by Steve Hunley | Mar 5, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Diesel fuel tax would increase 70% By Steve Hunley As you’ve read here many times, the Knoxville News Sentinel is utterly predictable. The News Sentinel has never seen a new tax or an existing tax increase that they didn’t like. So, the Sentinel surprised no one when...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 26, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Last week’s editorial “Are they Planning to Pick Your Pockets? Beware of Indexed Annual Tax Increases” brought a letter from Interim Superintendent Buzz Thomas that starts off as follows: “One of your recent editorials had some ‘alternative facts’ I...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 19, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Look out people, it’s not only Governor Haslam looking to increase your taxes by raising the gas tax. School folks met with members of the County Commission last week and are poking at property taxes; in fact, there was mention of asking the state...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Both the Knoxville News Sentinel and the Maryville Daily Times have given coverage to some folks castigating Congressman John J. “Jimmy” Duncan for refusing to hold a special town hall meeting – – – just for them. Naturally, after...
by Steve Hunley | Feb 5, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Evidently the mainstream media learned not a blessed thing following the election of Donald Trump. The media is abuzz with varying headlines, barely bothering to hide their continuing bias, impugning every choice Trump makes for his Cabinet. For...
by Steve Hunley | Jan 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Most of the folks who voted for Donald Trump wanted some kind of change in Washington, D.C. There were doubtless folks who likely voted for Trump in the hope of some minor, albeit meaningful changes in the way things are done. There were probably a...
