Dear Keep Blount Beautiful: & a few friends

This may be an odd request, yet you often have teams along the roadways here in Maryville picking up litter. I've listed all the streets in this email, in the event someone turns in our old day planner. Thank you for your attention. Please forward this email to everyone you believe may have a 'lost & found' in the area. Kind Regards.

REWARD: Looking for a good samaritan! We left our old day planner on the trunk of our car & drove out of Asbury Acres nursing home around 9:15am on Tuesday August 12th.

It is NAVY BLUE. 6" x 8" and 2" thick.

It's so old it's bound together by gray duck tape.

We took a right down Standridge Rd. then Left onto Sevierville Rd. took a right onto East Brown School Rd. the a left onto Brown School Rd in front of East Maryville Baptist Church. Then a left onto Old Knoxville Pike. We got on Broadway & took a right onto Third Ave, behind the United Way office, coming out onto Lincoln Rd off Fifth Ave from there we took a left onto Lincoln, then a right onto Hall Rd.

We're offering a REWARD.
Please call 748-7122 if you have any information.
Thank you & God Bless.

Nothing to say, but WOW! One whole entire hour on a Beer Permit. Lots of neighbors showed up against it. David Boyd and Rob Goddard refereed for the applicant and there were questions from about all of the Commissioners. Goddard said, if she meets all the criteria, then regardless of the outcome, she can get the permit. The Commission voted the Permit Approval down.

Water Quality buffer was touched on a few moments (more later). Cm. Samples spoke on behalf of the Mayor. Reeves wants to postpone the Vote for a Raise, until after Aug. 7 election, that motion failed.

Back to turning 411 into a Commercial Paradise. Walker & Helton warn of piece-mealing 411 together like Alcoa Hwy, without access roads. Don't want a repeat--I agree.

Reeves proposes Ad Hoc committee to handle putting the language together for the Water Quality Buffer document demanded by the State. Melton makes good point that Mr. Teague is just one man, and cannot be expected to cover all the bases demanded by the State. State will fine County if County Ordinance not submitted. Kudos, Dr. Farmer "Let's do it right the first time." Proposes TDEC member be on or on call for Ad Hoc Committee meetings. Acc. to Mr. Teague, The State already knows what the Pollutants are, and what the causes and sources are in our 29 streams. Hey, I'd kinda like to know too.

Cm. Ballard proposes creating a Cost Center for 21 SRO's for our County Schools! Kudos, Cm. Ballard, paraphrasing: If we want to have it, we have to have a budget item--a separate Cost Center. Reeves, Murrell, and Graham agree. Objections to Micro-managing Sheriff's budget. Kudos to Graham, "If I have to Micromanage to Protect the Kids, then I don't mind doing it!" Cm. Murrell, "The funding was there. We ARE the funding body. SRO's have gone from 21 to 13 to 10 ... We ARE the watchdogs of the People's money, it's a million dollars. That money should be visible." Cm. Ballard, "You can call this Politics all you want to, this (monitoring this budget) is the Commission's job." The Amendment Failed. Kudos to all the Brave Souls who tried.

Superintendent Dunlap (I'm still in awe of his 4 day work week--people first, Amen!) CSX wants to wash their hands of the Binfield Bridge that the State wants to shut down. Motion to contact and write CSX to take responsibilty for the Bridge. Gasoline Tax agenda postponed til' next time.

Derrick Harmon spoke on the effects of Flourine(ide) hydroflouro- , etc. Very informative. Good loud polished speaker.

Cm. French helped define the Barking Dog Ordinance--didn't understand if they have to bark for 15 minutes or an hour, before they're violating. Looks as if the Local Police Departments are in charge of enforcing the Barking Dog Ordinance. I have a neighbor's dog problem, myself. They gather at the fence when I've got my back turned and my heart jumps outta my chest when they retort--I can envision my flesh dripping from their teeth. I wonder if I had a racetrack Rabbit running back and forth, in front of the Dogs, while the Police Officers are timing their bark, if that would count?

So glad that so many showed up with thier big chested and big blog mouthes, all we heard for the last couple of years, they did not show up for this big ooooooooo ahhhhhhhhh no they can't do that they are all developers they are getting paid they are this they are that. well you had your chance to speak about the county plan by the planning commission to go by. and even mr neal wasn't there. Linda King had her meeting and even the nerve to comment on "truth" radio that it was a very important meeting and she wished that she could go but she had her meeting at the library and that it is funny how the planning commission knew that she had her meeting the same day and time as her's is planned a year ago. well Blount County does not revolve around Linda King, maybe the planning commission can make a call to Ms king to see if her calender is free for the next meeting???? Sad sad sad. "what you say" mr neal?

I seam to have lost the privilege to create content on Blountview.
I can only create lost and found content.

Forrest Erickson

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Found, one John Conyers an all too Rare Breed of Congressman with Courage!

May 22, 2008.
Found A congressman with what appears to be courage.

Recent remarks and actions by John Conyers indicate that we have found a courageous member of congress willing to take the fight to the most dangerous enemies of our nation. The domestic ones.

A little googleing and you can find that a subpoena has finally been issued to Karl Rove

Link...

There you can read that the subpoena...

is a legally binding directive that he appear before the Committee on July 10.

I look forward to this July when we congress makes the Bush Brain speak.

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