My January and February Political Donations
I was looking back and it looks like I didn't do a post for my January donations, so I'll combine last month and this month together. I got February's in [...]
Big Money Is The Problem In Politics – My Race Edition
I have decided that I'm taking a stand against the influence of money in Knox County politics. I have written previously about how the current District 4 Commissioner raised about [...]
Where I Answer Questions
The latest set of questions I answered was a phone interview I did with Alan Sloan of the Farragut Press. He put together the interview into a piece he did [...]
Who I Would Vote For In Knox County – March 3, 2020 Edition
I was very happy to be able to vote for myself in early voting for the March 3 primary. I'm running as a Democrat, so, naturally, I pulled the Democratic [...]
My Campaign Financial Disclosure Statement – Pre-Primary Report
The latest letter from the Knox County Election Commission came in the mail the other day. This one told me I was required to file a "pre-primary campaign financial disclosure [...]
Watching The Debate So You Don’t Have To – South Carolina Edition
So, I watched the debate, but not live. There was a campaign related meeting I had to go to and a basketball game to watch first. I took notes as [...]
Knox County Strategic Vision: Knoxville Chamber v. Sidewalk Master Plan
As the campaign goes on, I'm constantly running across new things that concern me about our County government. I discovered recently that the Jacobs administration, as soon as the Mayor [...]
Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
I wanted to take a pause in writing about other campaign stuff, to say a word about civility. I don't believe in civility for the sake of civility. But my [...]
My College Basketball Top 25 – Bracket Edition
I've decided it's time to shake things up. Instead of doing the rankings as usual, I'm going to transition to something more like Bracket seeding. It was a wild weekend [...]
The Band Story Continues – February Edition
As you may recall, my old band from my days in Northern Virginia are getting back together for one last gig. A wedding in June. I gave some more details [...]