Thu
Jul 20 2006
01:26 pm
By: Knoxquerious
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Discussing:
- Pratt & Whitney to Asheville (18 replies)
- RIP Frank Cagle (2 replies)
- Does KPD need a local precinct in East Knox ? (4 replies)
- The situation (508 replies)
- Homeless update (14 replies)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (1 reply)
- According to the CDC, flu numbers are down 98% (4 replies)
- Knoxville's controversial Ancient Lore project pivots to become an event venue (3 replies)
- East Tennessee Real Estate Snapshot (1 reply)
- It's time to redraw America's voting maps. Where's the data? (3 replies)
- Jimmy "JJ" Jones to run for Knox County Sheriff again in 2022 (1 reply)
- Tennessee will likely reject Biden Medicaid expansion offer that includes bonus funding (3 replies)
TN Progressive
- will this get you through the night? (RoaneViews)
- Friday Toons (RoaneViews)
- What It's Like for Covid Nurses (RoaneViews)
- Trump Losing Streak Continues (RoaneViews)
- Blount County records highest daily count of coronavirus cases ever (BlountViews)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (BlountViews)
- 28% of Blount County coronavirus deaths in last 3 weeks (BlountViews)
- Breathe deeply (Domestic Psychology)
- Blount County coronavirus cases over 9,300 as of 12/27/2020 (BlountViews)
- The 2020 Presidential Debate: We've Been Here Before (Joe Powell)
- Recommendations for August 6 (Left Wing Cracker)
- Facts and Truth - the Vaccine for Our Nation (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- The Weekly Links: Spanglish, Forever War and Britney Spears (Nashville Scene)
- Analysis: Chattanooga Mayor’s race features cast with business acumen (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Lawmakers on getting Miranda warning and taking the fifth (TN Lookout)
- New Library and Archives building to open April 13 (TN Journal)
- GOP lawmaker seeks to remove Nashville judge over absentee voting ruling (TN Lookout)
- Commentary: Cockfighting is uncivilized and barbaric. Tennessee shouldn’t tolerate it. (TN Lookout)
- Memphis lawmakers: Bolster water lines to avoid crisis (TN Lookout)
- El Estado de Tennessee investigará nuevas acusaciones contra un director de funerarias que continúa explotando a la familias inmigrantes (TN Lookout)
- Virtual reception, real Jack Daniel’s for lawmakers (TN Journal)
- The Christmas Day Bomber's Bizarre Obsessions and Dark Plans (Nashville Scene)
- Tennessee Democratic Party Facing 'Significant Financial Penalty' (Nashville Scene)
- Influencer Church Superspreads the Word (Nashville Scene)
- Feds rescind effort to lock in Medicaid changes made by Trump administration (TN Journal)
- Lee joins call for Biden to withdraw moratorium on oil and gas exploration on federal land (TN Journal)
- Slideshow: Downtown Nashville During the Ice Storm (Nashville Scene)
- The Weekly Links: Freezing Texas, Fleeing Ted and Falling Trump (Nashville Scene)
- Dolly Parton: No thanks to Tennessee Capitol statue (TN Journal)
- Vote on removal of Forrest bust delayed due to weather (TN Journal)
Knox TN Today
- Guignard finds six votes for development (Knox TN Today)
- A Tribute to Don Charles Hasson (Knox TN Today)
- Dirt, Tide and Erik Jones coming to Bristol (Knox TN Today)
- Spring-like weather ramps up progress (Knox TN Today)
- Legacy Parks donates adaptive wheelchair (Knox TN Today)
- Support Trails Forever with a guided hike (Knox TN Today)
- Retailers are not the ‘bad guys’ (Knox TN Today)
- City investing $1.6 M to build Old Broadway sidewalks (Knox TN Today)
- HVA’s Abby Wildi in Rotary contest (Knox TN Today)
- Covid bonus for Hillcrest workers (Knox TN Today)
- Let’s rethink savings (Knox TN Today)
- Beck features local artists (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Basketball team honoring life of Stanley Freeman, Jr. with memorial tournament (WATE)
- National Weather Service schedules statewide tornado drill, radio test for March 5 in Tennessee (WATE)
- THP: Charges pending, 1 injured after crash on Rutledge Pike (WATE)
- More than 35 vendors take part in 'Southern Charm & Sweet Tea' (WATE)
- Bassmasters Elite Series continues this weekend in Knoxville (WATE)
- Virtual concert to raise money for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (WATE)
- University of Tennessee to hold its Spring 2021 Commencement at Neyland Stadium in May (WBIR)
- Brother and sister charged in string of "Bluetooth Bandit" bank robberies across East TN and NC (WBIR)
- Global IT firm to bring 300 jobs to Knoxville (WBIR)
- Teen with autism hikes 100 miles in the Great Smoky Mountains (WBIR)
- 'The secret's out': Knox County weathering pandemic with strong real estate, revenue performance (WBIR)
- Work continues to make Alum Cave Trail safer, creating stable bridges and adding handrails (WBIR)
News Sentinel
- University of Tennessee, Knox County Schools and Knox County COVID-19 case counts (KNS News)
- Vouchers undermine public schools at taxpayers' cost | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Leaders can feel lonely even as they help others. They shouldn't feel ashamed | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Tennessee must address shortage of nurses, other allied health professionals | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- FEMA flood insurance changes could mean rate hikes for flood-prone Tennessee properties (KNS News)
- Global tech company opening $27 million hub in Knoxville, plans to recruit UT students (KNS Business)
- What closed downtown Knoxville business would you bring back? Join the conversation. (KNS Business)
- Knoxville's only Black mayor was forced out of his home by urban removal. He still wonders why (KNS News)
- Knoxville's only Black mayor was forced out of his home by urban removal. He still wonders why (KNS Business)
- Tennessee Senate GOP won't say if they'll try to cut funding if teams kneel during national anthem (KNS News)
- Knox County's pandemic benchmarks mostly stable or improving for first time in months (KNS News)
- Tennessee homeowners deserve protection from eminent domain, not eviction | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Black History Month is a time where we celebrate our history and inspire the future | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Knoxville Biz Ticker: Demolition of former Radioisotope Development Lab underway at Oak Ridge (KNS Business)
State News
- How Memphis Grizzlies assistant Sonia Raman went from law career to NBA (Commercial Appeal)
- Flash flood warning issued in Davidson, other Midstate counties (Tennessean)
- How a Latino family in Nashville overcame COVID-19 together (Tennessean)
- Coronavirus in Tennessee: State reports 1,374 new cases, 16 new deaths (Tennessean)
- COVID-19 in Tennessee: Latest updates, charts and maps on outbreak and vaccinations (Tennessean)
- Prayers at Red Bank public meetings become an issue, highlighting new leadership - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Good Deed: Neighbors thank couple for roadside trash pickup - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Milestone anniversary: Gene and Cindy Ezell - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga-area ham radio operators seek community during pandemic - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Exactly what went wrong with Shelby County's COVID-19 vaccine distribution (Commercial Appeal)
- Tennessee judges are brushing aside bail laws, and it's costing you (Commercial Appeal)
- In the South, COVID-19 is forcing churches to get creative and change the way they worship (Commercial Appeal)
Local .GOV
- Exhibit Explores 'Black & White' Knoxville History (Knoxville)
- Saturday Extra Duty: City Crews Pick Up 542 Bags of Litter Across Knoxville (Knoxville)
- Students Enlighten Empower Knox During Youth Forum (Knoxville)
- Local Business Owner Horace Andrews: ‘You Have to be Ready to Compete’ (Knoxville)
- City Crews Work Saturdays to Tackle Litter Eyesores: Expensive Solution, But 'Gratifying' (Knoxville)
- $4.9 M Investment: Rollout of KPD Cameras Nearing Completion (Knoxville)
Wire Reports
- Treasury Market Had a Cow, Mortgage Rates Jumped, Wall Street Crybabies Clamored for Help, But the Fed Smiled Satisfied Upon its Creation - WOLF STREET (Business)
- Kansas officers hurt in 'possible explosion' in downtown Wichita - Fox News (US News)
- Los Angeles district attorney faces recall effort less than 3 months into term - NBC News (US News)
- Andrew Cuomo ex Sandra Lee wishes 'peace, healing' after 2nd accuser steps forward - New York Post (US News)
- Report On Khashoggi Killing Prompts Calls For Penalties Against Crown Prince - NPR (US News)
- 7,200 appointments for COVID-19 vaccine are to be canceled within the next 24 hours - KUTV 2News (Business)
- Progressives May Delay Sending $1,400 Stimulus Checks in Fight for Minimum Wage Hike - Newsweek (US News)
- Virginia joins 15 other states in legalizing marijuana - POLITICO (US News)
- FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization For Third Covid-19 Vaccine in U.S. | NBC Nightly News - NBC News (Business)
- Six million accidental savers 'created by Covid crisis' - BBC News (Business)
- FDA approves one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine - CBS Evening News (Business)
- The Golden Trump Statue Is the Talk of CPAC. It Was Made in Mexico. - Slate (US News)
- 106 Additional COVID-19 Cases in Hawai'i: Higher Case Count Partially Due to Lab Reporting Issue on Maui - Maui Now (Business)
- After vote against coronavirus relief package, Golden calls for more bipartisanship in Congress | TheHill - The Hill (US News)
- Buffett upbeat on U.S. and Berkshire, buys back stock even as pandemic hits results - Reuters (Business)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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In regards to houses
I know for a fact he is building one off of Tazwell pike, and also one in another sub division. I know the contractors who are building them and also the company delivering lumber to them, friends work as both places.
It does not take a rookie
It does not take a rookie deputy to see Tim was lying through his teeth about not having built houses in several years. Kinda makes you wonder what else he lies about.
According to the WBIR
According to the WBIR debate, the sheriff said he has not built a house in several years. I think there are some folks that would disagree with him about that if you were to ask around.
house
He built one for Randy Hinton in South Knoxville in the last couple of years. It was featured in Knoxville Mag this year. People watched dfeputies build it. It's huge, lakefront. Stacey
Neither of them get my vote.
Remember this about Tyree:
* He was a narcotics officer in the early 1970's decade where he put dope dealers in jail.
* For those with long memories he then was a criminal defense attorney where he won a well-publicized case where a dope dealer was accused.
* Then he was elected mayor of Knoxville where he became a close political ally (some say cronie) of former Knoxville banker and later-convicted felon Jake Butcher.
* Finally, in the 2002 or 2004 election cycle he took (if memory seves me corrrectly) $50,000 from a right-wing Right To Life group to advocate their cause. They complained that he did nothing for them and kept the money.
As for Sheriff Hutchinson, I remember in the 2002 election cycle in a debate with Jim Andrews where Hutchinson said that he had increased the budget of the sheriff's office by four (that's right four) times since he had taken office twelve or sixteen years earlier.
I heard in the news media recently that Hutchinson wants the county commission to give him another massive budget increase. They said that it would amount to a $160 wheel tax increase.
We want good law enforcement but hey - where's all of that money going, Sheriff?!
It's not a case of who's the best candidate for the job. It's a choice between picking the one who is the worse and not the one who is the most worstest.
Talk local politics at The County Seat
Yea, Hippies got busted in
Yea, Hippies got busted in Fort Sanders, but a lot of LSD and coke were taken off the streets too. Tyree has never been a criminal defense attorney and the Right to Life thing is completely unsubstantiated. As for the sheriff, I wish Knox County Education had half the budget.
You might want to do your research first
Anonymous said this "Tyree has never been a criminal defense attorney"
It happened in the mid-1970's. I had a brother-in-law that was in the UT law school at the time. I remember hearing them talk about it. Go to the public library, research the news articles and see for yourself.
and this "As for the sheriff, I wish Knox County Education had half the budget."
The last time I heard the budget for the Knox County school system was $300,000,000. The total county budget was $500,000,000. That's 60% - which is more than half.
Talk local politics at The County Seat
If you're doing the accusing,
It happened in the mid-1970's. I had a brother-in-law that was in the UT law school at the time. I remember hearing them talk about it. Go to the public library, research the news articles and see for yourself.
If you're doing the accusing, why don't you back up your words? A link or something.
As for your guilt by association (with Jake Butcher) charge, that's just a dirty smear. What did Tyree do wrong? Worked with the governor as mayor of Knoxville?
Touché on the budget.
Touché on the budget. Should have said budget increase % I guess. Googled and Yahood Tyree with your criminal defense and couldn't find anything at all. Post something if you find it though(not related to you). Good luck and nice plug for your site.
I did figure something out.
I did figure something out. According to some google links, Tyree was elected mayor in 1975 and before that he was City Safety Inspector and a police officer. I don't think he had time to represent drug dealers in court. Especially after busting a bunch of them in Operation Aquarius. That would be a conflict of interests don't you think? I am not saying Tyree would be the best sheriff ever, but I just can't vote for Hutchison again.
They gave him a winnable case.
Anonymous said this: "Tyree was elected mayor in 1975 and before that he was City Safety Inspector and a police officer."
The criminal defense thing was during the brief period of time after he was Safety Director but before he was Mayor.
and this: "I don't think he had time to represent drug dealers in court."
He didn't have time to develop a law practice. That's for sure. That's one of the things that does not hardly pass the smell test.
I think that probably his friends in the city of Knoxville Police Department set Tyree up with a weak, winnable case against the drug dealer in order to make him look good. After all, he was their candidate.
The case was heavily reported on in the Knoxville News-Sentinel. It was the talk of the town for those who paid attention to political issues. Tyree used the publicity as a springboard for his mayoral campaign.
Narcotics officers were not very popular back then. He (and I think his supporters in the police department) wanted to show voters that he could be a nice guy. Apparently it worked since he was elected mayor.
Had he not won the case against the narcotics officers (who were the bad guys back then) it's doubtful that he would have been elected mayor.
Factchecker said this: "If you're doing the accusing, why don't you back up your words? A link or something."
The 1974-75 period was a couple of decades (gee, you folks are really young) before the Internet. The news reports are archived at the Knox County Public Library. You won't find them on the Internet.
and this: "As for your guilt by association (with Jake Butcher) charge, that's just a dirty smear."
The voters apparently didn't think too much of him after learning of his association with Butcher. He ran for mayor again several years ago. He got only about ten percent of the vote. Before the Butcher affair he was politically invulnerable.
and this: What did Tyree do wrong? Worked with the governor as mayor of Knoxville?
Butcher was only the Democratic candidate for governor and was never elected.
Talk local politics at The County Seat
gee, you folks are really young
(gee, you folks are really young) ...
I wish, but thanks for the compliment.
...before the Internet. The news reports are archived at the Knox County Public Library. You won't find them on the Internet.
You could provide more, like, details. Instead of throwing accusations against the wall and just hoping some will stick in people's minds.
The voters apparently didn't think too much of him after learning of his association with Butcher. He ran for mayor again several years ago. He got only about ten percent of the vote. Before the Butcher affair he was politically invulnerable.
A non sequitur. And so what if true? That was then, this is now. We should dislike him because he was a political ally of Butcher's over 20 yrs ago, or because he has been politically unsuccessful more recently? WTF?
Butcher was only the Democratic candidate for governor and was never elected.
Mea culpa. I was transposing Butcher and Ray Blanton. It has been a few years, and I didn't even live here during most of that era.
Too bad we only got a bunch
Too bad we only got a bunch of softball questions in the radio debate. That was pretty much a waste of 90 minutes.
Cox?
Hey, i am all for the Indies. I will vote Pete Drew and donate to Broyles, but a vote for Cox is pretty much a vote for Tyree so you might as well bite the bullet. This pole will not look the same as Knox County, but everybody loves a good underdog comeback story.
Greg Cox for Knox County Sheriff
Greg Cox is a write-in candidate for sheriff. If you're sick and tired of the partisan bickering between Hutchison and Tyree, he could be your alternative. According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Greg Cox "...is waging a write-in campaign as an Independent. He is a Jacksboro police officer."
When it comes to Sheriff, Hutchison has ego, Tyree has bad finances, so why not vote for a complete stranger in Cox? He couldn't be that bad.
You mean as in, How bad?
You mean as in, "How bad could he possibly be?" That's a Homerism.
Tyree, bad finances?
Re RedDog, you'd have a hard time convincing me that Hutchinson legitimately won his last election.
wow - 84% to 16% Too bad
wow - 84% to 16%
Too bad the real election is going to be just the opposite
That's true. In fact, you
That's true. In fact, you could come here and look at any of these polls, like the one for the Senate, and use them to predict the opposite and you'd be right most of the time. Unfortunately, common sense and decency seem to be in the minority. Except here at our little oasis.