Mon
Feb 11 2008
01:06 pm
1st, 2nd, 4th District Appointee Hearings
By: Lisa Starbuck

A reminder that the forum for the 1st, 2nd and 4th District appointees will be held tonight, February 11th at 6:00 pm. in the Main Assembly Room.

Other forums will be held this week and next before the appointments next Wednesday, February 20th.

* 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Small Assembly Room of the City County Building for the 6th, 8th and 9th Commission Districts

* 10 a.m. Feb. 16 in the Main Assembly Room for sheriff, trustee, county clerk and register of deeds

* Feb. 19 following the 8:30 a.m. County Commission committee meetings in the Main Assembly Room for candidates who cannot attend an earlier workshop

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~ART~'s picture

Why not make a night of it?

Submitted by ~ART~ (not verified) on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 2:27pm.

If you're headed Downtown to kick the tires on your next round of jokes...Er...Uh, I mean, County Appointees, you may as well make a night of it by adding dinner and/or drinks at one of Downtown's many fine restaurants/bars/etc.

Bbeanster's picture

I'm going to watch the Lady

Submitted by Bbeanster on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 3:18pm.

I'm going to watch the Lady Vols play Rutgers!
That date was circled on my calendar long before this deal.

Bird_dog's picture

will the meeting be broadcast?

Submitted by Bird_dog on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 3:23pm.

either on CTV, Channel 21 (WBIR), or posted later by Paone?

Bird_dog's picture

It's on CTV Channel 21 now

Submitted by Bird_dog on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 7:10pm.

in this order: Dist 2, 1, 4

B. Paone's picture

Curses - firewalled again!

Submitted by B. Paone (not verified) on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 8:08pm.

The CCB has a firewall up that prevents uploading, as well as POP3 connections. Video will be available tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I think I'll look into one of those Sprint or AT&T cards and see if I can't get one with at least a 1.1 Mbps upload speed.

B. Paone's picture

Anyone reading this have AT&T BroadbandConnect?

Submitted by B. Paone (not verified) on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 8:17pm.

I just want to know if it's a worthwhile service. I may try to use it for streaming and get around the firewall at the CCB.

R. Neal's picture

I have the Verizon wireless

Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2008/02/11 - 9:20pm.

I have the Verizon wireless broadband service. It works pretty great. It's pretty fast, about like DSL, but I don't think it's 1.1 mbps.

I have blogged from the CCB and uploaded photos at least once, on Black Wednesday. Didn't have any problems with a firewall or anything. Did not try email. Is this something new?

B. Paone's picture

Nothing new - just a different method of access, maybe?

Submitted by B. Paone (not verified) on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 1:26am.

Were you using the public wireless system inside the Main Assembly Room, or your Verizon broadband? If the latter, that explains how you were able to upload and receive POP3 email (web-based email isn't affected by the firewall).

If the former, I'd love to see the setup on your rig so I can emulate it. I'd hate to think I wasted a ton of cash on live streaming gear, only to be able not to use it!

R. Neal's picture

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 11:16am.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I didn't have the Verizon broadband on Black Wednesday. I was just using the public wireless system inside the Main Assembly Room. I uploaded photos though the blog here, using the file attachment which worked fine. I didn't try FTP or anything exotic. Don't recall if I used POP3 email that day or not. Probably not, because there was too much action to keep up with.

Maybe your own PC firewall is blocking it because of it being a public/open wifi connection? I have had to mess around with profiles and stuff for "home", "office", and "public" settings in various firewall/virus protection software I have used.

P.S. Here was the original live blog, in case anyone would like to relive the infamous day:

(link...)

KG_Wells's picture

Seat 2B supplicant...applicant

Submitted by KG_Wells on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 7:56am.

My apologies to all for not being able to attend the interview for the 2B seat on Monday night. I will present myself before the commission on the 19th for a grilling that could be thrilling (though I can't promise a session rife with scowls and howls) . Since there seems to be a dearth of information about me on the Knox Politics site, I'd be happy to answer any question beforehand (political, spiritual, philosophical, experiential) in any digital forum, through email (kendallwells@netscape.com), or at birthday parties, gun shows and weddings.

B. Paone's picture

I assume you mean my site, Mr. Wells?

Submitted by B. Paone (not verified) on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 8:28am.

You're more than welcome to fill in the blanks by sending the information to admin@politicalknoxville.com - with over 40 applicants and just one me trying to cover all that's going on, making videos, creating bios, and working on other projects (on top of that thing my wife tells me is called "real life"), it can be a bit difficult to gather the information sometimes.

reform4's picture

If you're trying to out-funny Walt Wojnar....

Submitted by reform4 on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 9:49am.

... your application is in the wrong district. Walt's in the Fourth.

I tried to get Elaine to say, when asked "what sets you above the other candidates", to respond "I don't like lobster."

OK, so that wasn't as good as Walt's quip:
"Do you promise to wait to be sworn in until all the appointments are done?"

Walt: "I try to make it a habit not to appear before a judge any more than absolutely necessary." [or something to that effect].

It was a really good meeting, well-run, with lots of good candidates for caretakers.

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

KG_Wells's picture

I meant no offense, Brian.

Submitted by KG_Wells on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 10:48am.

I meant no offense, Brian. You are doing a terrific job handling a heavy load. My invitation is for a more thorough explanation of a bit player's political (and otherwise) views.

jbr's picture

Kendall, care to pick a

Submitted by jbr on Tue, 2008/02/12 - 11:41am.

Kendall, care to pick a couple or three of these and share your views?

What is your general opinion of TIFs?
What do you think of the recent TIF given to Tim Graham
and the Lowes development in Halls?
What are your views on protecting ridgetops in the area?
What are your views of the conflict and resulting lawsuit regarding the Midway Business Park?
What sort of mix should county commission work for when making appointments to the Industrial Development Board?
What do you think about the density, and development in general along
Cherokee Trail?
What do you think about allowing digital billboards in Knox County?
What about views on billboards in general?
If MPC staff recommends against a development, but MPC commission is for it,
how would you approach that conflicting input?

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