Category: Knox County in Transition

Commissioner Mark Harmon nominated Maurice Freed. Commissioner John Mills nominated Jack Huddleston. Knox County citizen Rodney McCroskey nominated Kay Frazier. Frazier in May of 2006 ran against Commissioner Mills and Commissioner Mills was re-elected....

I will start this one out by saying that I have been critical on this blog in the past of Commissioner Mark Cawood’s votes and behavior. I have been critical of his wife’s new...

Clearly this one appointment in the way it went down is an indication of the Scott Barker New-Sentinel story that appeared in the Wednesday paper and was mentioned here on Brian’s Blog Wednesday morning....

This resulted in the Republican Party picking up a seat due to Democrat and District conflicts. Commissioner Mark Harmon nominated Amy Broyles. Commissioner Tony Norman nominated Jonathon Wimmer. Commissioner R. Larry Smith nominated Deborah...

Commissioner Diane Jordan nominated her son Josh Jordan. Commissioner Mark Harmon nominated Helen Diane Lewis. Commissioner R. Larry Smith nominated Nick Della Volpe. Two Knox County citizens nominated themselves James R. (Jimmy) Golden and...

This one was interesting this is where the heartburn for Billy Tindell’s seat being vacant came to roost. Commissioner Mark Harmon nominated Elaine Davis. Commissioner Phil Guthe nominated Jim Smelcher. Commissioner Mike Hammond nominated...

During the 5 o’clock newscast Channel 6 played a “teaser” saying that there were some backroom deals going on and the deals got canceled when their cameras showed up. The problem with their “tease”...

A source directed me to the local blog forum to a comment where the tabloid writer uses a portion of my name in a way that only a tabloidish entity could do. It did...

Commissioner Mark Harmon nominated Elaine Davis and then withdrew it and reserved the right to bring it back on 4B. Commissioner John Schmid was asked by his original intended nominee not to due to...

Commissioner Phil Guthe from the fourth district stopped the proceedings and requested that since both Fourth District seats were being replaced to proceed with the two Fourth Districts first. That was honored and the...