Yes, Sandra, I mentioned that earlier.

Patti always scheduled home visits over the summer and she also hosted a swim party and cook-out at her home for each year's incoming class, inviting parents and siblings of her new students, too.

I also mentioned that she kept the class photo of her every year's class hanging in her classroom, which display very nearly filled a wall.

(I did neglect to acknowledge in my initial blog post that it is yet possible for someone to launch a write-in campaign against her, but such a person might find himself/herself subject to a public flogging, eh?!)

Thanks for running Patti! I know you will do a great job.

M.L Daugherty

In the event that the "Moderator" doesn't approve my comment I'll post it here. Since he did put a link up to this site after all so here goes Brian:
I come to this site for news, but is this news? In your previous article you stated “this leaves Patti Lou Bounds unopposed. Congratulations Mrs. Bounds and the Seventh District.” Does this mean you are any more credible then the people you write about. By your own standards you should retract your congratulatory statement, apologize for misleading the public, and state that the race is still up for grabs. It sounds like you have a grudge to pick. I can turn to FaceBook for better gossip.
If in fact you are congratulating Mrs. Bounds and the 7th District are you not implying that she won or is this a game of semantics? Brian do you have a horse in the race? Are you someone's cheerleader? After all you didn't tag anyone, but general on your congratulatory District 7 article, but in the article about Mrs Shepherd you tagged all the candidates, Knox County Schools, Knox County, TN, Sixth District, and Politics. Maybe a better catch phrase could be: "A Biased Media Everyone Knows"

I considered it, actually, but his tagline is problematic for me. That "the media that EVERYONE knows," in the upper right?

Since "media" is plural, that should read "the medium that EVERYONE knows."

Or if he maybe has other blogs with so little traffic as to be undetectable on the net, it could read "the media that EVERYONE know."

You know, school board candidate, subject-verb agreement...I couldn't get past it.

.. that would be money well spent.

Doesn't operate that way. Apparently, you are ASSuming that my website operates the way that entities that employ you as a contract writer operates.

I record the Friday night CTV political shows and watch them later....Well, I fast forward them later. Unless the DTV show has information, there is not much of interest here.It is mostly warmed over right wing pabulum. However, last night's Steve Hall show had BOE District 6 candidate Terry Hill as a guest. I stopped and watched the DVR...It was interesting...Mr Hall asked Mrs Hill her opinion on Common Core.She buzzed around it in generalities but finally perched on these branches: (1) It is state mandated and we have very little choice. (2)We need more rigor to be competitive (3)Change is hard and evaluations are never easy,and (my favorite) (4)Common Core was partially implemented to help military families who travel from state to state.
A phone caller asked if she would have voted for the McIntyre contract extension.Mrs Hill took to the air again and repeated the question.She flapped and wondered why no one suggested a 60/90/120 day delay of the vote to see how McIntyre was doing in quelling the revolt.Then she repeated the question and said, "Well no." It seemed a very tepid approval of the Kim Severance delay- the- vote plan , which Severance herself never actually put forward. Severance promised her constituents a delay vote "at the worst", then voted the full 1 year extension.That vote sealed her fate on BOE departure.That seemed a strange branch on which a reform bird might land, since almost 90 days have in fact already already passed since the vote.Instead of reform,we have the reality of locally mandated SAT 10 tests on our K-1-2 for data alone,we have the MarkTaylor BOE / TVAAS inquisition ,we have the inexplicable McMillan false ethics violation fiasco, and we have a tsunami of revulsion against the Common Core Cabal...Mrs Hill, did you inadvertently have your political / BOE DVR on 6 month delay? Take some time.Catch up on the current episodes and then we will talk.

Is singular as in one BRIANHORNBACK.COM that EVERYONE that means EVERYONE knows the name.

It is easy when you think about it, Tamara. I left a message that if you email me your events that I would post them. That is free and within your budget. I haven't received anything from you. Why you want to call me out knoxviews and not take up on free exposure is confusing. But it is your campaign, if picking fights with internet bloggers helps you then have it.

I agree Brian. It was a complete surprise. The element of surprise is reduced now that write-ins have to register beforehand and folks need to know how to at least get close to spelling the candidate's name correctly.

The eaten hat

Chill out.

Is English your second language?

An Ethics Advisory Committee can create a "rule of law"?

Please link the TCA for the "law" you reference.

While we're waiting, lets just hope the people of Blount County can get past this scandal.

Just say it!

Brian, as a "citizen journalist" you are subject to the same levels of criticism. You put up the link to this thread. You made yourself news by asserting your opinion. I would have never have come to this site if you did not link it to your article. You want my name and phone number before allowing comments to be "moderated". You seem quick to point the finger at others, but the more you talk the more credibility you lose. The question and username seems rhetorical, when will they learn? On the same day, before you wrote your article, Mrs. Shepherd already acknowledged that that a write in candidate could be a possibility. So it appears you have a personal grudge and are using your website to bully people.

When will they learn?
March 3, 2014 at 7:46 am
Sam, Unopposed is not the same as a default winner. Tamara loves to correct others grammar and spelling. You ask her what time it is, she tells you how to build a clock. The point was Tamara Shepherd is very precise, except of course when she isn’t. I think this post was about her superior attitude. For such an authoritarian supposed expert, Tamara makes a lot of mistakes. A lot of people gave her the benefit of the doubt in this election, but that attitude is still an issue.

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Sam
March 3, 2014 at 10:45 pm
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Everyone makes mistakes. That’s the basis of learning and you learn fast after you’ve made one. The articles that I read here and on on other sites stated: “this paves the ways for Mrs. Bounds” and “congratulations Mrs. Bounds and the 7th District.” I would not call it a mistake because everyone was saying the same thing, you just made it a point to make a play on the semantics of the grammer. We can agree to disagree, but to your credit or discredit, if your going to make news, make it news worthy. I assume you are Mr. Hornback because you requested my name and number, and I will continue read and comment on your site, which I check daily. I wish all the candidates the best of luck and success, but I also want as you stated, someone who is precise and an expert.

It seems to have gotten off track with Bean referring to a blog post from BrianHornback.Com concerning Blount Co judicial candidates.