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The AJ – Let’s Not Make A Deal & the Price Is Not Right

by Steve Hunley | Oct 6, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Do you remember the old “Let’s Make a Deal” show with Monte Hall?  From what I understand, the show is still on in a different version.  The basis is hopeful contestants dress up in oftentimes weird costumes or eye-catching get-ups and then negotiate...

Is the sale of the AJ Building good for taxpayers?

by Steve Hunley | Sep 30, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus

By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com WVLT Channel 8 television in Knoxville reported on October 4th 2017, “Getting the Andrew Johnson Building back on the tax rolls has been a priority for me since I took office as Knox County Mayor,” said...

Will Your Neighborhood Be Next?

by Steve Hunley | Sep 29, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Folks in the Parkridge community are upset their community isn’t being treated fairly. What Parkridge residents are angry about is the use of land right next to Caswell Park as the site for a three-story apartment complex for the homeless. The City of...

How Knoxville makes affordable housing worse

by Steve Hunley | Sep 22, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, The Daily Focus

By Steve Hunley Last week in the Publisher’s Position The Knoxville Focus examined whether Knoxville is making the mistakes that Nashville has already made. We received a great deal of positive feedback at The Focus from as close as Farragut and as far away as...

Proposed sale of AJ Building bad deal for school system, taxpayers

by Steve Hunley | Sep 22, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley For those folks that are paying attention, you have likely heard about the proposed sale of the Andrew Johnson Building. Presently, the AJ houses most of the administrative staff of the Knox County School system. For some time now, there has been talk...

Is Knoxville making the same mistakes Nashville has already made?

by Steve Hunley | Sep 15, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Across America the Universities that teach urban design and planning have a mantra that preaches high density, walkability, bike lanes, and mass transit. Single family homes and automobiles have been designated as the enemy. There are many buzzwords to...
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