by Steve Hunley | Feb 8, 2015 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Senator Lamar Alexander has held just about every place of distinction a person could be honored with in a lifetime; at one time or another he has been governor of Tennessee; Secretary of Education during the administration of President Ronald Reagan,...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 8, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley President Ronald Reagan used to joke one of the funniest lines he’d heard was, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” All too often that is so true, which brings me to my point. The Knox County Board of Education is being prodded to vote to...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 25, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley In my opinion, one of the most important maxims in business is “don’t confuse your customer.” This maxim is also true for politics. However, in the case of politicians, customers are voters. So, one of the top maxims of politicians should be “don’t...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 4, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville City Council will consider expanding the current ban on panhandling. Currently the law prohibits panhandling that is considered overly aggressive. While that is somewhat vague, the law also restricts panhandling after dark, or near banks,...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 30, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley If the WBIR Inside Tennessee segment that aired on November 23 is any indication, the school system could save a lot of money by eliminating their entire half-million dollar PR department, and simply relying on District 3 School Board member Doug...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 2, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Having served on the Knox County Board of Education, I learned a long time ago to watch out when someone was intoning, “It’s all for the children.” The election of Mike McMillan as Chairman of the Knox County Board of Education came as a distinct...
