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Anderson committee approves ‘In God We Trust’ over four entrances, rejects other phrases

Posted at 1:55 pm April 9, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

The Anderson County Operations Committee on Monday finalized plans to place the words “In God We Trust” above all four doors of the County Courthouse in Clinton.

The motion approved Monday calls for the phrase to be emblazoned on plaques and posted above each of the four courthouse entrances. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Courthouse, Anderson County Operations Committee, In God We Trust, plaques

Guest column: Housing strategy could include paint, marketing, tax breaks, plaques

Posted at 11:54 am December 29, 2012
By Martha de la Garza Fowler 3 Comments

E=mc2 (E Equals MC Squared), or Energy Equals Many Citizens Working Together

There’s no doubt that Oak Ridge could use a facelift. I applaud City Manager Mark Watson and our Oak Ridge City Council members for recognizing and attempting to address this need with their “Not In Our City” initiative.

I think, however, that “Not In Our City” has some problems:

  1. It’s a whole lot of stick and not much carrot.
  2. It creates an adversarial relationship between the city and its residents and potentially pits neighbor against neighbor.
  3. It is piecemeal in its approach and lacks an overarching vision.

How about this as an alternative? It even has a catchy slogan. In honor of Einstein, let’s call it E = mc2, or Energy Equals Many Citizens Working Together.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns Tagged With: alphabet houses, bungalows, cemesto, cottages, flat top, historic neighborhoods, Mark Watson, marketing, Martha de la Garza Fowler, National Historic District, National Register of Historic Places, Not in Our City, Oak Ridge City Council, older housing, paint, plaques, tax breaks, World War II

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