As reported by a local blogger.

It was Ackermann. And the expansion is Cellular Sales. Should top out at about 250 new jobs.

Leave us out again and your Droid X will begin behaving badly. (totally kidding....)

They have acquired a number of Verizon stores across the country, probably establishing another customer service center to handle the incoming questions and provide for support that goes with a high volume of customers. Growth in the private sector is good. Maybe they'll get Manhattan's reopened for the fourth time, we'll see.

Let's see if the SuperChamber can somehow take credit for this job announcement, since they had vitually nothing to do with it and simply don't know how to recruit a business to Knoxville at all.

Back in the day, at the grand opening of a business that provided hundreds of good-paying jobs, Victor was invited, he walked in, saw that he was not the center of attention and left - snubbing a good business newcomer. It was embarrassing.

I'm proud to have worked for Victor and proud of a lot he accomplished as Mayor. There are parks and walking trails all across this community thanks to Mayor Ashe. The service department substantially upgraded services then as well. If you look at his platform, Mayor Ashe focused on what he said he would do.

Plus I say who I am. Try it sometime. If you do maybe we can compare notes about ability to be taken seriously in business circles.

Dammit, I made my comment a separate post.