Today during an ice cream social at Edgewood Park for Rick Staples a surprise endorsement was made by Commissioner McKenzie. He publicly and officially backs Rich Staples for City Council 4th district. The ice cream social was officially sanctioned, sponsored, and operated by the Knoxville Firefighters Association.
“If you market it right they will come.” Much like the movie “Field of Dreams” that is exactly what happened tonight at Regal Stadium. In an effort to boost attendance and continue to take Lady Vol Soccer to the next level, the university decided to make the entire season free of charge. No hidden costs. […]
http://knoxcounty.org/purchasing/pdfs/showfile.php?id=2799 This is kind of government geek interesting. The county is looking to create an Emergency Mass Notification System. However, many good strong technical and logistical questions have been raised and answered.
I did some asking around tonight with local hotels and all confirm to me that they have no measurable influx of people sleeping overnight. I have checked hotels.com and priceline.com and basically the pattern I am observing is that the $40 a night hotels are in limited supply in the Cedar Bluff area but downtown […]
While they may not be as cool as Spiderman the “Knoxville Footbag Association” comes very close. I have been checking in with the KFA for over a year now. They meet usually at Market Square on Wednesday night. I was literally blown away by how much they have progressed as a team. They do […]
Well the second round of the election season for Country Music Association is in full swing. As a CMA sterling member, I get a lot of campaign emails and swag. I decided to show some of the behind the scenes of what goes into an award show process.
Well the good people at PBA have just informed me that the external lights on the Sunsphere are no longer operating 24 hours a day. The lighting now operates on a photocell so when the sun comes out the lights go off.
Knox County government launched a new website design this week. However, a quick check of the County Commission message board reveals literally ONE commissioner has only one post since January and the last post before that was September 3rd 2012. Dr. Briggs posted on the message board in January and that is the last time a […]
http://www.utsports.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/081713aab.html No ticket fee and no parking fee. In an effort to pack the house UT Lady Vols Soccer is going to be free all season! Check out the link for more information.
All serious last night gave me chills as the first amendment was in full force! Multiple performance artists gave amazing arguements over why the mask law needs to be changed. I was floored when one lady got up and noted that doctors with surgical masks and firefighters with oxygen masks technically break the law. Mr. […]