Buckle Up Buttercup
With the national political landscape becoming unfamiliar terrain and the people, regular, non political people, injecting themselves into the process for the first time in decades, it bears asking the question-Is this the winter of our discontent? Oh, I know that things look pretty bad this week but the reality is that often things must […]
Just a Bunch of Clowns
Like many across the nation, I have been glued to news outlets, try to absorb all that I can regarding the Presidential Primary. Usually, I am engaged and disengaged at the same time, meaning that I would really like to be interested but, frankly, it isn’t very interesting. This year boredom is the least of […]
It is Your Monkey
Sometimes I think that the general population gets a little disheartened with the election process. I know that I do. While it is amusing to watch the political jabbing on both the national, state and local level, after a while it is like a re run of a really bad reality show. Everyone is pointing […]
The Season of Questions
It is official. Budget season has begun. Already questions about funding non profits have spurred lively conversation and it is clear that this year, like others, will find the funding conundrum a talking point for both sides of the isle. This fiscal year, which ends the last day of June 2016, found only three non […]
Show Me the Love
Well, for those keeping track of such things, love was in the air yesterday. But that was then and this is now. Now, we have pushed past cupid and moved right on to President’s Day. I seem to remember a time when we actually celebrated the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln. School children colored pictures […]
This is Getting Silly
Has anyone else noticed that the muddy waters of the Presidential campaign trail look more and more like bad reality television? Sometimes I wonder where the respect for the highest office in the nation has gone. It seems that attracting the masses requires Kardashian like moves and I find that to be more than a […]
Five is a Wonderful Number
This weekend I have been going down memory lane. The Jefferson County Post turned five years old and it is truly amazing the amount of events, meetings and happenings that can be shoved into five short years. I remember the headline article for our first issue included salary comparisons for all County and school side […]
Senior Tax Freeze
This week the Jefferson County Commission decided to forego a Senior Tax Freeze. In truth, if I had been voting I would have likely cast a my vote against, as well. But not for the same reasons. If you go to as many County meetings as I do, one thing becomes crystal clear. Who presents […]
Time to Move on to #2
I love a really good plan. It just makes everything run so much smoother if things are thought about and worked out on the front end. And, that is why I have been really supportive of the renovation and restoration of White Pine School. For the first time in my memory, there was a reasonable […]
White Pine Rennovations
Two million dollars just doesn’t buy what it did twenty years ago, when the building programs for Jefferson County first began. This was never more evident than it was last week, as the School Board met to take a look at what they can get for a couple of million bucks for White Pine School. […]
Back to Business
It is that time, again. The gifts have been opened and the ball has dropped ushering in a new year. Now, after what has seemed to be a very long break, it is time to get back to business as usual. What exactly is business as usual? Well, there are policies to be set and […]
Hits and Misses of 2015
It is almost time for the ball to drop and the year to change, again. Wow. Where did the year go? It seems that every year speeds by a little faster than the one before. This year there were some real hits and misses, on a state, local and national level. Budget season was particularly […]
Making this a Christmas to Remember
It is certainly beginning to look a lot like Christmas and that is fortunate because it is just around the corner. At this time of the year, I spend a considerable amount of time thinking about the Christmas story. Perhaps because I am a mother and was once a young woman, I feel a special […]
Still Not Ready to Waiver
Anybody that has turned on the news this week or logged onto their social media account is aware that Carson-Newman University has been in the news for receiving a waiver for Title IX. For those that are not up on the particulars of Title IX, it addresses discrimination on the basis of sex, including those […]
And Speaking of Intolerance
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, unless you are on the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus, which is apparently skipping Christmas thanks to a post of suggestions from their Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Yes, the same office that recently proposed that the university change to gender neutral pronouns. Is it astounding […]
Another Pricey Question
Now that everyone is full of turkey and stuffing, it is time to get back to work. Just before the holiday, the Jefferson County Facilities Committee met and looked at a Benefit Analysis for a County Complex that would house the Department of Education, the Jefferson County Finance Office, Agriculture Office, Mayor’s Office and offices […]
