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Many questions raised and answered ADDENDUM I TO PROPOSAL# 1788 Emergency Mass Notification System

by design | Aug 23, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus

http://knoxcounty.org/purchasing/pdfs/showfile.php?id=2799 This is kind of government geek interesting.  The county is looking to create an Emergency Mass Notification System. However, many good strong technical and logistical questions have been raised and...

American Idol is having no major impact on hotels

by design | Aug 22, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus

I did some asking around tonight with local hotels and all confirm to me that they have no measurable influx of people sleeping overnight.  I have checked hotels.com and priceline.com and basically the pattern I am observing is that the $40 a night hotels are in...

They are not superheroes but they are super cool!

by design | Aug 22, 2013 | Dan Andrews, sports, The Daily Focus

  While they may not be as cool  as Spiderman  the “Knoxville Footbag Association” comes very close. I have been checking in with the KFA for over a year now. They meet usually at Market Square on Wednesday night. I was literally blown away by how...

Voting season in the Country Music Association

by design | Aug 22, 2013 | Dan Andrews, music, The Daily Focus

  Well the second round of the election season for Country Music Association is in full swing.  As a CMA sterling member, I get a lot of campaign emails and swag.  I decided to show some of the behind the scenes of what goes into an award show...

Sunsphere lighting situation FIXED!

by design | Aug 21, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus

Well the good people at PBA have just informed me that the external lights on the  Sunsphere are no longer operating 24 hours a day.  The lighting now operates on a photocell so when the sun comes out the lights go off.

County redesigns website…Commissioners still don't use it!

by design | Aug 21, 2013 | Dan Andrews, The Daily Focus

Knox County government launched a new website design this week.  However, a quick check of the County Commission message board reveals literally ONE commissioner has only one post since January and the last post before that was September 3rd 2012.  Dr. Briggs posted...
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