Mayor Bill Haslam

Two recent circumstances — one on the Republican side, one on the Democratic side — have crystallized skepticism concerning the value of straw votes, the kind usually taken at cattle-call receptions for candidates in this or that locality. The Tennessee Conservative Union held one in Knoxville earlier this month in which the four major Republican gubernatorial candidates were measured. Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey of Blountville won that one with 123 votes; Knoxville Mayor bill Haslam had 80 votes, and Chattanooga congressman Zach Wamp had 70. Memphis’ GOP entry, District Attorney General Bill Gibbons, had one (count’ em, 1). That might seem devastating for the ... Read Full Story

World class screened porch on this 4 bedroom Gulf Park beauty, move in condition. Another week has passed in Knoxville, Tennessee and here’s the passed week’s real estate transfer report form the Knox County Register of Deeds for Knoxville area and Farragut real estate sales. It appears from the statistics below there were 160 Knoxville area real estate transfers recorded, the breakdown remains typical of the year, we’ve averaging around 150 transfers per week to date in 2009. The vast majority of sales are lower end properties with the higher end very slow to move. The 2 sales over 1 million dollars were the ... Read Full Story

November 6, 2009 – Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Police Chief Sterling Owen today named Todd Gilreath and James Burrell the September Officers of the Month for the Knoxville Police Department. Investigator Gilreath has been with the department since January 1994. Investigator Burrell has been with KPD since December 1998. Read Full Story

The week just past showed continuing sales of real estate in Knox County with the prices ranges from $50,000 to $200,000 continuing to dominate with 63% of the total. Overall there were 115 real estate transfers in the past week including two sales in the “More than $1 million” dollar range with one closing at $2,900,500 and a second at $1,174,210. Here’s the price bracket breakdown. Knoxville and Knox County real estate transfers, Call Jim Lee Knoxville Realtor to buy or sell your next house. The arrival of the absolute lowest mortgage interest rates in history has done little to spur sales in the ... Read Full Story

All About Knoxville Tennessee Knoxville is much more than just a college town. In this edition we will take a look at all the sports in the area. I can assure you of this. Knoxville is definitely a sports town. Even though they do not have any MAJOR pro sports teams here, they still have a presence of venues. Without further ado, lets dive in. We will start out with the recreation centers that allow for amueter sports here in the Knoxville area. Now mind you this is both youth and adult and you can find oppurtunities for about anything. The thing that I ... Read Full Story