Former Chancellor Clarence E. “Eddie” Pridemore Jr. is no longer an attorney in the state of Tennessee. His law license was suspended December 20, 2023, according to the Board of …
Let’s talk Trump
Rational people must deal with things as they are, not as they might wish them to be. Knox County supports Donald Trump for president, and enough Republicans like him to …
Let’s talk trees
The city of Knoxville’s Urban Forest Master Plan is available for public comment. Find the 28-page report here.
A steering committee has worked for a year to produce this report, led …
Jacobs in Iowa: Bits ‘n pieces
Our Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs swapped the snow here to campaign in Iowa for Donald Trump. He and other celebrities are happy because Trump won the Iowa caucuses on …
Wisdom from MLK: ‘Keep Moving’
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, has retired now but still writes a weekly column, Child Watch, for the CDF website. Her post of 1/12/24 is titled …
Bo Roberts pens second book: ‘Flaming Moderate’
Bo Roberts and I were young at the same time, both from Knoxville and we both peaked in 1982. Other than that, we’ve never met.
Bo has written a book with …
Bye, bye ’23
The New Year is a time for optimism. A fresh start. A redo.
For Knox Countians, it’s a year of elections: March 5 – county primary; Aug 1 – county general, …
Who runs Knoxville?
Who are the most powerful people in Knoxville? A summer Power Poll survey of 400 or so folks produced this response:
Bill Haslam, former governor
Randy Boyd, UT president
Indya Kincannon, Knoxville mayor
James …