Category: Current Events

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21 Feb, 2015

Ole Foster Arnett May NOT Have Done His Homework!

By County resolution and Home Rule Charter (what governs Knox County), an elected official can ONLY hire an attorney to represent him by majority vote of Commission. The Attorney that filed lots and lots...

Community / Current Events / Knox County

21 Feb, 2015

Knoxville Man Sues Former Employer, Alleging He Was Fired for his role in Pilot/Flying J Probe

A source of BrianHornback.Com sent me this link to a News Channel 5 story. Apparently, a recent lawsuit against Financing Agency Morgan Stanley by a former financial adviser employee is alleging that he was...

2008 / 2014 / 2014 Knox County Election / Community / Current Events / Elected Officials / GOP / Government / Knox County / Knox County GOP / Knox News / Knox News Sentinel / Knoxville / News Sentinel

21 Feb, 2015

What to do When Two Entities You Don’t Particularly Like, Fight? Arnett -vs- PBA

So, Foster Arnett is suing Knoxville Knox County PBA. I am not a fan of either one, but it seems odd that Arnett has had an office in the old Knox County Courthouse since...

Current Events / Elected Officials / GOP / Government / Governor Haslam / TN

20 Feb, 2015

TN Registry of Election Finance to Conduct Preliminary Review on March 11, 2015

A “preliminary review” of the sworn complaint of John Avery Emison against the Vote Yes on 2, LLC committee will be considered at the TN Registry of Election Finance Board at its next regular...

City of Knoxville / Current Events / E 911 / Elected Officials / Government / Jack McElroy / Knox County / Knox News / Knox News Sentinel / Knoxville Madeline Rogero / Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero / Mayor Tim Burchett / Politics

19 Feb, 2015

What Did Rogero Know, When Did Rogero Know It, Was She NOT Honest About It?

Immediately following the January 21, 2015 E-911 Board Meeting, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero came out and basically said I don’t know what happened. I will have to talk to my people to see what...

2016 / Current Events / Elected Officials / GOP / Government / Jeb Bush / Politics / Tennessee / TN / TN R

19 Feb, 2015

Jeb Bush Coming to TN for 2015 Statesmen’s Dinner

The Tennessee Republican Party today announced that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will headline the Party’s annual Statesmen’s Dinner in Nashville — the largest annual gathering of Republicans in Tennessee. Gov. Bush, who announced...

City of Knoxville / Current Events / Government / Knox News / Knox News Sentinel / Knoxville Madeline Rogero / Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero / News Sentinel / Politics

19 Feb, 2015

Rogero Wants City Employees Trained on the Open Meetings Law, BUT She Knows ALL About IT

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero was quoted in the News Sentinel saying that she wants to have the city employees trained on the open meeting laws aka Sunshine Law. Charles Swanson, the City Law Director...

City of Knoxville / Community / Current Events / Cynthia Moxley / E 911 / E.W. Scripps / E.W. Scripps Owned Bias / Elected Officials / General / Government / Jack McElroy / Knox County / Knox News / Knox News Sentinel / Knoxville / Knoxville Madeline Rogero / Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero / Knoxville Media / Moxley / Moxley Carmichael / News Sentinel / Politics / Sunshine Law

16 Feb, 2015

KNS News Stories and Ad Placement

Back on February 9, 2015 I published this story about complaints about my advertisers and how the NS authored and published an opinion about the E-911 controversy. While having a nearly full page ad....

Community / Current Events / General / Knox County

15 Feb, 2015

Marco’s Pizza in Bluegrass Opens for Business Today!

Between 4 pm and 7 pm yesterday, Marco’s Pizza in Bluegrass was slammed. Yesterday was their pre-opening Friends and Family Event, which could have been called free pizza to the community. Marco’s franchise owner...

Current Events / Government / Politics

13 Feb, 2015

Former Knoxvillian First in the US to Face Prosecution in Campaign Coordination

This Washington Post story details that a plea deal has been reached in what prosecutors hail as the “first criminal prosecution in the United States based upon the coordination of campaign contributions between political...