Monthly Archive: September 2012

This past Monday September 17 as I was in Asheville, NC I had to say only in Asheville does a headless man ride his bicycle! A picture is worth a thousand words, so here...

Many (if not all) the UT baseball team came to the Farragut Admiral Homecoming a week ago this past Friday. Ethan Bennett (former Farragut Admiral and current UT baseball player) little sister Emma was...

Last week or two has been hectic for me personally and professionally. I began investigating, exploring and planning possible book venture(s). I have talked with a few individuals about length, topic and other issues...

Yesterday afternoon school bus 110 caught on fire sitting at Farragut Middle School. The News Sentinel (the product created at the Big Metal Shed on the Hill) reports that the Knoxville Fire Department responded...

I have a question regarding the Commission’s war on the Chamber Partnership. At yesterday’s Commission Workshop Tom McAdams, representing the Chamber and Deputy Law Director David Buuck kinda went toe to toe, eyeball to...

Sources in the City County Building indicate that Property Assessor Phillip Ballard had one of the employees terminated on Friday. Not involving himself in the dismissal. In that same manner, sources indicate that Trustee...

Jack McElroy first ran a story with the headline “Haslam out as Pilot’s CEO” and during the day the headline changed to “Pilot CEO Haslam Cedes Role” Why the change? If McElroy had not...

The Big Metal Shed on the Hill’s Jack McElroy wasted a lot of space on the editorial page of the News Sentinel today. McElroy is complaining about the county’s surplus and that everyone was...

So, Jimmy Haslam steps down as CEO to become Chairman of the Board of the national but locally owned truck refueling centers. The company hires a former PepsiCo Executive as it’s CEO. Why is...