Wed
Aug 6 2008
07:01:pm
By: R. Neal  shortURL
Tomorrow (Thursday) is an important day in Blount County. It's when we vote. Voting is a right paid for in blood and a duty we must honor.
Voting is the only say we have in government. Wealthy businessman and lawyers seem to believe government is for sale to the highest bidder. Don't let them get away with it. All the money in Blount County can't buy your vote unless you let it by sitting idly by. Your vote is yours and yours alone. Use it, and use it wisely.
This is your chance to have your voice heard. Send a message: Government by the People, for the People.
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TN Progressive
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- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
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- Trump says ‘great settlement’ of Iran war in the works, signing ceremony soon (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
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- Mission Monday: Today’s focus on YWCA Knoxville’s Victim Advocacy Program (Knox TN Today)
- 6/15 HEADLINES: News and events from Knox, World, USA, Tennessee & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- The Knox County Sheriff Primary will stand. Here’s what the GOP board was really deciding. (Knox TN Today)
- Knoxville Street Medicine seeks to support the unhoused (Knox TN Today)
- Vols win 4×100 relay, team is third in NCAA track (Knox TN Today)
- PAT the play returns to the stage in June (Knox TN Today)
- Easy Bacon & Swiss Quiche: Breakfast meal prep (Knox TN Today)
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Local TV News
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News Sentinel
State News
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- Losing Ground: Historic Black neighborhoods in Chattanooga face new pressures - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
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- Wall St futures surge on US-Iran peace deal; Fed in focus - Investing.com (Business)
- Trump, 80, Gets Ultimate Birthday Humiliation on Fight Night - The Daily Beast (US News)
- Trump won't back FISA renewal without his SAVE America Act voting bill - Axios (US News)
- In Georgia, Senate hopeful Mike Collins celebrates being Trump's latest 'MAGA' pick in GOP primaries - AP News (US News)
- Dollar hits 10-day low as US, Iran reach peace deal - Reuters (Business)
- Anthropic scrambles after Trump administration freezes its top AI models - Financial Times (Business)
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- What to Expect in Markets This Week: Kevin Warsh Leads His First Fed Meeting - Investopedia (Business)
Local area websites:
Blount DemsMC Democrats
Raven Society
League of Women Voters
Wendy Pitts Reeves
Stop Alcoa Parkway
KnoxViews
Knox Dems
RoaneViews
TennViews
TN Clean Water Network
TN Dems
Government websites:
Blount CountyCity of Alcoa
City of Maryville
State of Tennessee
TN Code Annotated
TN General Assembly
UT CTAS
UT MTAS
Media websites:
Maryville Daily TimesKnox News Sentinel

I heard Patricia Bell say recently...
...that women won the right to vote in Tennessee by the vote of one man. Just one vote. That's eerily like a current Kevin Costner movie.
They can't count your vote if you don't show up.
"Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference." --Voltaire