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LOCAL : Knoxville Tn. City & Knox County

Before the internet there was no easy way to let your elected officials (public servants) know your desires.  You had to find time to sit down write a letter and get the address and send it off. If you were lucky your letter got there in the same decade with the problem. We are now on INTERNET TIME.  Our site makes it easy to E-MAIL your gripe or kudos to the official of your choice quickly.  Help your officials make good choices. Tell them what you want.   USE IT OR LOSE IT !

KNOXVILLE  CITY

 

CITY OF KNOXVILLE

This web site has been vastly improved with Mayor Haslam's election.  There are notices for tax sales and auctions .  It gives out the city agenda and is really worthwhile exploring. Got a beef tell the mayor directly by e-mail. He is good about replying.

 KNOXVILLE CITY COUNCIL  OFFICIAL LIST

The city council is the closest form of democracy for city residents. They are directly elected and should be extremely responsive to the neighborhoods that elected them.  From time to time many in city feel that the city council members are an invisible group. Help guide them with your wishes.  If they perform elect them again, if not save your email and remind them at election time why they didn't get your vote.

 KNOXVILLE CITY COUNCIL ADDRESS   (See Below)

The city council is the closest form of democracy for city residents.They are directly elected and should be extremely responsive to the neighborhoods that elected them.  From time to time many in city feel that the city council members are an invisible group. Help guide them with your wishes.  If they perform elect them again, if not save your email and remind them at election time why they didn't get your vote.
o   Joe Bailey, 424 Hillvale Turn W. Knoxville 37919, joedbailey@aol.com , 637-4477 or 215-2784
o   Bob Becker, 125 E. Columbia Ave. Knoxville 37917, bob@bobbecker.org , 524-1524
o   Mark A. Brown, 305 Bona Road Knoxville 37914, browncity6thdist@aol.com , 637-7733, 637-7733, 215-2787
o   Rob Frost, P.O. Box 2466 Knoxville 37901, tenniaw@awgd.com , 525-1303, 544-3000
o   Steve Hall, 5748 Acapulco Ave, Knoxville 37921, InteriorFinishes@MSN.com , 584-9567, 522-1195
o   Joe Hultquist, 2240 Fisher Place, Knoxville 37920, joseph49@bellsouth.net , 579-1250
o   Barbara B. Pelot, 8437 Corteland Drive, Knoxville 37909, RPELOT3@aol.com , 693-0454, 671-1544
o   Marilyn Roddy, 920 Iskagna Drive, Knoxville 37919, mroddy@cityofKnoxville.org , 637-0333, 215-2799
o   Chris Woodhull, 223 Deaderick Avenue, Knoxville 37921, chriswoodhull@bellsouth.net , 661-4131

HINT:  Send each councilperson an individual E-MAIL, Otherwise  the spam filter will delete your E-MAIL.

Knoxville Police Dept (KPD) Internet Crimes Against Children
  The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is now on its third grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. We continue to work with thirty other local and state law enforcement agencies across the United States, as well as partner with Federal agencies. We also work with agencies in our community in prevention and intervention of these types of crimes. This past year, we investigated over 190 cases, with 16 arrests and convictions and 8 cases pending court hearings. We have conducted 35 presentations to schools, PTA's, and other civic groups. We have also spent some 400 hours of training for law enforcement, probation and parole. Computer King is proud to know we have such a task force in our city. Keep up the good work  KPD !

KNOXVILLE/KNOX COUNTY  NEIGHBORHOODS

Grass roots participation means your neighborhood.  Here is a list of neighborhood organizations.  Every one of them is looking for volunteers.  Meet your neighbors and have some fun.  Getting involved at this level will give you a better prespective of what going on in your home town. It fun and its free.

Knoxville Health Scores
You gotta eat, so pay attention Pilgrim.   The Department of Health is responsible for regulation of food service establishments in Tennessee. State law, regulations, and the inspection program are designed to help ensure that    food service establishments are safe places to eat. The law requires that restaurants have an unannounced inspection at least once every six months to determine if they are in compliance with applicable rules and regulations at the time of inspection. In addition to routine inspections, unannounced inspections are conducted in response to individual complaints. Score of 100 good, Scores below 80 problematical.  The Department of health had a great site but people were using it and shunning bad restaurants, so they changed the site so it was nearly useless  for the average pilgrim. Well try Don Dare  Channel 6  WATE.

 

Don Dare Channel   6   WATE  Food for thought Column

 

 

 

KNOX COUNTY

 

 KNOX COUNTY OFFICIALS
 This site is the home of the Knox County Mayor's Office. You get the Knox county budget and agenda's and a list of neighborhoods.  You also get the e-mail for the Knox county Mayor.  Communicate with him. If you're a city resident you also pay county taxes. Don't give all your gripes to the city. If you can pay twice,  you can complain twice!

 KNOX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
If you felt that the city council members were invisible, the county commissioners are almost ghosts due to the fact that they are elected by a very large area. They can be more responsive to your concerns, if they hear from you on an ongoing basis. If the only time they hear from constituents is when the bull dozers are in their front yards they may ignore your wishes. Keep them informed. West Hills is in district 3 of Knox County. Now they really don't want you to call, fax or e-mail but on this site you can download a PDF file which will print out all the incriminating evidence such as name , rank and phone number and E-Mail address.  Freedom, you either use it or lose it ! 

Knox County Schools

The Knox County school system is one of the best in the country. There is quite of bit of advanced thinking going on starting with the parent portal. This is one the few government schools that lets you communicate with teachers and check on your child. It’s a two way conversation if you want it to be. Take the time to go through this site. You will be pleasantly surprised

 

Property Tax Info by Address or Name
You really want to know who owns a piece of property ?   OK ; all you need is an address or name. This is a great resource as you get the name all right but you also get  appraised value , the amount of tax and delinquency if  any.  Now you can get a realistic picture of comparables in your neighborhood and check up on your neighbors.

WHAT'S YOUR HOUSE WORTH by Bank of America
Real Estate Investors really want to know how much your house is worth before they make an offer.   Bank of America provides a great service in giving you exact information, loan calculators and even a loan.  You also get the last three comparable  and their sell price. Once you know that, you may as well check out your neighbors and all of your relatives. Yep this program crosses state lines.  It's a neat program that will keep you and your neighbors talking for a long long time.   All you need is an address.

Knox School Matters

A web site put up by the News Sentinel that is dedicated to discussing local school matters. It is felt that we have not destroyed enough trees talking about Knox County now we are focusing on using up the rest of the  electrons in the universe. Honestly this can be a great site for people who want to express their opinions on line.  If everything goes right this could be a marketplace for good ideas.  Check it out Knoxville seems to be a hotbed of creative ideas, This could be a winner.  If you have children in school you will want this on your favorites. School Matters is a community of people who care about education; a place where people can discuss local, state and national education issues that affect all of us; a place for constructive dialogue and creative solutions; and a source of inspiration, learning, and action.

Knox County Debuts on You Tube

For many Yankees that still believe that Knoxville is a one horse town, take a look at the Sheriff’s office and their debut on You Tube. You Tube is streaming movies which all the young people are into. If your ashamed of asking your grand kids about You Tube , click on the header and follow the link to the Sheriff’s office.  BRAVO Knoxville . Keep doing better ! We are proud of you.

. KGIS Knoxville-Knox County- KuB    Geographic Information System
Geographic information revolves around the question of "Where?" The tools on this KNOX net Where? Web Site provide users with access to various maps and geographic information about Knoxville and Knox County, Tennessee. Answering "Where?"-like questions will hopefully be made easier. The maps and related information are derived from various governmental departments within the City of Knoxville, Knox County and the "Knoxville Utilities Board (K.U.B.), who together have created a centralized “geographic information system”: KGIS.  These tools if used with the Bank of America site will let you buy real estate in a more informed basis.  This site is also invaluable to neighborhood  activists if you use the zoning theme  - Displays zoning boundaries & overlays.  Handy for politicos if you use political theme,  as it also show political boundaries.

 MPC  METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMMISSION
MPC promotes quality growth through comprehensive planning  and land use controls.  MPC is also supposed to provide competent, objective  advice to elected and appointed officials,  involve the public in the planning process, and  serve as an information  source for citizens and  the business community.  A 30 year observance of MPC shows that they do a pretty competent job. At times rotating MPC staff, aggressive developers with changing plans for developments in your neighborhood, and short term memories for agreements made in the past, make a case for eternal zoning vigilance by any neighborhood.  This  task is now a little easier with internet availability.

 MPC COMMISSION MEMBERS
If your neighborhood needs to contact the MPC commission members this is the place. Communicate with commission members on zoning issues of interest.

KNOX COUNTY GENEOLOGY
We are Rose-Anne Cunningham Bray and Billie R. McNamara , co-coordinators for the Knox County website.
 Do you have Knox County genealogical or historical information  to share? Dust off that old family Bible; dig out grandpa's store ledgers; 'rediscover' those old pictures. We'd love to link  your information to our site! Please contact us for more details.

 

 

 

METRO GENERAL

DISCOVER EAST TENNESSEE
 DiscoverET.org is the nonprofit community network and regional Web portal that connects people and resources in East Tennessee. Our mission is to use the Internet and related technologies to promote dialogue and community in the region.  This is a great site for accessing information about East Tennessee. They host  web sites and other Internet-related services for more than 260+ non-profit organizations in the 16 counties. If you’re  looking for a list of places to volunteer, you’re at the right place.

FREECYCLE.ORG
If you are a senior citizen, chances are pretty good you have a load of things you should get rid of.  If your like the rest of us you would like to give this excess to someone who could use it.   You can also obtain stuff as well as get rid of it.  Everything is fair game . Books, lawnmowers, tools etc. 
This is a great way to clean out a garage. Please don't tell my wife.  There are over  500,000 people into freecycling.  Save the landfills and help the environment .  There are local freecycle groups you can tap.  It's  FREE STUFF   and who doesn't like FREE STUFF.  Click here to go to the
Knoxville Freecycle  Group ==>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycleKnoxville/
1200 Members and climbing..

EAST TENNESSEE'S   AMBER ALERT
Check this site often.  HELP save a child's life.  You can help. All you have to do is stay awake and  be on the the look out for some of the children that have been abducted.   Suspects and other information is also provided. Lets volunteer to help the children. 

 STATE - SENATE MEMBERS
Tim Burchett is the state senator from West Hills. Other state senators are also on this site.

 STATE - HOUSE  MEMBER
This is a list of the state house of representatives.

 

EAST TENNESSEE VETERANS HONOR GUARD
The East Tennessee Veterans Honor Guard provides Military Honor Guard Graveside services to any deceased honorably discharged veteran of any military service of the United States of America.  The members receive no pay and have been trained in appropriate non denominational graveside services.   They represent the United State Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Service and Coast Guard.  This is a fantastic service by a dedicated set of individuals who donate their time for their fallen comrades and we in Knoxville should be very proud of this group of people.  Our traditions define our lives and we are lucky to have such dedicated souls upholding our traditions.

KORRNET.ORG
KORRnet is the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Regional Network.  This grass-roots effort provides access to community
 information for and about Knoxville, Oak Ridge, and the surrounding area. The network came on-line in Spring 1996 thanks to the work of many dedicated volunteers who recognized the opportunities that today's easy-to-use but powerful communication tools present for citizens who once might never have considered using computer networks. This is a great way to get a feel for the pulse of Metro Knoxville.   Check it out often.