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Charter Commission a ‘big deal’ for Anderson County, attorney says

Posted at 2:03 pm October 24, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Joe Jarret

Joe Jarret (Submitted photo)

 

The Charter Commission being elected on November 8 is a “big deal” for Anderson County, an attorney said this month.

“If you live here, you’re going to be affected by it,” said Joe Jarret. He is an attorney who has served two different charter county governments as law director-chief legal counsel, a University of Tennessee lecturer, and former chief legal counsel to the Knox County Charter Review Commission.

Jarret said there are three types of county government in Tennessee: [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Election, Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Charter Commission, Anderson County Commission, Charter Commission, Charter Form of Government, County Attorney, county commissioners, county government, Joe Jarret, law director, term limits

Letter: Why must a ‘In God We Trust’ sign be placed on courthouse?

Posted at 3:00 pm August 31, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Letters 1 Comment

To the Editor:

I find life really amusing, you see people running around boasting about doing something about bullying in today’s schools. A good example, how our society runs around trying to push an old motto on its people.

I still have difficulty with the “In God We Trust” motto. I can only trust in one God for I can only speak for myself. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, bullying, county commissioners, God, In God We Trust, Lee Roy Gilliam

Letter: Disappointed by commissioners who use religion to govern

Posted at 11:34 pm March 12, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Letters 9 Comments

To the Editor:

To answer Marion Burger’s letter and maybe a question that has been bothering me and probably other folks too.

Why were there only Baptists listed in a list of citizens supporting placing “In God We Trust” on the Anderson County Courthouse?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Courthouse, Baptists, county commissioners, In God We Trust, Lee Roy Gilliam, religion

Letter: Anderson County not interested in liberal politics

Posted at 10:07 pm March 8, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Letters Leave a Comment

To the Editor:

The very fact that Commissioner Myron Iwanski is outraged the county mayor would respond (in public) to defamatory comments, made against her (in public) by another county official, I find rather amusing. And, his further attempts to define the narrative by suggesting the mayor should “learn” that divisive D.C. style politics will only serve to further pit and divide, I think makes perfect sense…

For liberals love to preach about being “open-minded”, but to a liberal, this has nothing to do with seriously considering other people’s ideas. To the contrary, liberals define being “open-minded” as agreeing with them.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters Tagged With: Anderson County, Chuck Fritts, county commissioners, county mayor, liberal politics, liberals, Myron Iwanski, politics

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