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May 2 2007
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- Check out Hard Knox Wire, a new local journalism venture (1 reply)
- Does KPD need a local precinct in East Knox ? (6 replies)
- Pratt & Whitney to Asheville (19 replies)
- RIP Frank Cagle (2 replies)
- The situation (508 replies)
- Homeless update (14 replies)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (1 reply)
- According to the CDC, flu numbers are down 98% (4 replies)
- Knoxville's controversial Ancient Lore project pivots to become an event venue (3 replies)
- East Tennessee Real Estate Snapshot (1 reply)
- It's time to redraw America's voting maps. Where's the data? (3 replies)
- Jimmy "JJ" Jones to run for Knox County Sheriff again in 2022 (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Roane County Ash Trees are Gone with the wind...Can we change that/ (RoaneViews)
- Republicans Go All Women's Bathrooms and Sports in Corruption Smokescreen (RoaneViews)
- Can we end Trash in TN? (RoaneViews)
- will this get you through the night? (RoaneViews)
- Blount County records highest daily count of coronavirus cases ever (BlountViews)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (BlountViews)
- 28% of Blount County coronavirus deaths in last 3 weeks (BlountViews)
- Breathe deeply (Domestic Psychology)
- Blount County coronavirus cases over 9,300 as of 12/27/2020 (BlountViews)
- The 2020 Presidential Debate: We've Been Here Before (Joe Powell)
- Recommendations for August 6 (Left Wing Cracker)
- Facts and Truth - the Vaccine for Our Nation (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Kelly, White advance to runoff for Chattanooga mayor (TN Journal)
- Voting rights advocates and Democratic leaders slam GOP efforts to remove judge (TN Lookout)
- Bar association blasts bid to remove judge over absentee ballot ruling (TN Journal)
- Immigration Status Not a Factor in COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment (Nashville Scene)
- New Bill Could Raise Standards for Awarding Construction Contracts (Nashville Scene)
- Battle brewing over wine shipping restrictions (TN Journal)
- Nashville’s Freedom Riders: HBCU students risked all to end segregation (TN Lookout)
- Two bills would make a dent in Tennessee’s voter ID laws by letting students use their college IDs (TN Lookout)
- Chancellor Lyle recuses herself from education funding lawsuit (TN Lookout)
- Angst on Lower Broadway Goes Beyond Culture and COVID (Nashville Scene)
- Tennessee sports betting jumps 17% in January (TN Journal)
- House Finance chair laments use of Phoenix Solutions for constituent work (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee Republicans' Crooked Priorities (Nashville Scene)
- Tennessee markets Coffee County mega site as Lee administration swings for the fences on ECD deals (TN Lookout)
- The Weekly Links: Spanglish, Forever War and Britney Spears (Nashville Scene)
- New Library and Archives building to open April 13 (TN Journal)
- Virtual reception, real Jack Daniel’s for lawmakers (TN Journal)
- The Christmas Day Bomber's Bizarre Obsessions and Dark Plans (Nashville Scene)
Knox TN Today
- Frank Cagle: Legendary news guy signs off (Knox TN Today)
- A trip upriver on the Flora Swann (Knox TN Today)
- LMU rises from the dust of St. Mary’s (Knox TN Today)
- Year-to-date lending tops $1.5 billion (Knox TN Today)
- Eddie Smith gets EC nod (Knox TN Today)
- Tennessee basketball and truth in advertising (Knox TN Today)
- Evan Thornton: Tracking sex offenders (Knox TN Today)
- No need to be miserable if you ‘Got Peeps’ (Knox TN Today)
- Food for Second Harvest (Knox TN Today)
- Hicuity, Covenant collaborate on tele‐ICU (Knox TN Today)
- David Hunter will be missed (Knox TN Today)
- How to sign up for Covid vaccinations (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- TSSAA High School Basketball Scoreboard (Region Semifinals) (WATE)
- Jellico Medical Center officially closes after ER is no longer open; hope for future providers (WATE)
- Hamblen County Sheriff Esco Jarnagin announces he won't seek re-election in 2022 (WATE)
- Lawmakers considering bills on criminal immunity, casinos, catalytic converters, protections for adoptive children (WATE)
- Read Across America Day highlight: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (WATE)
- Rural Metro responds to Blaine house fire (WATE)
- Big Birds: Little Ponderosa Zoo welcomes two new ostriches (WBIR)
- New businesses are opening across Knox County, and more are coming soon (WBIR)
- State Senate advances bill giving DCS more oversight after horrific Roane Co. abuse case (WBIR)
- Knox Co. celebrates Women's History Month, mayor highlights local women achievements (WBIR)
- 10Listens: Answering your COVID-19 vaccine questions in East Tennessee (WBIR)
- FBI, KPD offer $5,000 reward for information on teen killings (WBIR)
News Sentinel
- Knoxville shouldn't let second chance for a baseball stadium slip away | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Whoever killed Austin-East students must be held accountable | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Veterans exposed to cancer-causing chemicals at K2 Air Base deserve justice | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- University of Tennessee, Knox County Schools and Knox County COVID-19 case counts (KNS News)
- Knoxville Biz Ticker: Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit to convene June 2-3 at UT Knoxville (KNS Business)
- Lawmakers should make transgender teens' lives easier, not harder | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- We compare each COVID-19 vaccine from how they work to what it feels like after a shot (KNS News)
- Zooming into motivation: three tips for remote teamwork | Ying Ayliffe (KNS Business)
- Impact of an hour: The midnight curfew is a 'huge' relief for Knoxville bars and customers (KNS Business)
- Tennessee Senate passes bill barring transgender students from playing high school sports under their gender identity (KNS News)
- East Tennessee avoids major flooding but the threat isn't over this spring (KNS News)
- Mass shootings surge in Tennessee as nation faces record high (KNS News)
- In campaign against Spangler for sheriff, Jones faces some tough challenges | Victor Ashe (KNS Opinion)
- In campaign against Spangler for sheriff, Jones faces some tough challenges | Victor Ashe (KNS News)
State News
- Boogie Ellis leads Memphis basketball to sixth straight win. 5 takeaways from victory at USF (Commercial Appeal)
- Cookeville perseveres a year after tornado took so much (Tennessean)
- A year after Cookeville tornado survivors are rebuilding and moving forward (Tennessean)
- Cookeville rebuilds one year after deadly tornado (Tennessean)
- Bella went missing for 54 days after the 2020 tornado. Cookeville never stopped looking. (Tennessean)
- How long can Memphis house prices keep rising? Analyst says the market is nearing its peak (Commercial Appeal)
- Strickland pressed Haushalter for vaccine specifics days before state intervened, documents show (Commercial Appeal)
- LIVE: Results of the 2021 Chattanooga city elections - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Kinley hotel on Chattanooga's Southside opens Thursday - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Near Byhalia pipeline planned connection point, Valero leaked 800 gallons of crude oil in 2020 (Commercial Appeal)
- Hospital: SUV carrying 27 crashes with semitruck, killing 15 - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- What you need to know for Chattanooga city elections on Tuesday - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Local .GOV
- Exhibit Explores 'Black & White' Knoxville History (Knoxville)
- Saturday Extra Duty: City Crews Pick Up 542 Bags of Litter Across Knoxville (Knoxville)
- Students Enlighten Empower Knox During Youth Forum (Knoxville)
- Local Business Owner Horace Andrews: ‘You Have to be Ready to Compete’ (Knoxville)
- City Crews Work Saturdays to Tackle Litter Eyesores: Expensive Solution, But 'Gratifying' (Knoxville)
- $4.9 M Investment: Rollout of KPD Cameras Nearing Completion (Knoxville)
Wire Reports
- Dow Jones Futures Rise After Stock Market Rally Falls To Key Levels; Vaccine Play Soars Late - Investor's Business Daily (Business)
- Rio Tinto's chairman to step down in latest shakeup following Indigenous cave destruction - CNN (Business)
- Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 'casual sexism' hinders equality for everyone, author says - CNBC (US News)
- Nordstrom racks up on off-price stores and online sales - Fox Business (Business)
- De Blasio's payback: New York mayor unloads on wounded Cuomo - POLITICO (US News)
- Dolly Parton gets a taste of her own medicine - The Washington Post (US News)
- Biden promises enough coronavirus vaccine for ‘every adult in America’ by the end of May - The Washington Post (Business)
- House Oversight panel reissues subpoena for Trump's accounting firm | TheHill - The Hill (US News)
- 13 dead after SUV with 25 occupants collides with big rig in Imperial County - KTLA 5 (US News)
- Gov. Abbott strikes down statewide mask mandate, but you’ll still have to wear a mask at these places - KXAN.com (US News)
- Joe Biden Withdrew His Nomination Of Neera Tanden After Pushback In The Senate - BuzzFeed News (US News)
- Japanese Billionaire Who Bought Tickets on SpaceX's Starship Announces 8 Seats Are Up for Grabs - Gizmodo (Business)
- Warren Buffett's 6 rules to stay financially healthy during the pandemic - Yahoo Finance (Business)
- Lawmakers outraged after Michigan National Guardsmen served raw or moldy food - WOODTV.com (US News)
- The 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Heralds a New Age of Online-Only EV Sales - The Drive (Business)
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falling on deaf ears
We have politely and intelligently called, e-mailed and met with our school board members. Monday night's speakers were eloquent and factual. Mullins slept through all the
parent comments while other board members chatted and ignored parents. The right thing to do for ALL children is to vote no and create a task force of parents and professionals who can create a compromise for elementary, middle and high school students. Our school board prefers to force and bully their power instead of thinking creatively and collaboratively. Powell will file their OCR suit and wealthy communities will file their own lawsuits.
What can we say that matters to this school board? They haven't heard anything we have said so far. Is it any wonder people are uninvolved in politics? The amendment for Holston Hills still leaves underdog Austin East getting less than it deserves and needs from the city. The amendment proposed for Bearden High will "allow" the wealthy neighborhood behind us to drive their children to the school that is so close we can hear the marching band on clear nights. Our tiny, poor subdivision will have to cross Morrell, cross Northshore and drive all the way down Sutherland. The amendment proposed for Farragut sends more
students from Farragut to Bearden instead of to the brand new high school, which is why my children are being sent down to West. With or without the amendments, my children and the children whose parents are too tired from
trying to feed their families to fight the establishment will lose.
Piss Poor Government Officals and News Agencies
I find it amazing how 9 people can have the ability to change the lives of thousands of people, change the values of investments of even more, create increases in the county budget which will force increases in taxes to all in the county, and not have any accountability to anyone. I am equally amazed that our local news services have not once tried to investigate the rezoning issue. Instead they prefer to just sit and state half the facts of events that already occurred. I’m very disappointed to say the least.
They have all focused on just the one small piece of the over all problem, who will attend HVHS. The board and news agencies never once address the bigger issues. Where is the money to pay for the increase in the school budget? Why are students being shifted from schools in good standing with NCLB and good performance report cards to schools that are in poor standing and poor performance?
The last few days both the board and news agencies have made special effort to report a handful of folks that support the rezoning. In every case the rezoning is an improvement for them. This isn’t reporting nor is this validation of the proposal. Find some folks that are taking a step backwards and who still support the proposal and then report that. We all know they won’t find anyone.
Instead there has been nothing but half-assed movement by all our elected government officials and even less then that from the local news agencies. Once again one must wonder if this is because the rezoning doesn’t affect them personally and if they had a hand in it. Why else would they not be up in arms and trying to help the people they “serve”.
Kudos to the McCaughan’s and the others that have tried to bring forth the outright absurdity of this rezoning proposal. But at this rate, I guess I’ll be seeing you at West High in a few years.
UPSET AT REZONING
I agree, 9 people causing changes in the lives of thousands that we did not have enough say in, or were not taken seriously,rather a bother with their time. It is all politics, as I said before, WE THOUSANDS WILL ALSO HAVE A SAY, sorry to say it will be too late in all probabilty for this issue, but I for one will not forget. Wrong is Wrong, no matter the 12th hour tweaking to secure a majority vote, do they think we are too uneducated to realize this as well? They are not looking at their own projections, or maybe they are, but it is time to call it what it is....the dreaded "B" word. We welcome all to our community, come, buy into our community, contribute, DON'T MOVE US OUT TO DO IT! SPLITTING US IN HALF IS WRONG! If you live on the right hand side of the road you go to one school, live on the left go to a different school and the tweaking of grandfathering..?? what about children that miss that cut off point but still have siblings going to another school?
Do I support 2 different zones? NO I WILL NOT. Our school and communities will be unreconigizable soon. Do I want to stay and send my children to a below par school so that the West Side can spread the pain to us?
Agree with most comments
While I agree with most comments here, I sincerly hope is that this will open everyone's eyes. I am not speaking to those who have responded to this thread -- I am talking to all those who probably will not even read this. We must stay involved. We must be informed. Some people do not even read the newspaper or watch local news. That is not enough. There coverage of the issues is inadequate. We all should have been informed to know that when they placed that first brick in Hardin Valley that this was going to happen. We should have called a time out before building this school.
Some people say -- well it's there now so deal with it. We are dealing with it. A small piece of our community will be sent over or under the highway to another community – resulting in feelings of isolation and separation from existing relationships.
Why do we study history? To learn from our mistakes. Let's not let politicians take the easy way out. There was available land in better locations. You might ask, but at what cost? Well, how to you calculate the cost we are paying now? There has been a change to almost every community around the county.
Let’s all pay more attention to issues all over the county, because our backyards are bigger than we thought.