by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Taxpayers owe a debt of thanks to Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs for sending a letter to Susan Horn, Chair of the Board of Education and taking a bold stand against waste and for student safety. The topic of the mayor’s letter was to “tell the...
by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Duncan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By John J. Duncan Jr. One thing I saw thousands of times during my years in office was that you could never satisfy government’s appetite for money and land. They always wanted more. Yet the least economical, least efficient way to spend any money was to turn it over...
by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill On January 9, 1932, twelve hundred Republicans from Tennessee’s First Congressional District had converged upon the Hamblen County courthouse in Morristown to demand former congressman Brazilla Carroll Reece once again run for Congress. Reece had...
by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Ferguson, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwell By Dr. Jim Ferguson Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my persona. Though the definition may encompass fictional literary characters, I’m including the...
by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major I never took a tour of Blount Mansion that I did not feel its rich history. On the banks of the Tennessee River, the historic gem stands proudly in downtown Knoxville providing a link from the past with the city’s present day. George Washington was...
