by Steve Hunley | Dec 20, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The Knoxville City Council may very well have taken the first step to raising taxes next year. There were two actions in particular that can be considered big ticket items approved by the city council. Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie put her city council...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 13, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Is Christmas Coming Early? City Councilwoman Gwen McKenzie launched her reelection campaign for next year with an announcement in the Knoxville News-Sentinel she is sponsoring a resolution to spend $100 million dollars for a nebulous repayment of those...
by Steve Hunley | Dec 6, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi standing in front of her $24,000 refrigerator has never left my mind, especially when the economic policy of the Democratic Party is more Alexandria Ocasio Cortez than John F. Kennedy. Pelosi was showing off her...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 15, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Bill Dunn Congratulations to former State Representative Bill Dunn who has been named as senior advisor to Tennessee’s Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn. Dunn just retired from the Tennessee General Assembly where he served for almost 30 years....
by Steve Hunley | Nov 8, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The 2020 election is history, at least here in Knox County, yet there are some interesting things to ponder in the vote totals. Who was the night’s biggest winner locally? My answer would be Tim Burchett. The freshman congressman did even better than...
by Steve Hunley | Nov 1, 2020 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Mayoral Blues Two years ago, Glenn Jacobs arrived on the political scene with the force of a hurricane. Facing two incumbent county commissioners, Brad Anders and Bob Thomas, Jacobs eked out a 23-vote win over Anders in the Republican primary to take...