Comma Commentary
A friend and I were driving behind a trolley, trying to figure out where in hell the city got its new slogan, "Knoxville naturally." We were wondering why they didn't put in a comma, so you can use it like, "Knoxville, of course." Knoxville naturally what? Doesn't make sense.
So then we got off on a rampage about why they were tearing up historic old Fort Sanders homes to put in apartments, and my friend said, "Because it's Knoxville, naturally!"
Well, that did it. We found all kinds of great things we could use the new slogan for! Where is football more important than academics? Knoxville, naturally! Where is half the city boarded up because banks won't provide residential loans for downtown residents? Knoxville, naturally!
Where is the worst homeless problem in the U.S.? Knoxville, naturally. Where did they try to build a jail on the riverfront? Knoxville, naturally!
You get the idea. Any more suggestions for ways to use our wonderful new city slogan? (They really ought to put in the comma, but this is Knoxville, naturally.)
Robert Loest
Knoxville
Annexation Mania
As a recent arrival to the Knoxville scene, I suppose I should tread lightly when I put my foot down. As a taxpayer, I need to forcefully state my views regarding the chances of annexation of my area and the sharply increased tax bills that will accompany this if it happens. I am saddened to learn that this administration has tunnel vision that prevents it from pursuing development opportunities within the city while focusing on the more glamorous and politically satisfying (to the administration) annexation route. It is disingenuous to claim that the 20-year plan is permissive, because human nature will surely prevail. Once the "permission" is in hand, execution of the plan will surely follow.
Bill Pfeifer
Knoxville
Special Bonus Letter!
Gosh darn it, we do love getting mail from our readers but we just can't print it all. Sometimes the missives are unsigned, run too long, don't relate to any of the issues we usually cover, or verge on the loopy. Rather than let these bits of personal expression go unread, we will now start posting them here. Enjoy!
Blessed Are the Drunken E-mail Writers
FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
strange how you like to put on a show for knoxville....good thing no one know what you look like....................
do you even play music,,,,mr "zippy"...
You know..music aint gotta be in the fucking form of a song......or
timing....or structure...
what makes music good...and who are you to fuckin
decide................oh yeh...you have your own column in metropulse..i forgot... someday....Your gonna be a star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alcohol has nothin to do with it..
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