Russ McBee

As regular (or even sporadic) readers of this blog probably know, I was one of three Knoxville-area bloggers to volunteer to cover the News Sentinel's reportage of its editor's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Since the editor is the lead plaintiff in the case, the paper has an automatic and obvious conflict of interest in covering the ...

Well, this has certainly been an interesting year for Knox County government. Two main narratives have wound their way through local consciousness this year: the first, and longest running, is the controversy surrounding term limits on Knox County elected officials. The second, and more recent, is the group of scandals surrounding the handling of ...