http://metropulse.com/news/viewpoints/knoxville-issues/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: Knoxville Issuesen-usviewpoints/knoxville-issueshttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/progressive-age/?partner=RSSneely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/progressive-age/?partner=RSSknoxville-culture/secret-historyhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/ed-and-al/?partner=RSSneely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/ed-and-al/?partner=RSSknoxville-culture/secret-historyhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/home-economics/?partner=RSSneely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/home-economics/?partner=RSSknoxville-culture/secret-historyhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/hallelujah/?partner=RSSWed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/hallelujah/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/frank-talkhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/state-day-care/?partner=RSSWed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/state-day-care/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/frank-talkhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/ragsdales-winning/?partner=RSSWed, 20 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/ragsdales-winning/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/frank-talkhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/ousting-ragsdale-isnt-justified/?partner=RSSWed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/ousting-ragsdale-isnt-justified/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/insightshttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/13/worst-yet-come/?partner=RSSInsights by Joe Sullivan: The much-publicized horribles include a steep drop in home sales and prices, a near meltdown of the mortgage and related financial markets, declining employment in each of the past seven months, and a stifling surge in oil and gasoline prices. This vicious combination has been characterized by a leading economist—Richard Berner of Morgan Stanley—as a “perfect storm” calculated to drive the economy into a recession. ]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/13/worst-yet-come/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/insightshttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/john-petersens-irons-fire/?partner=RSSInsights by Joe Sullivan: John Petersen has so many irons in the fire, to use his phrase, that it’s no wonder that the University of Tennessee’s president occasionally gets burned ]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/john-petersens-irons-fire/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/insightshttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/violence-and-vouchers/?partner=RSSWed, 27 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/27/violence-and-vouchers/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/offcentercityhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/13/tif-tiff/?partner=RSSOff-Center City by Matt Edens: Amazing how quickly, in the wacky world of Knox County politics, an appointed board can go from obscure acronym to political football. It helps, of course, when there are millions of dollars at stake: five million, to be exact. That’s the amount of Tax Increment Financing developer Tim Graham is trying to get for his Willow Creek project, a Lowe’s-anchored big-box development in Halls. ]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/13/tif-tiff/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/offcentercityhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/wont-strangle-downtown/?partner=RSSOff-Center City by Matt Edens: In what could be an unprecedented occurrence in the annals of Knoxville road building, orange barrels may soon appear along North Central Street as part of a project to make the road narrower, not wider. Dubbed a “road diet” in planning circles, the idea is to re-stripe the street from four lanes to two. Reducing the number of lanes will make the area more pedestrian-friendly by slowing down traffic and introducing a screen of parked cars between the sidewalks and the travel lanes. (The street parking also provides additional parking for area merchants.) ]]>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/jul/30/wont-strangle-downtown/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/offcentercityhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/lone-horseman/?partner=RSSWed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/lone-horseman/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/shot-of-urbanhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/bad-signs-downtown/?partner=RSSShot of Urban by Michael Haynes: The City of Knoxville is on a roll these days toward reconnecting and, in some ways, expanding our center city. The South Knoxville Waterfront Action Plan, the Cumberland Avenue Corridor Plan, and the Downtown North initiative are all ambitious ventures geared toward reestablishing and strengthening our urban core. ]]>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/bad-signs-downtown/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/shot-of-urbanhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/06/give-me-brake/?partner=RSSShot of Urban by Michael Haynes: I hear that one a lot. There are quite a few topics, among folks who live or spend a significant amount of time downtown, that come up over and over again. Many of them recounting near-death pedestrian experiences, and the widespread disregard by drivers for people on foot around here. ]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/06/give-me-brake/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/shot-of-urbanhttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/living-irrations/?partner=RSSWed, 03 Sep 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/sep/03/living-irrations/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/sideways-glancehttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/unlock-it/?partner=RSSSideways Glance by Rikki Hall: Incoming County Law Director Bill Lockett announced Sunday on Tennessee This Week that his interpretation of the Sunshine Law and the Fansler injunction will be different from that of outgoing John Owings. This is good news. Owings’ advice to County Commission is overly strict and has grown absurd. ]]>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/20/unlock-it/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/sideways-glancehttp://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/06/only-human-only-heroes/?partner=RSSSideways Glance by Rikki Hall: One Unitarian parent trying to explain the inexplicable to her child described the shooter’s desperation in the face of unemployment and termination of his food stamps. “He should have just come to our church, we would have helped,” said the child. The children of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church congregation uniting in song at the vigil after the attack was a moment of glory. That is what Unitarians do: face down the thunder of violence and intolerance with sweet songs of hope ]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0000http://metropulse.com/news/2008/aug/06/only-human-only-heroes/?partner=RSSknoxville-issues/sideways-glance