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...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley There is a new phrase to summarize where many Americans find themselves currently in the age of “fake news.” It’s called “cord cutting”, meaning folks who have cut the cord to cable television and/or land line telephones. It is also indicative of how...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 15, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley In politics, it is hardly unusual when a politician stacks the deck before dealing the cards. Mayor Glenn Jacobs has certainly done that with the announcement of his appointments to serve on the Knox County Charter Review Committee. Every ten years,...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 9, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus
By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com This past Wednesday, December 4, the Knox County School Board held their workshop meeting and discussed moving the Central Office of Knox County Schools from the Andrew Johnson building to the vacant east TVA Tower....
by Steve Hunley | Dec 8, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley I am pleased to say without any hesitation that Mike McMillan is the best school board member to serve the people of the Eighth District for many, many years. While some might say Mike McMillan is slow and plodding, I would say he is methodical and...
