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Praise for Governor Lee, Legislators

by Steve Hunley | May 5, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley How many times have you heard someone complain politicians don’t do what they promised during the campaign?  I’ve griped about it myself and cannot begin to count the number of times I’ve heard that same complaint from others.  Bill Lee promised during...

Recode Draft 5 finally arrives

by Steve Hunley | May 5, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley On Wednesday afternoon May 1, 2019, Knoxville-Knox County Planning released the long awaited Recode Draft 5. Recode Draft 4 came in at 287 pages. Draft 5 increased that by 48% to 425 pages. Despite the prior commitment of Knoxville City Council in the...

Is Recode Supposed to be a Secret?

by Steve Hunley | Apr 28, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley This past Tuesday, April 23, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero signed a Special Called Meeting public notice of the Knoxville City Council to hold the first of two votes on Recode on May 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon. One little problem, in the 347...

The Bully Brigade Strikes Back

by Steve Hunley | Apr 21, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Last week’s Publisher’s Position brought a sure and swift reaction from a few members of the Bully Brigade. Were it not so pitiful, it would be laughable. One person asked on social media if my referring to some of the teachers protesting Governor...

The Bully Brigade vs. the Governor’s ESA

by Steve Hunley | Apr 14, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley There are frequent complaints about bullying in our schools and is it any wonder?  On Saturday, April 6, Governor Bill Lee came to Knox County to speak at the Lincoln Day Dinner.  A small group of teachers led by former local teachers’ union head...

Deconstructing Recode Knoxville

by Steve Hunley | Apr 7, 2019 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley This past Thursday, April 4, the third City Council Recode Workshop was held. It was different from the first two workshops in that serious questions were finally asked to city council about why Recode is actually needed. In Philosophy there is a...
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