Wed
Jun 14 2006
09:36:am
A collection of posts and discussion about Knox County term limits and the recent decision that the county's charter is invalid.
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Discussing:
- Goldman exec: clients are "muppets" (7 replies)
- Education Week: "New K-12 Advocacy Groups Wield State-level Clout" (17 replies)
- Shelley Breeding (26 replies)
- From the "you're kidding, right?" file... (4 replies)
- Willie Nelson + Chipotle + The Scientist (1 reply)
- Ask questions, shop around, save money on telecomm (5 replies)
- Reading speed test (1 reply)
- In Black and White: Resegregation Indisputable per Annual TN Charter Schools Rpt (2 replies)
- Background so far: Creation of TEAM/APEX teacher evaluation model and legislative pushback (55 replies)
- "We abandoned the idyll of Brigadoon and settled instead for Lord of the Flies." (2 replies)
- Inaugural Internet Hall of Fame (5 replies)
- Verizon cuts price on Razr MAXX (6 replies)
Upcoming events:
- May 19 2012 - 1:00pm (2 days 11 hours from now)
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State News
- A star is reborn: Original 'Shadows' witch is back in spotlight (Commercial Appeal)
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- Letter: Assault on religious liberty (Commercial Appeal)
- Stanton’s 2-run HR helps Marlins beat Braves, 8-4 (Times Free Press)
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- Chattanooga-based CBL buys North Dakota mall for $91.4 million (Times Free Press)
- Robin Copp announced as new principal of Signal Mountain Middle High School (Times Free Press)
- Ringgold advances in Class AAA baseball playoffs (Times Free Press)
- Attorney: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife found dead in New York (Tennessean)
- Vanderbilt running back to transfer (Tennessean)
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- Third suspect in slaying of U.S. Marine's wife pleads not guilty (Yahoo News)
- Super Bowl winners New York Giants get "Big Blue" rings (Yahoo News)
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- Fears over Greece's political and financial crisis (Yahoo Business)
- Crossroads announcing $25 million ad push (Yahoo Politics)
- SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words (Yahoo Politics)
- Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries (Yahoo Politics)
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