There is an election happening RIGHT NOW. We are choosing your commissioners, school board and mayor for the next 4-6 YEARS. You may not think this impacts you but it does. Local elections impact your daily life more than any national election. ESPECIALLY in Knox County.

Knox County is one of only two charter counties in the entire state. This means your commissioners can pass ordinances that greatly impact you.

It took a total of 10 minutes to go early vote. We are currently letting the 60-80 age group decide the future for a county that has an average age of 30. Don’t let them! There are 125,000 voters in Knox county under age 35. Show up. Vote. Bring a friend. We don’t make change by sitting out elections.

The candidates on the ballot have been working their asses off to make a difference. I hope you’ll show up for them like they are trying to show up for you.

Visit voteknox.org and knoxvotes.org for all election information.

As a Democrat, I am considering voting Republican anyone but Marsha Blackburn in the primary on August 6… then voting for Jerri Green in the general election in November.

If we can keep Marsha off the ballot for the general election, many of us believe Jerri Green can win 🗳️💙

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Demand transparency! Demand no more mass surveillance!

County commission is holding a workshop to learn more about KCSO future programs involving Flock/Axon contracts and ALPR cameras.

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/crime/county-commissioner-pushes-more-transparency-kcso-about-virtual-crime-center/51-ef533a45-5054-4ead-8245-67e392d12b3a

Pretty crazy find!

Has anyone else getting a high volume of scam calls from 865-968-xxxx numbers recently? I’ve gotten, I’ve counted, 18 calls from different numbers over the past two weeks. On the rare occasions that I’ve answered, I’ve talked to different people with South Asian accents trying to tell me about a healthcare benefit/rebate that I’m apparently unaware of.

It’s maddening because as soon as I block number, I get another one but from another 865 number with a 968 prefix. What gives? Any advice or anyone else dealing with the same thing?

Recently I noticed that Flock cameras have been installed on Hardin Valley Road, east of the Pellissippi Parkway intersection and it got me thinking about our rights. This article from the ACLU gives a summary of KPD surveillance (it goes back to 2015!), elaborates on surveillance methods currently in use, and discusses how surveillance negatively impacts our freedoms.

Personally, I don’t like large scale surveillance, especially when there’s no way of knowing who has access to the data and for how long. And I’m not aware of any clear policies that protect us from misuse of the data, whether it’s done by a law enforcement officer, governmental entity, or corporation.

What the ACLU article doesn’t do is provide guidance on legal and illegal forms of protest against surveillance cameras. We’ve all seen videos of people vandalizing Flock cameras or placing trash bags over them. I’m sure the former is illegal, but what about the latter? Are there any lawyers out there in Redditland who practice Constitutional law who can spell out what can legally be done to protest the use of these cameras?

School supplies under $100 are tax free, computers (desktops, laptops, tablets) under $1500 are also tax free.

Found an elderly dog this morning in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. She might be blind and deaf. She was found walking down Atlantic Ave, almost hit by a car. She’s safe right now and my place of employment, but I can’t keep her here. I’ve already called Young Williams, they can’t take her because they’re over capacity. Does anyone recognize this old girl?

My AC is not running cold at all. Does anyone have any RECS?

Here’s a list of polling locations in Knox County:

Carter Senior Center, 9040 Asheville Highway

City-County Building, 400 Main St.

Downtown West, 1645 Downtown West Blvd., Unit 40

Emerald Youth East Area Ministry Center at Five Points, 2336 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave

Faithway Baptist Church, 4402 Crippen Road

Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd

Firestone Building, 5523 Clinton Highway

Gibbs Ruritan Club, 7827 Tazewell Pike, Corryton

Karns Senior Center, 8042 Oak Ridge Highway

Meridian Baptist Church, 6513 Chapman Highway

New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane

I think a capacitor is out on mine and I don’t know enough about electrical safety to fix it without dying. l’m sure there’s got to be some people here passionate about VCRs / CRT / old tech stuff and I would be so so grateful!! I even have boxes of vhs tapes you can have for free!

hi! i have a honda civic and someone side swiped my drivers side mirror :( i have the new replacement mirror but nothing to install it with. anyone know of a place I can bring the mirror in and get this done for cheap??? (sincerely a broke college girlie)

Wife requested this for her birthday but not sure who makes it or carries it right now. Anyone?

Anyone know a place that offers micro soldering for laptops ?

Off and on for several years, I have experienced severe exhaustion. My limbs get heavy, my legs feel like I've ran a marathon just walking to another room, I get out of breath just taking a shower, and at any given point, I can just lay down and forget about the day. I am 36 years old and healthy otherwise. These symptoms are debilitating some days and affect my daily personal and work life. As of April, I am on medication for ADHD and for a month or so, it helped tremendously with the exhaustion. I have increased the dosage periodically, but now I am back to experiencing all of this. And when I'm tired, my ADHD medication does absolutely nothing.

I switched doctors about 2 years ago to try to figure out what was going on. I chose her upon referrals from others who experienced similar symptoms. But I have not had any luck with her trying to narrow down what could be causing my ailments. I expressed this flare up to her just today and she was only concerned about my medication dosage. I've had a full blood panel done and my thyroid checked, but that's it. I eat healthy and only drink water. I don't drink alcohol or recreational drugs, so now I just feel lost...

I would love recomendations for doctors in the area that would take this seriously.

Thank you!

Just FYI Taylor Farms protein salad kit sold at the Powell Kroger has gotten a family member sick. Stay away!

The two Republican Knox County commissioners who lost the primary election for mayor will not endorse Betsy Henderson despite pressure from party leaders to fall in line.

Henderson beat Kim Frazier and Larsen Jay in the primary election largely on her opposition to development and her pledge never to raise taxes. The commissioners campaigned on a more nuanced approach to managing severe infrastructure backlogs and the county's looming debt payments.

Frazier and Jay confirmed to Knox News they won't endorse Henderson or her Democratic opponent, Beau Hawk. They join Knox County Commissioner Terry Hill, who told Knox News after the May primary she will vote for "the best candidate" without saying who she thinks that is.

Local GOP leaders have pushed members to publicly support Henderson, who serves on the Knox County school board. This week, Knox County Republican Party Treasurer Martin Ammons pressed Frazier and Hill in a Facebook post to endorse Henderson after they posed for a photo with Hawk following a Hardin Valley mayoral candidates forum that Henderson skipped.

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The Knox County Commission might ask the Knox County Sheriff's Office to stop its plans to use drones and cameras to spin up a new real-time crime center.

Commissioner Adam Thompson, who's leading the effort to gather more information about KCSO's plans, said Sheriff Tom Spangler didn't give commissioners and neighbors enough information about the plans for a contract with company Flock Safety. The company made national news after police officers misused its camera network to track women for personal reasons.

There are already 84 license place readers in use around Knox County, and KCSO wants to integrate new real-time cameras to stop crime. The data and footage collected from the cameras KCSO will use will be housed in its new Advanced Research and Communications Center, which is similar to a system the Knoxville Police Department recently started up.

The commission will vote July 27 whether to ask KCSO to pause its communication center until it answers "important questions concerning data collection, data retention, authorized access, auditing, information sharing, cybersecurity, privacy protections, oversight mechanisms and compliance with federal and state law."

Commissioners, Flock representatives and sheriff's office leaders will have a work session to learn about the crime center at 3:30 p.m. July 27.