by Steve Hunley | Feb 16, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Mayor Jacobs wants to sell it for $6 million By Steve Hunley What kind of government spends $25.6 million dollars on a building and then tries to sell it for $6 million dollars? Your Knox County government and Knox County School Board is that kind of...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 9, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley National Democrats went to Iowa, spent $50 million and fall down and go boom! And for those of you who quibble with my use of the word “debacle”, I’ll have you know that was precisely how one commentator on NPR – – – National...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 2, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Harold Wimberly, Jr. was a truly unique man, a treasured friend to those lucky enough to have earned his friendship. Harold Wimberly was a jurist who occupied a bench in Knox County for forty years. That alone is quite a feat yet there was so much...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 26, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley This evening the Knox County Commission will vote on the TVA Tower lease. Another commission vote will be held later on whether to sell the Andrew Johnson Building and move the Knox County School System into the TVA East Tower. County Mayor Glenn...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 19, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley When Jim McIntyre was at the peak of his power —and he lorded over the Knox County school system like a Byzantine emperor—few members of the board of education lauded or more steadfastly supported McIntyre than did Doug Harris. A wealthy businessman...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 5, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The old adage “You can’t please everybody” is probably more apt than ever. In a perfect world, Mike McMillan would be running for reelection to the Knox County Board of Education without opposition. Instead, he has a couple of opponents in the...
