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The Transformation of America

by Steve Hunley | Apr 10, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley The United States of America is undergoing a transformation that ought to concern folks. Today there are two very different and distinct Americas. Resistance to the federal government of the United States is prevalent in our society today, led by the...

Tennessee State Republicans Racing to Raise Gas Taxes

by Steve Hunley | Apr 2, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Say it ain’t so. Republicans raising taxes? Tennessee’s Republican governor, Republican-controlled state senate and Republican-controlled house of representatives are moving with lightning speed to raise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. As it stands...

A New Beginning for Knox County Schools: Superintendent Bob Thomas

by Steve Hunley | Mar 26, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley After eight long years of Jim McIntyre as superintendent of Knox County Schools, the people of Knox County were ready for something very different. The board of education appointed Buzz Thomas to serve as the interim superintendent and one could begin...

Remembering Earl Hoffmeister

by Steve Hunley | Mar 12, 2017 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Steve Hunley Earl Hoffmeister passed away last week at 90. Many readers likely knew Earl Hoffmeister personally, as did I. I was one of those who was actually taught by Hoffmeister. Quite a few years ago, I was a student in Earl Hoffmeister’s mechanical...

Governor Haslam’s 33% Gas Tax Hike

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...

Alternative Facts? You Be the Judge: My Reply to a Letter from Buzz Thomas

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...
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