The Best Of Knoxville TN
Friday posts are going to be comprised of a collection of the weeks best Knoxville TN links. If you didn’t have time to keep up with all of the fun stuff going on in Knoxville, Friday posts will be your place to catch up.
The biggest news for this week is of course Knoxville County Commissioners Term Limits.
From Knoxviews.com : LIVE: County Commission appoints replacements
Live blogging from the Knox County Commission special meeting to appoint replacements for vacancies created by the term-limits ruling. (And great commentary)
From YouTube : Term Limits District IV vote 1-31-07 Part I
Term Limits District IV vote 1-31-07 Scott Davis Speech (and other related videos thanks to Publius9)
From Wikipedia.com : Knox County, TN
Updated summary of the appointment process.
From Knoxnews.com : And now, accusations fly
Knox County Commissioner Ivan Harmon accused Mayor Mike Ragsdale on Thursday of threatening to withhold funding for projects in Harmon’s district if he voted the wrong way at Wednesday’s meeting to replace term-limited officeholders.
From Knoxnews.com : Wimmer says he refused to trade vote for appointment
Failed Knox County Commission nominee Jonathan Wimmer contends that he refused a trade - his vote in exchange for an appointment - from Commissioner Greg “Lumpy” Lambert during a backroom recess at the now-infamous meeting Wednesday to appoint 12 new county officeholders.
From Knoxnews.com : JJ hires Hutch for $99k
Tim Hutchison might not be sheriff anymore, but he will stay on with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office as an assistant chief deputy making $99,141 per year.
From GenePatterson.com : How to Change the Political Culture?
Right now, the public is “mad as hell,” but will they be in a few months? Perhaps better reporting by all of us, of the potential conflicts of our elected officials will help keep the fires hot?
And in other news this week.
From BillHobbs.com : Tyler Harber Anonymous Blog
The state Senator pushing the anti-blogger legislation is none other than Jamie Woodson, a Knoxville Republican.
From Hallsnews.com : Tyler Harbor Report
Sandra Clark at the Halls Shopper posted the full KCSO Harber report.
From Knoxnews.com : Baptist open to partnership, but not with Covenant
Baptist Health System said Monday it remains open to a partnership with one or more of the area’s not-for-profit health systems, except Covenant Health.
Did I miss a link? Add your favorite stories for the week in the comments to this post.
