The scene of the crime - now online
Brian Hornback called it a “crime scene,” but I call it the first-ever episiode of the weekly WBIR show Inside Tennessee available online. My fellow producer, Jake Jost and I -along with anchor John Becker -are very pleased to finally be making the show available on the Interwebs each week.
So here you go. This [...]
10 Things You May Not Know About…Lumpy Lambert
Knox County Commissioner Greg “Lumpy” Lambert is one of only a few local politicians in recent years to find himself quoted in the New York Times.
However, he’s no stranger to national publicity; he was the subject of major news coverage back in 2000 when he offered his “Buy a car, get a gun” promotion [...]
If only we could put it on our collective p-cards…
Randy Neal reveals that the estimated $80,000 it will now cost to verify the charter amendment petitions will be charged to Knox County taxpayers.
As you are probably aware, the Knox Charter Petition group will now take it to the streets. The group is launching an effort to get the 40,000 signatures needed (times two) after [...]
Read More..>>Knox county political quote o’ the day
Via Georgiana Vines column today:
Financial disclosures, due Thursday, show that County Commissioner Scott Moore, who ran for county clerk in the Republican primary, has outstanding loans of $21,404.
Moore resigned as commission chairman after losing the race. His disclosure reported that he raised $7,437 and spent $7,925 during the first quarter. He began the quarter with [...]
Lumpy boosts his gun cred
On the agenda for the Knox County Commission today: Item # 3 - Consideration of a Resolution of the Commission of Knox County, Tennessee memorializing Charlton Heston. (Commissioner Lambert)
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Something good to say about Knox County government
Knox County Commission candidate John Spellings (who is also one of the clever bloggers behind The Sunsphere is Not a Wigshop) sees something good coming out of the current heated debate over proposed changes to the Knox County charter:
I think Knox County is actually running rather well and here’s why. There has been heated debate, [...]
Read More..>>“What the hell is wrong with these people?”
Russ McBee asks on behalf of all the rest of us:
As a consequence of this debacle in our local government, Knox County Commissioners are under a court order not to violate the Sunshine Law again, under penalty of fines and possibly even jail time. Given the events of the last year and a half in [...]
A puzzling pro-developer bias on Knox MPC?
LVG thinks so:
But MPC is even more vexing than County Commission. The 15 people on MPC aren’t elected, they aren’t paid, so why the obvious developer bias month after month? Often enough, this body ignores the recommendations of the MPC staff - who are paid - if doing so will cause hardship to a developer. [...]
It should have been Wolfenbarger
So opines David Oatney:
A few of my Knox County readers might remember that I once aspired to a County Commission seat in the Second District.
While I am not in a position to serve in that capacity, I did have a favorite candidate in the special appointment process for the B seat in the Second-Bob Wolfenbarger. [...]
Commissioners are doing it for “the people at home”
Halls Shopper columnist Larry Van Guilder (whose blog I just dscovered via Knox Views) says that ever since Knox County Commissioners discovered people actually watch their televised meetings, things have gotten interesting:
Part of the problem is the effect that closed-circuit television has on our local legislators, especially now that they realize someone other than spouses, [...]
Read More..>>Tank Strickland runs a good meeting
I was really impressed with the way Commissioner Strickland kept the appointments meeting moving forward while still making sure people had adequate time to express themselves.
He ran a good meeting.
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Live streaming of this morning’s Knox County Commission appointments
We’ll have a live stream of the appointments meeting up and running at WBIR.com as soon as things get underway at 9am.
-Katie
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Who needs a Downtown planetarium when you’ve got County Commission?
A novel idea:
The county commission meetings and the regular goings on could be marketed by the chamber as a destination tourist attraction, possibly filling up downtown hotels, downtown restaurants, and filling the coffers of other downtown establishments.
Marketers could sell T-shirts and related accessories, much like the vendors do at DisneyWorld and at NASCAR races. Fans [...]
Knox County Commission still isn’t completely getting the whole open government thing…
Randy Neal notes that the Commission web site still lacks any info on the current appointment process:
It’s great that they adopted a more open process and conducted a series of public forums for the replacement appointments (prompted by the “sunshine” lawsuit, I’m sure). But there’s no announcement of the date, time, or place of the [...]
Proud to be a “university twit”
As immortalized in the NYT piece detailing the dramas of Knox County Commission meetings, you, too can now be the owner of a “University Twit” t-shirt..
The background:
And here was Commissioner Greg Lambert, better known as Lumpy. A used-car salesman who won national attention years ago for a “Buy a Car Get a Gun” promotion, he [...]
Read More..>>The questions Scott Moore SHOULD be asking
Over at The House of Flying Monkeys, she’s compiled a list of proposed questions:
All I can say is that Scoobie needs to be very glad that I wasn’t at that Forum this weekend. While I’m sure that every flagwaving Elephant was overjoyed to have ole Scoob defending the basic tenets of the Grand Old [...]
Chuck Bolus wants to be elected, not appointed
Chuck Bolus has withdrawn his request to be appointed as an interim Knox County Commissioner.
His statement:
Tuesday was a historic day in Knox County. Our citizens, over 91,000 of them, turned out in record numbers to voice their concerns over the way Knox County government has been conducted in the past. It is clear that our [...]
A resume tailor-made for a Knox County Commission appointment
That’s what she says she has:
Name: Heiden O’Genda
Address: Knox County
Desired Position: County Commissioner
Qualifications: I can read and write.
I’ve never been to prison.
I recently got my drivers licence back, so I would be able to drive to the commission meetings, just like I do to the AA meetings.
I’ve never voted against any of you because I [...]
Chuck Bolus faxin’ it in from Gresham
What are your thoughts on Charles Bolus faxing his request for consideration for appointment to the 2nd District to Knox County Commission from Gresham Middle School (where he’s employed as Assistant Principal), during work hours?
See the fax here. (PDF)
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Video of Scott Moore’s resignation
We have the video up now of Moore stepping down from his role as Knox County Commission Chairman.
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