edited by: Kate,
Tennessee Editor
Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign has racked up at least $8.7 million in unpaid bills, including $292,000 it owes in health insurance premiums for its employees, The Politico reports. A spokesperson for the Clinton campaign says that it “pays all of its bills,” but two Ohio companies — owed a total [...]
It's very puzzling to me that a number of folks who have posted about the need for more citizen participation in local government seem so skeptical of Lewis Cosby's efforts.
Some of the same people who've touted the importance of community input, accountability and transparency in our public processes appear [...]
Yes, diversity can arise from within. As Betty Bean points out, it has to do with how we live our lives, day in and day out, and the choices we make. Housing patterns are a manifestation of those personal choices.
Rather than theoretical discussions of mixed-income housing and development, I suggest [...]
Short memories?
Only a few weeks ago, a groundswell of (justifiable) outrage arose over the backroom deals, favor-trading, Sunshine Act-violating, unethical actions around Knox County Commission appointments. Task forces and committees were quickly formed to examine political ethics violations and conflicts of interest in Knox County government.
And now there's an outcry [...]
The recent School Discipline study arose out of the finding that black students in Knox County were 10 times mre likely to be suspended than white students. I actually analyzed discipline data, school by school, by race, gender, free lunch status and offense. The task force did, indeed, find that [...]
One comment in a recent post about the school rezonings certainly demonstrated an underlying attitude of racism that appears to be shared by many of the parents decrying rezonings to schools like Central and Austin East.
The poster stated, "far too much $$$ has been thrown at A-E with too [...]
Imus, Virginia Tech, Iraq, Pollution: Let's End The War Against Our Kids
by Brent Budowsky
All across America today, while we mourn together the tragic loss in Virginia, nuts are buying guns, candidates are bragging they kill bunnies with semiautomatic weapons, and politicians tremble with fear of [...]
