Russ McBee

Given yesterday's election results, I think this week's Feel Good Friday post should somehow reflect the relationship between Knox County voters and many of our local elected officials. Aretha Franklin's ''Chain of Fools'' describes that relationship pretty accurately: Most of us are just links in their chain.

The Knox County primary election in February seemed to send a message that voters in this county were still angry over Black Wednesday and intended to exert their control over elected officials run amok; today's county general election proved that assumption wrong. With today's election of Sisk, Ballard, Witt, and especially Jones, the people ...

As a consequence of this debacle in our local government, Knox County Commissioners are under a court order not to violate the Sunshine Law again, under penalty of fines and possibly even jail time. Given the events of the last year and a half in this county, one would think they'd have sense enough not to discuss the public's business in private ...

Early voting for the February 5 primary starts today in Knox County and runs through January 31. This election covers both the Presidential race and the primary for Knox County offices. We'll probably have a record turnout for this primary, due mostly to the anger Knox Countians feel over local government. Susan at Kiss My Big Blue Butt shared ...

So, let me see if I have this correct: Knox County Commission flagrantly, obscenely, and blatantly violates the Open Meetings Law, thumbing their collective noses at the people who elected them. They get smacked down by a jury for doing so, and the judge threatens them with criminal contempt for future violations. A state legislative committee ...

Jack McElroy, editor of the News Sentinel, received a letter from a reader who had some questions regarding the recent lawsuit against Knox County Commission: Maybe McElroy could answer the following questions in his Sunday column next week. ... Just who is the Plaintiff - McElroy or the News Sentinel? ... This can best be answered by telling ...

Today's News Sentinel features two articles reporting on yesterday's ruling by Chancellor Daryl Fansler in Editor Jack McElroy's victorious lawsuit against Knox County Commission. Under the banner headline ''Judge tosses 12,'' the paper's above-the-fold story discusses the content of the judge's ruling and its immediate aftermath. The other ...

Knox County Chancellor Daryl Fansler handed down his ruling earlier today in the aftermath of Tuesday's ''guilty-as-hell'' verdict in Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission. I think Fansler's remedies are fair, the opinion well-reasoned, and the outcome just about the best we could hope for under the circumstances. He ordered that ...

Knox County Chancellor Daryl Fansler is expected to issue his remedy sometime today in News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy's suit against Knox County Commission. Right now, the case floats in a kind of intermission between acts, and I strongly suspect the fat lady is about to sing. While we're waiting for Fansler's ruling, today's News Sentinel ...

''Government guilty'' That's the banner headline in today's News Sentinel. Today's front page is plastered with news stories about yesterday's verdict in Editor Jack McElroy's lawsuit against Knox County Commission; the only story on the front page not about the verdict is this one about the city suing the county over the storm-water issue, and ...