April 23rd, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Editorial: Pat Summitt’s dignity and grace mean more than titles
… She deserves all the plaudits she receives for her contributions to her sport, to her university, to her state and to the legion of lives she has touched and will continue to influence. With her typical humility, the coach said Thursday that she was the one who has been blessed by her association with UT. “It has been a privilege,” she said. For one of the few times in her career, Summitt was wrong. The privilege has been ours.
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April 20th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Greg Johnson: Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero pushes ideology over pragmatism
Whether on the stump or on official speech duty, President George W. Bush used a standard shtick to remind the gathered of the eternal axiom that all politics is local. After greeting the assembled poobahs and potentates, Bush acknowledged the mayor and admonished him or her to remember first principles. “Mayor, the only advice I can offer you is, fix the potholes,” Bush said, with a grin. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero could benefit from the advice of America’s 43rd president.
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April 19th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Editorial: Untangling the knots that bind tourism groups
…The county’s request for information should reveal much about how other organizations promote tourism, but any concrete steps toward bidding out the contract should wait until the organizations involved have untangled the knot that binds them. The city and county should work together to present a unified front in the marketing effort. The goal, in the end, should not be the survival or destruction of any organization but to find the best way to market Knoxville to the world.
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April 18th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Knoxville City Council approves TIF for Walmart, Publix development
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/17/knoxville-city-council-approves-tif-for-walmart/
The Knoxville City Council on Tuesday voted in favor of awarding a proposed $10 million tax increment financing package for a development at the former Fulton Bellows site next to the University of Tennessee campus.
KNS: Editorial: Weigh incentives for Fulton Bellows redevelopment
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/apr/18/editorial-weigh-incentives-for-fulton-bellows/
… Incentives sometimes are necessary to stimulate growth, especially as the economy slowly pulls itself out of the recent recession. The University Commons project appears to be a project worthy of consideration for tax incentives, but local officials must look closely at the costs, the benefits and the long-term viability of the project. If University Commons makes sense both in the short run and the long term, officials should back incentives to bring the project to fruition.
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April 17th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Council members have short wish lists for 2012-13 budget
…With unplanned pension costs looming, new money may be tough to find in the budget. The city faces years of rising pension obligations, in part because the investment market has failed to meet expectations on return.
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April 10th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Editorial: City pension fix won’t produce immediate savings
…The pension plan’s problems are long-term and systemic. Officials — and voters — must arrive at a solution that reorganizes the system for financial health in the long term.
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April 9th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Editorial: Changes make a good state budget proposal better
Gov. Bill Haslam has proposed using the state’s unexpected revenue windfall from the recovery to speed up a reduction in the food tax, distribute more money for local jails and restore cuts to some social services. The governor’s decisions on how to spend up to $30 million in added revenue demonstrate a firm grasp of Tennessee’s priorities. The Legislature will have to sign off on the $31 billion spending plan.
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April 6th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS/Josh Flory: Hammond: KaTom going to Sevier
A Hamblen County restaurant supply company won’t be relocating to East Knox County after all. Knox County Commission Chairman Mike Hammond said Thursday that KaTom Restaurant Supply chief Patricia Bible (pictured above) told him the company was going to Sevier County. Hammond also serves on the board of The Development Corporation of Knox County, which owns the Midway site where KaTom had considered a new headquarters.
WVLT: Wave of “Innovation” makes Knoxville one of America’s fastest growing
Low taxes, low crime rates, and a strong local economy has helped make the Knoxville area one of the fastest growing in the country, according to a new survey by CNNMoney. Over a half-million people now fill Knoxville-Oak Ridge’s Innovation Valley, the report found. The region grew over 33% between 2000 and 2010.
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April 5th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
Metro Pulse: Convention Panel to Deal With Campfield
Looks like state Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, will have another round of national publicity (imagine that) since he is an elected delegate for Newt Gingrich and the Gingrich campaign doesn’t want him. The issue will likely be resolved before the credentials committee, which meets the week before the Republican National Convention in Tampa. The Tennessee Republican Party told the Gingrich campaign that since Campfield was elected as a Gingrich delegate they do not have the authority to remove him.
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April 4th, 2012 by laura
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KNOXVILLE NEWS
KNS: Editorial: Finance director must prove worth to taxpayers
…Webb — a person Burchett describes as being able to understand numbers and translate them for laymen — must earn the taxpayers’ trust. His advice to Burchett must be sound. He must make sure county departments follow the controls in place for spending the public’s funds. And he must not allow any sort of financial shenanigans slip by under his watch. Burchett said he made a “political mistake” by hiring Webb. It’s up to Webb to prove him wrong, but if there’s a problem, the taxpayers will have no one to blame but Burchett.
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