by Mark Nagi | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman If you are a Tennessee football fan that pays attention to recruiting, the odds are you know about Torrance Gibson. According to 247 Sports, Gibson is a “dual–threat quarterback” that is considered to be the 14th best recruit in the nation, and the...
by design | Jun 9, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com The School Board met for their June Work Session and Regular Session meetings last week. It’s too bad that Knox County Schools didn’t get $10 for every time Dr. McIntyre of one of his...
by design | Jun 9, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com Board of Education members and the public in attendance at last Monday’s Work Session meeting expected to breeze through the first eight items of the Board Agenda, with the majority of the meeting devoted to the Emerald Charter...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Jun 9, 2014 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law I thought I was pretty familiar with Tennessee’s Professional Privilege Tax, having paid it every year since its inception in 1992. When first enacted, it included a laundry list of occupations and professions whose...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 8, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley For any person who values free speech, recent actions by the Knox County Board of Education are cause for deep concern. Superintendent Jim McIntyre is always braying about “great conversations” and “wonderful dialogues,” but that is for public...
by Ray Hill | Jun 8, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
Published March 26, 2012 By Ray Hill The modern history of Memphis is inextricably tied to that of Edward Hull Crump. “Mister” Crump was indisputably a political boss in a region of the country where political bosses did not normally flourish. Political bosses were...
