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  By Steve Hunley Whoops! Wrong Sheriff Tools in the wrong hands can be dangerous.  I see now why my momma always cautioned us against running with sharp objects and Facebook surely can be a sharp object indeed. In a Facebook post since deleted or removed, Scott...

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Inside Tennessee: Herrera vs. Shears WBIR’s Inside Tennessee recently hosted a conversation between the respective political party chairs in Knoxville. Republican Daniel Herrera and Democrat Matt Shears are both young and vocal; both seem to really...

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley A Strange Event Evidently Christine Cruz recently held some kind of event at Cherokee Country Club.  Originally billed as a “Let Freedom Ring Fundraiser,” it was to feature Robby Starbuck from Nashville, who is a candidate for Congress.  Thing is the...

Publisher’s Positions

By Steve Hunley Merit Council has become Political Council Anybody who reads The Knoxville Focus regularly already knows the Sheriff’s Merit System Council has become a tar pit of politics.  It may well be beyond reform and the truth is for years it has been dominated...