Tue
Sep 11 2007
05:20 pm
How to get excused from jury duty
By: R. Neal

By way of WATE, from the jury selection questionnaire for the KNS v. Knox County lawsuit, pg. 13:

"55. (a) Did you write any comments on KnoxViews or any other blog about the January 31,2007 Knox County Commission meeting?

(b) If yes, please state briefly what you wrote."

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Rachel's picture

If you want evidence that KV

Submitted by Rachel on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 6:25pm.

If you want evidence that KV is widely read around these parts, look no further.

KO's picture

Interesting. BTW, where are

Submitted by KO on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 5:39pm.

Interesting. BTW, where are the links to the bloggers covering the trial?

www.herstonlaw.com

R. Neal's picture

I think Michael Silence is

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 5:42pm.

I think Michael Silence is rounding up the blogger reports at his place. The bloggers are:

Rich Hailey (link...)

David Oatney (link...)

Russ McBee (link...)

KO's picture

Hmmmm...I checked the links

Submitted by KO on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 5:51pm.

Hmmmm...I checked the links and it doesn't appear that anyone blogged today's goings on. I had hoped that someone would give updates during the day. Maybe that will begin as the testimony starts tomorrow.

I was down there this morning as I had a motion hearing in a neighboring courtroom. The whole gang was there. This one is going to have some interesting moments. Hang on, folks!

www.herstonlaw.com

R. Neal's picture

I think two of the three

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 6:04pm.

I think two of the three bloggers aren't going to be able to attend the actual trial. Rich Hailey said he would try. Russ McBee has had some pretty good coverage of the coverage, though.

Andy Axel's picture

Interesting. BTW, where are

Submitted by Andy Axel on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 6:58pm.

Interesting. BTW, where are the links to the bloggers covering the trial?

Unless there's footage to steal from cable access, "Channel9" is out.

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R. Neal's picture

Heh. I thought one of the

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 7:26pm.

Heh. I thought one of the jury questions should have been "are you or have you ever been #9?"

WhitesCreek's picture

Careful....

Submitted by WhitesCreek on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 8:02pm.

That was actually quite funny...Annie looked at me like I was nuts when I laughed.

She's right, I mean, but it was still funny.

Would you trust a Jury trial that had # 9 in the house?

I think not...or #8 either.

redmondkr's picture

What if you tried to comment

Submitted by redmondkr on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 8:15pm.

What if you tried to comment on that other popular local blog? I should think they would be concerned about Brian's commenters as well.

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Wearybottom Associates

Sam's picture

They did not even mention

Submitted by Sam on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 8:22pm.

that popular blog. Telling isn't it? lol

CBT's picture

I took a look. It's

Submitted by CBT on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 8:57pm.

I took a look. It's interesting that the popular blog has not a single mention of last night's Commission meeting, though BH was there, sitting in the back. Never before has Commission used it's power to subpoena witnesses and hold such a hearing. And, it wasn't close, 14-1. Yet, there's no mention by the Truth Squad.

WhitesCreek's picture

Yet, there's no mention by

Submitted by WhitesCreek on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 9:42pm.

Yet, there's no mention by the Truth Squad.

I think that's a Squat, isn't it?

Bizzy's picture

Gentle Readers

Submitted by Bizzy on Tue, 2007/09/11 - 10:58pm.

Perhaps the writer of that blog was out participating in a Big Brother program or helping to feed the homeless. One should not be so quick to judge the benevolent heart of one such as him. My admiration of his character cannot be measured. Please join me in sharing the love, extending the olive branch. I'm certain that if it were possible in cyber world he would dot each "i" with a tiny little heart. And don't forget to hug a puppy today.

SnM's picture

blogging impact

Submitted by SnM on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 10:30am.

Stating the obvious here, but I think it's cool that the inclusion of that question in the jury selection questionnaire is such a clear indicator of the impact your blogging has on both local politics and media, Randy.

Andy Axel's picture

Scuttlebutt travels.

Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 12:03pm.

No doubt. Who's in charge of writing the questionnaire for the voir dire, I wonder?

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Factchecker's picture

Who's in charge of writing

Submitted by Factchecker on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 9:42pm.

Who's in charge of writing the questionnaire

I think it's the lawyers for both sides (whoever they are). But how would anyone remember what they wrote?

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