Comments on: Local correspondent needed

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:08:25 +0000

Tom, I think per state law all counties have mayors now. Messed with me too when I firt heard about Mayor Ragsdale.

By: tgirsch

tgirsch — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:05:21 +0000

That’s because Memphis politics are beyond repair, and in general too depressing to cover. Is Herenton incompetent and corrupt? Certainly. Has any viable candidate who’s run against him in recent memory been less of either? Nope. And fault him however you want, but Shely County Mayor Wharton (what the hell kind of county has a “mayor,” anyway, shouldn’t it be an “executive” or something?) is a BIG improvement over Rout.

By: mike hollihan

mike hollihan — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:22:33 +0000

It’s not a Knoxvegas thing, either. There are dozens of Memphis bloggers, but very few cover the city or county, if any other than me.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:58:03 +0000

Not really ‘ouch’ more like folks tend to get wrapped up in national and state (re: the capitol) type stuff. Not many folks cover Knoxvegas.

By: Rob Huddleston

Rob Huddleston — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:48:03 +0000

SayUncle -

“Not many members of The Rocky Top Brigade cover local Knoxville/East Tennessee stuff with passion and conviction and, particularly, regularity.”

Ouch…

Cheers,

Rob

By: countertop

countertop — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 14:24:32 +0000

Libel is written, slander is oral. To avoid confusion, and because of the overlap between whats written in the papers and spoken on the tube in modern society, many people (many lawyers and courts) now simply refer to both as defamation.

Sounds like a great opportunity. Hope you find someone good. In particular, this might be a great opportunity for an aspiring journalist from UT to take up the reins and make a name for themself.