http://www.metropulse.com/news/columns/knoxville-issues/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: Knoxville Issuesen-uscolumns/knoxville-issueshttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/15/can-downtown-knoxville-sustain-its-growth-new-cons/?partner=RSSFor all the entrepreneurial economic development that’s revitalized downtown Knoxville since the turn of the century, about the only new buildings to go up have emanated from the public sector. Sullivan@MetroPulse.com (Joe Sullivan)Wed, 15 May 2013 14:26:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26024-735003columns/knoxville-issues/insightsJoe SullivanKnoxville, TNCan Downtown Knoxville Sustain its Growth With New Construction?MetroPulsecan-downtown-knoxville-sustain-its-growth-new-consurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26024-735003Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/15/ghostbuster-if-youre-rich-republican-who-needs-hel/?partner=RSSWell, the Ghostbuster for millionaire Republicans is Tom Ingram. Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26023-735003columns/knoxville-issues/frank-talkFrank CagleKnoxville, TNGhostbuster! If You're a Rich Republican Who Needs Help, Who Ya' Gonna Call?MetroPulseghostbuster-if-youre-rich-republican-who-needs-helurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26023-735003Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/08/spare-change-are-we-making-too-big-deal-over-panha/?partner=RSSA few weeks ago I read a post on a local Internet forum that touched on a familiar theme. Wed, 08 May 2013 15:16:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26006-734996columns/knoxville-issues/shot-of-urbanMichael HaynesKnoxville, TNSpare Change: Are We Making Too Big a Deal Over Panhandling?MetroPulsespare-change-are-we-making-too-big-deal-over-panhaurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26006-734996Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/08/one-party-no-party-haslam-ramsey-harwell-either-un/?partner=RSSOne-party rule means no-party rule. Wed, 08 May 2013 15:06:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25999-734996columns/knoxville-issues/frank-talkFrank CagleKnoxville, TNOne Party is No Party: Haslam, Ramsey, Harwell Either Unite or Lose Control of State GovernmentMetroPulseone-party-no-party-haslam-ramsey-harwell-either-unurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25999-734996Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/01/new-developments-gay-street-getting-full/?partner=RSSThe time could be at hand for Gay Street’s missing teeth to get filled in, restoring a full smile to downtown’s signature thoroughfare. Sullivan@MetroPulse.com (Joe Sullivan)Wed, 01 May 2013 14:26:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25975-734994columns/knoxville-issues/insightsJoe SullivanKnoxville, TNNew Developments: Gay Street is Getting FullMetroPulsenew-developments-gay-street-getting-fullurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25975-734989Change734994Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/01/train-wreck-you-cant-graft-obamacare-existing-busi/?partner=RSSPolitico reported last week that the Congressional leadership is having secret talks about how to exempt Capitol Hill staffers from the insurance exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act—aka Obamacare. Wed, 01 May 2013 14:24:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25974-734989columns/knoxville-issues/frank-talkFrank CagleKnoxville, TNTrain Wreck: You Can't Graft Obamacare onto Existing Business ModelsMetroPulsetrain-wreck-you-cant-graft-obamacare-existing-busiurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25974-734989Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/24/letter-critical-mass/?partner=RSSMoffett: I was especially interested as I was project designer for that three building complex—the Holiday Inn, the convention/ exhibition center and the office building—with consultation from the lead designer of Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:08:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25952-734982columns/knoxville-issues/insightsStaff WriterKnoxville, TNLetter: Critical MassMetroPulseletter-critical-massurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25952-734982Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/24/shock-and-awe-knoxville-hasnt-been-shocked-butcher/?partner=RSSWhen word hit news websites last week that the FBI had staged a shock-and-awe raid of the headquarters of Pilot Flying J, there was a common theme expressed in my round-robin of phone calls. Nothing this shocking has happened in Knoxville since the Feds raided and closed the Butcher banks in 1983. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:05:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25951-734982columns/knoxville-issues/frank-talkFrank CagleKnoxville, TNShock and Awe: Knoxville Hasn't Been This Shocked Since the Butcher Banks ClosedMetroPulseshock-and-awe-knoxville-hasnt-been-shocked-butcherurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25951-734982Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/17/lines-communication-can-downtowns-faulty-broadband/?partner=RSSThere’s a lot to downtown that isn’t on the surface. Beneath our streets and sidewalks, a labyrinth of sewers, pipelines, and conduits make up part of the infrastructure needed to sustain a city. With the coming of the digital age, those have been joined by more pathways to deliver the Internet connectivity that has become the hallmark of modern life. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:41:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25922-734975columns/knoxville-issues/shot-of-urbanMichael HaynesKnoxville, TNLines of Communication: Can Downtown's Faulty Broadband Access Be Improved?MetroPulselines-communication-can-downtowns-faulty-broadbandurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25922-734975Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/17/lets-not-do-it-killing-vouchers-good-idea-not-beca/?partner=RSSIt finally occurred to the legislators that if you give parents in inner-city Memphis or Nashville a voucher, they may spend it at a Muslim school. They have so far been stumped: How do you allow tax money to flow to a Catholic school, yet keep it from going to a Muslim school? Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:28:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25915-734975columns/knoxville-issues/frank-talkFrank CagleKnoxville, TNLet's Not Do It: Killing Vouchers a Good Idea, But Not Because of Muslim SchoolsMetroPulselets-not-do-it-killing-vouchers-good-idea-not-becaurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25915-734975Change0Usable