It’s a long way, baby

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Whenever I relax, I get jolted by something that causes me to wonder if we’ve made any gains at all. By we, I mean anyone not a white, heterosexual male.
This …

Knox Health Board: Life support extended

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Knox County Commission, on a 6-5 vote Monday, deferred Commissioner Kyle Ward’s resolution to make the Knox County Health Board advisory only, shifting sole decision-making on masks and mandates to …

How many chiefs does KCSO need?

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In the former Soviet Union, the Communist Party selected a Central Committee which selected a smaller executive committee called the Politburo. It selected the general secretary – a humble title …

A million here, a million there

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An anomaly of local government is the limited power of the county mayor. On the surface, Knox County’s $851 million budget puts it far ahead of the city’s $434 million. …

Political predictions ahead

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Our friend John Becker hosts two entertaining “Inside Tennessee” shows on WBIR-TV over the holidays. This year panelists Don Bosch (D), Susan Richardson Williams (R), Eddie Smith (R) and Ramsey …

Problem? Blame it on the elf

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Sometime on Christmas Eve, the Elf on the Shelf went back to wherever it lives when it’s not spying on kids for Santa. Good riddance.
For those without kids under age …