Commentary
<P CLASS="text">An Editorial excoriates the three Knox County commissioners who voted for the mayor&rsquo;s budget but against its funding; Joe Sullivan&rsquo;s Insights extols the courage of the Commission majority in establishing taxation options; Frank Cagle gives Mayor Ragsdale back his management stripes in Frank Talk; and Matt Edens turns to the matter of high-density living out in the suburbs in Commentary.

<P CLASS="text">Citybeat
<P CLASS="text">The vaunted Market Square &ldquo;Phase II&rdquo; Parking Garage is underway and doesn&rsquo;t please everyone, Jack Neely reports, and Clint Casey sits in on the announcement that the Gay Street Cinema&rsquo;s momentum keeps on building.

<P CLASS="text">The Downtown Summit: A Prequel
<P CLASS="text">Bill Lyons, the city&rsquo;s senior director of economic development, sits down with Metro Pulse publisher Brian Conley for a pre-Downtown Summit discussion of the ways and means to further rejuvenation of Knoxville&rsquo;s city center.

<P CLASS="text">Merry-Go-Round
<P CLASS="text">Joe Tarr gets swept up in the agricultural and carnival spirit of the Tennessee Valley Fair. 

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