Lump of coal for Knox County government
Conservative blogger David Oatney points to a commentary from conservative Tennessee Center for Policy Research criticizing Mayor Ragsdale and County Commissioners for the year that was:
This year, no one deserves more to wake up on Christmas Day to a stocking
filled with coal than Knox County’s elected officials, according to Tennessee
Center for Policy Research President Drew [...]
Have you been to Ruth’s Chris in Knoxville yet?
I haven’t been to the new Downtown Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse yet - I missed a chance last week when I was sick and was invited to go - but reviews are starting to trickle in from around town.
Like this one.
Then, about two-thirds of the way through my meal, I noticed it. A hair. Fused onto [...]
Congrats to the King and Queen of progressive Tennessee bloggers!
Big, happy shout out to the Neals on their 35th anniversary!
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Acid rain a-go go or a no-go?
There’s some interesting discussion over at TennViews on TVA getting the okay to end monitoring of the coal-fired plant emissions that produce acid rain.
Randy Neal writes:
TVA will no longer monitor ambient SO2 at the facilities, which are:
• Bull Run
• John Sevier
• Johnsonville
• Kingston
• Cumberland
• Gallatin
TVA will still monitor point-source “smokestack” SO2 emissions at [...]
Randy Neal on Knox County “Scandal Fatigue”
R.N. is asking whether the erstwhile outrage of Knox County voters is fading due to scandal overload:
I’ve noticed it here, too. Some of the “take back the government” yahoos have moved the, uh, conversation over to the KNS article comments (thankfully), but in general there seems to be scandal fatigue. Or maybe people are just [...]
