Knoxpatch.com’s vast spy network discovered last night that Knoxville mayor Victor Ashe and Bruce Saltsman, commissioner of TDOT and Ashe’s sworn enemy, actually spend time together when not battling each other. The two were spotted together at the premier of Friday After Next at Regal’s West Town Mall theater. “They were telling jokes, laughing, and…
Day: December 2, 2002
Campaign finance reform excludes high school class presidents
Arthur Denton filed a lawsuit against his opponent, Mervin Smegley, in the recent Powell High School Sophomore class elections. Denton claimed that Smegley received illegal campaign contributions from various special interest groups around the school. The suit claimed that groups such as the PHS Rifle Association had sold Blow Pops and Snickers and then used…
Sea-Monkey Museum moving to downtown Knoxville
In other news, the International Society of Sea-Monkey Culture is planning to develop a museum in or around Market Square. The group was drawn to Knoxville by the availability of reasonable internet access through Digital Crossing and the convenience of New Age pizza. Sea-Monkeys are the adorable little creatures children have been ordering from comic…
Local man claims ‘The Jerk’ to be an illegal documentation of his life
Audrey Paulson claims the storyline for the 1979 film ‘The Jerk’ was stolen from his actual life. A lawsuit is expected to be filed within weeks. Legal action would have been taken earlier, but Audrey first saw the film weeks ago through a bedroom window. He was apparently hiding in some bushes for warmth outside…
Downtown Knoxville to be relocated
Downtowns are commonly the center of a metropolitan area. However, downtown Knoxville is not even close to the center of Knoxville’s population, and is not convenient to anyone. In an effort to correct this problem and re-center the city, Downtown West is about to be redeveloped and reclassified as The Official Downtown of Knoxville. The…
Knox County Sheriff’s Office gets hi-tech drone
In a new government outreach program, Sheriff Tim Hutchison signed Knox County up to receive surplus high tech equipment from the United States government. The program provides equipment from all branches of the federal government, and any state or local government agency can apply for the program. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department is not the…
UT exchanges students with Kabul University
In September, the University of Tennessee’s Knoxville campus participated in an exchange student program with Kabul University in Afghanistan. The program, announced last spring, was open to any UT student who wanted to participate. Hopeful candidates submitted their applications, complete with a 500 word essay about why they wanted to go to Kabul, to the…