Jim Snowden P.E. is the new senior director of Engineering and Public Works for Knox County. He announced the appointment in a letter to staff and colleagues. Snowden has worked …
Jacobs to hire $80k ‘education liaison’
When Glenn Jacobs is sworn in as Knox County mayor on Aug. 31, he will commence draining the swamp by creating an $80,000 per year job for former state legislator …
Haslam’s tin ear
After leaders of the state’s three largest school districts expressed no confidence in all or part of the TN Ready state testing program, Gov. Bill Haslam called a press conference …
Looking up to Big Glenn Jacobs
It was the summer of 2017, and my then 12-year-old grandson from Clarksville, Alex Gomez-Leon, was coming to visit “Pop” for a week. He was an Army kid, the son …
Jacobs talks policy at Corryton
State Rep. Harry Brooks had about 120 people in for a baloney and barbecue dinner at the Corryton Community Center on Thursday evening. Brooks is retiring from the state legislature …
Jacobs brings campaign to Powell
Howard Phillips hosted a kickoff for Bob Thomas for county mayor – over a year ahead of the election. The crowd was spectacular, but Thomas lost. So, on Thursday, Phillips …
County mayoral candidates visit East Knox
Republican Glenn Jacobs and Democrat Linda Haney spoke to members of the East Knoxville Business and Professional Association, meeting June 21 at Zoo Knoxville. The election is Aug. 2 and …
Robert Campbell Associates hosts Jacobs meet-and-greet
Robert Campbell, principal at Robert Campbell and Associates engineering firm, opened his doors for a meet-and-greet breakfast in honor of Glenn Jacobs, the Republican nominee for Knox County mayor.
“This is …