Still a lot of items, perhaps not as many controversial ones as last month. One never knows, however, when a "flare-up" may occur.

Mark Harmon

What's this NW side of Gleason Drive one? Do they have a specific address or lot number?

Is the South Knox one the area around Winkle Road?

Wow, who knew that the stinky "biosolids" recycling facility would become so interesting. Who is this Mr. Mays that is throwing accusations at Ragsdale? He is wearing concealed microphones into the mayor's office?

The funny part of this is that Commission could have passed Mark Harmon's substitute resolution and avoided this whole exchange.

Was Lumpy trying to shut down the Halls Rec Center early voting site?

Yes, Lumpy wants Greg McKay to either change all the early voting sites from libraries and parks (also the New Harvest Park near Target) because they cannot put up campaign signs at those locations. OR, they will have to get these sites to agree to allow the signs, according to Lumpy. At least they were smart enough to postpone that discussion.

This meeting may also go to midnight like the last one.

That's a disgrace. Giving taxpayer money away as a free handout to the biggest retailer in the world is more obscene than a dirty bookstore.

Another session with Scumby, another few notches lower for Commish. And to think many of the major commission candidates represent lots more of the same. They must be just betting no one notices.

Great, Lumpy is standing up for civil rights by listing a bunch more rights they could violate.

In any case, he is on the right side of this issue. Banning school teachers from running for commission is a Constitutional affront.

...Lumpy's remark that 2 of the county's 3 dirty book stores are in his district, and the other one's right on the border.

Then obviously, dirty bookstore districts 2-to-1 chose Lumpy Lambert!

And corporate execs in Bentonville, Arkansas are laughing their asses off right now.

Cas is in the building!

Was it an "academic twit"? Was he really implying that the people of Knox County do not want someone from academia to be on county commission?

That was an attack if I've ever seen one. I have never seen anything like that on any gvt meeting or for that matter any board. Lumpy must go!!!

And for Scott to just sit and watch.

Was he really implying that the people of Knox County do not want someone from academia to be on county commission?

No, he was really disguising a personal insult behind a claim of a stand on principle. And he got caught and called on it.

It was great to see Hammond trying to get Scoobie to be the chair and stop the personal attack and Tony Norman to try to get an apology out of the Lump.

Lumpy will now have to recuse himself from any vote on ridge top protection.

Sure liked the chewing out he got by Ms Richardson.

Lumpy is out getting his rear kicked.

Ann Robinson should be the honorary chair of the commission until it is again a full body.

It may be over just in time for The Late Show. But then again, after a session like this, who needs The Late Show?

One never knows, however, when a "flare-up" may occur.

Commissioner Harmon-

With this group we should only expect wildfires that can't be contained.

I took two hours out to watch my Lady Vols BEAT DOOK, but I really enjoyed what I saw of the meeting. Pinkston arguing constitutional law with Owings, Lumpy telling about how his grampaw took him out and pointed to the ridge --"Son, all of that will one day be yours to rape, pillage, dam and flatten soon as we get the technology to git'er done, and damn any arrogant little twits sittin' over there in academia that want to stop you."

What a highlight reel!

He couldn't have picked a worse night.

Never say it can't get any worse.

Wonder if the Times reporter knows this is just part of the mess. Ragsdale got a pass tonight. Hopefully his time is coming.