The Knox County Commission Needs Some Different Viewpoints
I've been attending Knox County Commission meetings since I got into this race. As I've said before, I think a candidate for office should be familiar with what he or [...]
Top 5 Candidates For The Democratic Vice-Presidential Pick – Warren Drops Out Edition
It doesn't seem like there's any reason for me to do a Top 10 or anything like that for the Democratic nomination for President now. There are 3 candidates left [...]
The Post About Taxes And Spending Cuts and County Debt
I've been asked the question in a couple of places about whether I would consider raising property taxes. I have said I think it's irresponsible for a County Commissioner (and [...]
Checking In On A Campaign Pledge – Driving District 4
Back at the beginning of January, I made the pledge to walk, bike, and drive as much of District 4 as possible. In that post, I speculated that I could [...]
An Election Should Include A Choice
It's the day before Primary Election day here in 2020. If you haven't already early voted, I hope you'll go out tomorrow and make your choice. Even if you're not [...]
Politics At The Dinner Table
MadZee is doing his first voting this year. He's attending the University here in Knoxville, but his registration is back in Virginia, where he graduated from high school. So, he's [...]
My College Basketball Bracket – March 1
I'm going to forego entirely my Top 25 format and, instead, put the teams in seeds/regions. We'll see how it goes. Midwest (Indianapolis) Kansas Seton Hall Creighton Louisville Iowa Colorado [...]
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 [...]