I saw on a long list of candidates who have taken out petitions that Phil Hamby of Knoxville Journal fame has taken out a petition to run as a Democrat for a fee office. He ran for school board about 10 years ago. For years he ran the Journal. I enjoyed reading the arrest reports and rumors about Tim Hutchinson, Victor Ashe, his ex-wife or whoever he didn't like just for kicks. Then after years of drama his ex-wife Renee won the paper in a divorce settlement about 2 years ago.
At first the paper was pretty good with Renee in that the scandal sheet was gone and it still had the arrest reports and added a new column by Colvin Idol along with Susan Estridge and Bill O'Reilly. A few weeks ago I noticed Colvin was gone and they've added religious columns by Renee, Renne's sister and Renee's first husband. Renee's first husband is a preacher who ends his columns "God Bless the United States and the Nation of Israel." I think that's creepy and would take Phil's scandal sheet over that, but Ear is still good at printing rumors.