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Pension numbers get weird
UPDATE: Here’s the report, if you want to check it out. Actuarial report 2012 Yesterday the nerds here at Knox beat first heard about a fun little turn of math involving the city budget and the...
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We fixed the glitch
Just spoke with Mayor Madeline Rogero about this grant to Sertoma, which we had looked at closely a while back and again recently. She said this: They (Sertoma) didn’t make a mistake and come back and...
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Ink (and airwaves) for Rogero
Here come laurels for Mayor Madeline Rogero. On Monday she was interviewed by WNYC’s (the New York City NPR station) “The Takeaway,” for 8 minutes on the Brookings Institution report saying Knoxville...
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Mayor’s year: not too shabby
Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero issued a list of accomplishments a few days ago. On Sunday we’ll run a piece looking back at her year as well, and a companion with folks giving thoughts on the year. It...
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Rogero: Campfield’s remarks don’t reflect city
Sen. Stacey Campfield has made some local and national headlines for a few of his outspoken stances regarding homosexuals. Speaking with Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero recently for this story, she...
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Haulin’ Ice: City, county offices closed, Rogero’s DC trip, and Burchett’s...
(Scroll down for info on Mayor Madeline Rogero’s trip to D.C.) Knoxville is closed today. Don’t drive anywhere. Don’t walk, if you can help it. It’s worse than we thought, and Ice Storm Khan, a.k.a....
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More from TN mayors on gun policy
Today we ran a piece looking at what mayors of the city’s Big 4 cities had to say on the issue of gun control. Here’s what we couldn’t get in the paper. Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero She and police...
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Henley delay, mayor’s comments
Don Jacobs is out on this story about the bridge’s delay. South Knoxville is open, but you can’t get there from the Henley Bridge. And to use that again, the projects needs another year and $6 million....
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Tax hike this year? Probably not.
Spoke with Mayor Madeline Rogero on a few things this afternoon, and the subject turned to next week’s budget retreat. Looks like a property tax rate increase is unlikely for next year. She didn’t have...
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Development and sustainability and the mayor and such
One more day of equitable, sustainable workshopping for Mayor Madeline Rogero who has out in Kansas City for the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. She’s there talking on communicating projects...
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What’s the story behind the South Knox press conference today?
Few seem to doubt that some South Knox businesses are in some kind of trouble. What used to be an easy jaunt across the Henley Bridge seems to be a bit of a longer haul to the area. Perceptions appear...
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Skid marks: JWP halted
Mayor Madeline Rogero in a release: STATEMENT FROM KNOXVILLE MAYOR MADELINE ROGERO Below is a statement from Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero regarding TDOT’s announcement that the agency has...
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Rogero’s comments on E-911
Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero’s statement about the E-911 board, from a release: Mayor Madeline Rogero has directed her staff to fully review the sequence of events leading up to last week’s meeting...
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No new taxes: Rogero’s proposal for 2015-16 Knoxville budget is released
Bike trails, Magnolia corridor work and a planner for the former McClung warehouses site on Jackson are among the things that pop out initially. Lots of sprucing up the place in the coming year’s...
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UPDATE II: Local mayors and others react on SCOTUS ruling supporting same-sex...
Big ruling today from the Supreme Court. Here’s what Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero said, through a release: As a signer of the Mayors’ Brief in support of the plaintiffs, I am thrilled and thankful...
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