So are all Knox County taxpayers now Club LeConte members?
That’s what commenter Mainchannel is asking at the KNS:
Seeing that Finch has made monthly payments to Club LeConte and is a member with a Knox County owned credit card, does this mean all of Knox county are members? I like to go up there, just don’t want to pay monthly dues.
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Read More..>>Most interesting charges in draft audit report?
In reviewing the individual charges listed in the newly released draft audit report, different people are struck by different items, not all of them “big ticket” purchases. For example, one of the commenters on the story at WBIR.com says:
My favorite questionable expense was from Requitta Bone’s account, www.flashingblinkylights.com
And I found one from November of [...]
Read More..>>Campfield fears tolerance itself?
From KNS columnist Leslie Snow:
I asked him about the mystery woman last week when I was a guest on Lloyd Daugherty’s radio show, “The Voice.” When he told the heart-wrenching story of the kindergartner whose well-being was threatened by lessons in homosexuality, I asked a simple question, “How do you know the story is true?”
And, [...]
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 [...]
Knoxville has cheap apartments, but maybe not ones you would want to actually live in
Josh Flory points to a WSJ piece indicating Knoxville has some of the lowest apartment rental costs in the country, but a commenter on his blog says this doesn’t tell the whole story:
I’m not sure most folks would want to reside in an apartment here that costs below $700 for a two-bedroom.
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