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August 2007

Ragsdale Compares Finch Saga to Jesus

Submitted by Gene Patterson on August 20, 2007 - 8:24pm

Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale is standing by his Community Services Director Cynthia Finch, despite calls by at least two Commissioners that she resign.

Finch has been the subject of a number of print and broadcast stories questioning several county grants to organizations that she has ties to and which she approved.

In a letter to Commissioners, Ragsdale described Finch as "..tough, hard-driving and gets things done..."

He also raised concerns about the "attacks" against her saying it reminded him of Mathew 27.

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Corker on Tennessee This Week

Submitted by Gene Patterson on August 17, 2007 - 8:15pm

Senator Bob Corker visits Tennessee This Week on Sunday.

Corker discusses global warming, Washington politics, healthcare and the war in Iraq.

He has been spending his August recess touring 38 counties in Tennessee. He says he senses concern from Tennesseans about a number of areas from the economy, the war to terrorism.