Ramsey tied for first. Leaving the Knoxville Mayor as a distant third. Only one in six Davidson County Republicans desire a gas...

R.L. Smith, Seventh District Commissioner was speaking with Appointed Seventh District Commissioner Michele Carringer tonight at the West Knox Republican Club Picnic. He was overheard to mention County Commissioner Chairman Tank Strickland’s name and...

Great BBQ with all the trimmings. Along with Lemonade, Tea and Water for drinks. City Council candidates Ken Knight, Nick Della Volpe were in attendance. State Senators Jamie Woodson and Tim Burchett, State Representatives...

Before reading this post, I make this disclosure that I and neither Sandra Clark nor Steve Hunley can be counted as friends of Brian’s Blog or Brian Hornback. Both of them can be counted...

Have you seen this weeks Sandra Clark’s Gossip and Lies from the Shopper publications? Tyler Harber’s theft of e-mails from then-GOP chair Chad Tindell was cited as a crime that Nichols chose to overlook....

So, we have established that I enjoy reading mostly non-fiction especially if it involves biographies of political figures. I enjoy business books like Jim Collins and John Kotter. The only fiction that I really...