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When Government Fails An Entire Community

by Steve Hunley | Mar 4, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley The shootings at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was terrible enough, but if it is possible, it is worse still due to a complete breakdown in the entire governmental system.  The failures encompass chiefly law enforcement agencies,...

School Safety: Nothing More Important

by Steve Hunley | Feb 25, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Last week both the print and electronic media reported on an incident at Holston Middle School. It caused a firestorm and called into question just how effective the school system’s security procedures are. Had this incident not immediately followed...

Ethics Committees Should Never Be Used As Political Weapons

by Steve Hunley | Feb 18, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Knox County Law Director Bud Armstrong has released his findings in an ethics complaint filed by perennial political candidate Bo Bennett. Armstrong’s findings are set out in clear and direct language and leaves Bo Bennett with little or nothing to...

School Board Should Completely End Leadership Academy Relationship With McIntyre

by Steve Hunley | Feb 11, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley What most people in Knox County don’t seem to realize is that Jim McIntyre’s Leadership Academy is still very much alive.  When current Superintendent Bob Thomas presented the board of education with a proposal removing $900,000 of funding, Thomas...

FBI: Changes needed at the top

by Steve Hunley | Feb 4, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley   With the release of the by now infamous FISA memo, it has been a lot of fun to watch the opponents of President Trump, almost all Democrats, babbling about protecting the integrity and credibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation....

‘Dreamers’ vs. ‘Deplorables’

by Steve Hunley | Jan 28, 2018 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley   The willingness of the Democrats in the U. S. Senate to shutdown the government in an effort to force Republicans to grant amnesty to DACA recipients should come as no surprise to any thinking person.  The DACA law, enacted not by the Congress,...
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