Sat
Jan 12 2008
09:38 am
KNS voter guide now available online
By: R. Neal

The Knoxville News Sentinel's Voter Guide for the Feb. 5th primary is now available online.

There are profiles of candidate for all local offices, candidate videos, and links to local election coverage including some local blogs, and more.

The print version will be in Sunday's paper. It has the candidate profiles, sample ballots, commission and school board district maps, a list of voting locations, and more. An online PDF version is available here.

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KC's picture

Let's just hope it's more

Submitted by KC on Sat, 2008/01/12 - 1:32pm.

Let's just hope it's more accurate than yesterday's paper.

(link...)

One mistake is a typo, but "NEAP" over and over again?

And

(link...)

I guess if you're still flying at age 150, then you'll need an ID card in the year 2114, according to the sub headline.

Scott Emge's picture

Clarification

Submitted by Scott Emge on Sat, 2008/01/12 - 7:12pm.

In my KNS voter's guide profile, I mention setting up a county web site for the office...

Right now, the Register's page on the Knox County web site does not link to a site/database that they currently have in place. That database is designed primarily for real estate professionals and title companies and cannot be accessed without a paid subscription.

I think it would be a good idea to create another, more user-friendly, site that accesses the other's database and is linked to the Register of Deeds page on the Knox County website.
This new site could be used by county citizens to view property records free of charge, and even possibly download non certified copies of their own property records.
Anyone needing a certified copy of said records for any type of transaction would still need to buy one.

On another note, I'd like to apologize to the South Knox Homeowners Association. I had planned to be at their meeting today, but I've had a bad sinus infection for the last 2 days and didn't feel well enough to get out (I also didn't want to pass this thing on to anyone else).

jbr's picture

Scott I have only looked at

Submitted by jbr on Sat, 2008/01/12 - 7:25pm.

Scott

I have only looked at a few tools on it but perhaps some coordination with the Knox GIS site would be good.

It has some nice information that might meld well with the content of which you speak.

(link...)

I would also suggest exploring Open Source tools.

Tamara Shepherd's picture

6th District info spotty...

Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Sat, 2008/01/12 - 7:30pm.

Randy, is all the info supposed to be at the N-S site as of today, right now?

For the 6th District, I note the following "holes:"

Missing bios:
Matthew Jones

Missing videos:
Kathy Bryant, Charles Connatser, Matthew Jones, Jimmie Shelton

Haven't spoken with all of these, but I phoned Kathy just now and she tells me the N-S should have her video?

jigsha's picture

matthew jones and videos

Submitted by jigsha on Sun, 2008/01/13 - 11:28am.

Hi Tamara,

We are still in the process of adding more candidate videos, since we had some interviews late on Friday and there are more scheduled for next week.

Regarding Matthew Jones, he somehow got left off when I was building the page. Thank goodness for the Web and diligent eyes! I will add him in just a few minutes to the full list, but you may view his profile here.

Tamara Shepherd's picture

I'll rest easy...

Submitted by Tamara Shepherd on Sun, 2008/01/13 - 12:54pm.

Thanks, Jigsa. I'll rest easy knowing you are on the job!

(Others, Jigsa is behind the most excellent School Matters blog at the N-S site.)

reform4's picture

Jigsa- how do I get

Submitted by reform4 on Sun, 2008/01/13 - 11:00pm.

Jigsa- how do I get scheduled for an interview this week?

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Fighting for Reform and Representation, Fourth District
Steve Drevik, Commission Seat 4-B
(link...)

jigsha's picture

interview

Submitted by jigsha on Mon, 2008/01/14 - 1:04pm.

Hi Steve. I've sent you a private note on who to contact etc.

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