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Monday, January 18th, 2010

Picking on Haslam because he’s got money.

Haslam goes hunting

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam bought the wrong license thus violating state law:
As it turns out, he did not buy the most appropriate license of all under state law – the basic Tennessee hunting and fishing license that costs $27 – though he did purchase other permits that he did not need, according to Haslam’s [...]

Guns in restaurants: The Remix

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

A look at TN gubernatorial candidates on guns:
All seven major candidates express support for Second Amendment rights but differ sharply on guns in bars and other issues.
Three Republicans – Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville and U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp of Chattanooga – said they support renewing the guns-in-bars law.
The Democrats [...]

Bloomberg Breaks the Law Again?

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

ACK tells us that Bloomberg sent investigators to gun shows in Nashville to illegally buy guns. The AP report is here:
Investigators hired by New York City conducted stings at gun shows in states that have not closed the “gun show loophole” and found some vendors openly selling weapons to buyers who admitted they couldn’t [...]

Knoxville News Sentinel: Stop talking about guns because the guy we’re gonna endorse kinda sucks on the issue

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

At least, that’s how I read this.

Tennessee Democrats, The Governor Race, And Gun Bills

Monday, September 28th, 2009

They either support gun control or support gun control. Cammack even says we crazy gun nuts need to stop being all gun nutty because we’re making people nervous. Well, outside the lefty blogs who get twitchy over anything gun related, I haven’t noticed a lot of nervousness.
Meanwhile, though not a Democrat, Haslam [...]

Haslam and guns in parks

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

WizardPC is none too happy. And he has video of Haslam’s remarks. I found it interesting he consulted TFA on how to strengthen his second amendment bona fides and then disregarded that advice.

Parks, Knoxville, and the Gov. Race

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Knoxville banned the law-abiding from going armed in their parks. And that ban will stand. Now, only criminals will be armed there. No surprise there. But this is a bit interesting:
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, who’s seeking the Republican nomination for governor, didn’t vote but gave the vote his support, saying the intersection of greenways [...]

Guns in parks workshop

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

The Rep:
Today, September 3 at 5:00 p.m., the Knoxville City Council will consider an ordinance that, if passed would remove a long-time ban on the possession of firearms within city parks.
The meeting will be held at the City County Building located at 400 Main St. in Knoxville. You can also contact your city leaders Mayor [...]

Showdown in K-Town

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

The guns in parks issue was said to be resolved since Knoxville had an old law on the books banning possession in parks. Steve Hall has proposed an ordinance repealing the ban and the meeting is scheduled for tonight. This could be an interesting meeting as Stacey Campfield reports that Mayor Bill Haslam plans [...]

Speaking of Haslam

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Campaign for Liberty on why not Haslam:
Mayor Haslam discussed the story as I explained and he said his intention in the entire situation was simply to “stop the wrong people from having guns”.
I asked him “what kind of people are you referring to that you say shouldn’t have guns?”
And he responded with “felons, criminals, and [...]

Knoxville and the Park Ban

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Apparently, Haslam dodged the question about whether or not he supported a ban on lawful carry of firearms in parks. Via Knoxviews.com, who seems to think marginalizing a minority is OK.

Not unheard of

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

ACK notes there’s some question as to whether an email actually came from Bill Haslam’s blackberry. It’s not unheard of. Zach Wamp actually emailed me once from his blackberry. He then responded quickly to me and also asked that I not give out his personal email address.

Timing

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Haslam got out of Mayors Against Guns Just in time:
US Conference of Mayors Demands Brady Agenda
Bloomberg to Run Anti-Gun Ads in Virginia

More Haslam and Guns

Friday, April 10th, 2009

ACK has a copy of Haslam’s letter resigning from the group.
Also, my sources tell me this will be a topic of discussion on one of the local TeeVee stations this weekend.

Haslam and guns

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

ACK has an article in The Nashville City Paper about TN Gubernatorial Candidate Bill Haslam leaving Mayors Against Guns:
Haslam has had plenty of opportunities, had the group truly offended his sensibilities on guns, to withdraw from the group before now.
He neglected to do so.
Therefore, it is not a stretch to imagine that had Mayor Haslam [...]

Haslam and guns again

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Michael Silence has more on Mayor Haslam leaving Mayors Against Guns.
And, yes, I’ll start using Pilot Stations to fill up. They’re the only place in town that sells E85.

Haslam and guns updated

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Seen at ACK’s:
Bill has resigned from the group. He did so because he believes MAIG has expanded its mission in ways that go far beyond fighting criminal gun use, including a number of ideas that he does not share.
Good for the mayor.

Haslam out of Mayors Against Guns?

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I’ve followed the issue of gubernatorial candidate and Knoxville mayor Haslam and and his unfortunate membership in an anti-gun group for a bit. A reader notes:
Hey, I went to the Mayors Against Illegal Guns web site and Knoxville and Haslam are not there.
Did he quit? He did distance himself from them in the past. [...]

TN Politicos and Guns

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Representative Judd Matheny organized an event that was sponsored by Barrett Firearms and Hero Gear to conduct firearms awareness training with many of our elected officials from Nashville. Pics and report here, including one of Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey having some fun with an AR-15.
Update: Zing: Haslam, I’m Guessing, Doesn’t Have Pics Like These

Even More Haslam On Guns

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belongs to the anti-gun group Mayors Against Illegal Guns (background here). He has recently begun to distance himself from the group and good for him. As he has stated a few times, he signed the petition that had some core principles that he thought everyone could agree on. Well, here are [...]

Haslamania

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Randy Neal at KnoxViews has a good catch today. His advice? Get a room.
Thus begins the Haslam love-a-thon. Can action figures be far off? I want the cowboy one with the six gun.
Even the most jaded reader will get a little verklempt as Metro Pulse commenter Joe Sullivan writes, “Yet for me the rewards [...]

Glenn and Helen interview Bill Haslam

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Glenn and Helen sat down to interview Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. You can see the interview here.
They ask him about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. He says it was probably a mistake to have joined. And that when it started, Bloomberg wasn’t in charge. He does not favor any more gun [...]

Even More Haslam and Guns

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Michael Silence does some reporting:
I put a call into Haslam to get some response, and he graciously called me back. He said in retrospect he probably should not have signed a petition by the anti-gun group. But he noted at that time the first four or five goals of the group were planks “anyone would [...]

More Haslam and Guns

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is running for governor. He belongs to a an anti-gun group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which keeps having members exit. One of his gubernatorial opponents says:
As for the Second Amendment, he parts ways with Mayor Haslam, comparing the idea of suing gun manufacturers for crime (which Haslam has gone on [...]

Bad behavior

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Very bad behavior in Knoxville. News Sentinel Editor Jack McElroy will have a lot to say for weeks if not months. Yet bad behavior occurs every day on the highways and very few want to ban cars. It could have been a knife or a hammer. Even a two by four piece of lumber. But [...]

Haslam distances himself from Bloomberg

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, a member of Mayors Against Illegal guns (see links here), addresses his membership at about the 9:30 mark, here. He just signed it and thinks they have six points everyone should agree with. I can’t find those points.
Obviously, he’s gearing up for his gubernatorial run.
Some bits:
[Bloomberg] [...]

Wamp, there it is

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Looks like the Tennessee Gubernatorial race is getting underway with the two contenders on the Republican side looking to be Zach Wamp and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. AC doesn’t see Wamp getting too far because of money. You’ll recall that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded, anti-gun [...]

Litigation

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Mayors Against Guns (which Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of) recently received $175K from the Joyce Foundation (which Barack Diggler Obama used to be director of) so that they can sue.

Reasoned Discoursetm in the press

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

So, Mayor of Atlanta attaches her name to some astro-turf generated by Mayors Against Guns as evidenced at the bottom of the page:
Shirley Franklin is mayor of Atlanta. Contributing to this column were: Tom Barrett, mayor of Milwaukee; Manuel A. Diaz, mayor of Miami; Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco; Greg Nickels, mayor of Seattle; [...]

Reminder

Monday, June 16th, 2008

AC interviews Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam regarding future political aspirations, namely governor.
This is the part where, as promised, I remind everyone that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of Mayors Against Guns. Mayors Against Guns is an anti-gun group headed by NYC’s Michael Bloomberg. It is funded, in part, by the anti-gun Joyce Foundation. [...]

Bloomberg comes to Nashville

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean may join an anti-gun group:
A national movement among urban mayors against illegal guns and the so-called “gun show loophole” has made its way to Knoxville and Memphis. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean said he is exploring joining that cause.
Mayor Haslam and other Tennessee mayors have signed up with this anti-gun group.
Update: The [...]

Another Bloomberg anti-gun group

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Boy, these astroturf groups shoot up fast!
You’ll recall Mayor Bloomberg started Mayors Against Guns, which Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan are members of.
Now, Bloomberg has started State Legislators Against Guns.

The Mrs. asks a question

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

The other day, I mentioned to the Mrs. one of the new fuel efficiency vehicles. It’s a passing interest of mine. I figure in the next year or two, I’ll have the itch for a new ride. And I’m pretty sure the smart thing to do with our next vehicle purchases is to get something [...]

I’m torn

Friday, February 1st, 2008

So, Insty notes this really cool plan to get the US less dependent on foreign oil. It involves requiring (for about $100) new cars to be flex fuel vehicles. I’m torn because, well, it’s a good idea. But at the same time it makes my libertarianish side want to smack me about the head [...]

Mayors Against Guns – Tennessee

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

So, we knew that Shelby County Mayor Wharton and Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam were members of the Joyce Foundation funded group Mayors Against Guns. But now, there’s a new edition. Via Rustmeister, seems Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan is also a member of this sham group.
Other mayors have figured out the group [...]

Do what we want or we’ll pen a harshly worded letter

Friday, July 13th, 2007

In case you missed it from the post below:
But Obey lashed out at both the NRA, which failed to endorse him in his most recent race despite his pro-gun rights record, and Bloomberg. He said the mayor’s representatives came to his office and threatened to run television ads attacking him.”
Nice. But what we expect [...]

Another one gone

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Another mayor has left Bloomberg’s mayors against gun group. This time, in New Jersey of all places:
Oldsmans Township, NJ Mayor Harry Moore has resigned his membership from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun coalition, continuing the trend of mayors jaded by Bloomberg’s focus on gun control rather than crime control.
“I applaud Mayor Harry [...]

Bodyslammed for lawful activity

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007

In an update to ColtCCO getting slammed for lawfully carrying a gun, Insty notes:
it suggests a serious training deficit with the Knoxville Police, as well as an attitude problem on the part of the officer in question.
Well, the tone at the top from Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is anti-gun. Why wouldn’t the cops be?

Another one gone

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Another mayor has left Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Mayors Against Guns:
Carmel, Indiana Mayor Jim Brainard is the most recent addition to a list of the nation’s mayors to resign from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun coalition.
“These mayors, one-by-one, have come to realize the misinformation Bloomberg has given them regarding the true intent of his [...]

Knox Mayor: bad for the environment

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Looks like Pilot Oil is going to start selling Ethanol 85. That would be good news for yours truly and the environment as I drive a vehicle that will take that. But I’m boycotting Pilot Oil since one of it’s owners, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded [...]

I’d go a step further

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Bloomberg is not only the #1 enemy of gun rights but, generally, the #1 enemy of personal responsibility. Somebody ought to inform Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam who he has chosen to ally himself with.

I hope the Joyce Foundation kept their receipt because they might need a refund

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

It’s amusing. From Joe, I learn that Gun Guy Gonzo linked to me stating we gun bloggers are full of venom and vitriol, cursing and overcompensating masculinity, and instead of providing insight on the news, they provide rehashes of decades-old NRA lies and propaganda. This is particularly amusing when you’re in the know [...]

Water is wet; The sky is blue; Kids drink at prom parties

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

The story so far: The local paper runs, err, well, I’ll just let Tam say it:
Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last Saturday, I glanced down at the Knoxville News Sentinel in the rack by the register and was struck dumb. There at the top of the front page, above the fold, [...]

Fraternal Order of Police Prez: Bloomie full of it

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Chuck Canterbury:
Some of America’s mayors, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, would like you to believe that their Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is about fighting illegal firearms in their cities and across the country.
It’s not.
The principal goal of this coalition is the repeal of language [...]

VA Shooting – Couple of Questions

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

First, I saw on the snooze last night that the shooter had been adjudicated mentally defective by a judge and ordered to go to padded land. Now, I’m not sure how the National Instant Check System works but shouldn’t something like that show up on a background check? Heck, a number of years [...]

Speaking of Bloomberg

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Terry Frank asks I wonder if Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam will continue to maintain his membership in Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-gun group after this publication. You’ll recall that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation funded Alliance of Mayors Against Guns. Past entries here. Seems the NRA did a story on [...]

The blind reformer Part III, the victory over public safety

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

The Editorial staff of the Knoxville News Sentinel has penned yet another in the series of “Can I carry your water Mr. Mayor” Editorials. Except this time it is a different Mayor, it is Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam. Bonus points for also carrying the water of the Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV.
The subject of [...]

Bloomberg on Pelosi: she’d have blood on her hands

Monday, March 19th, 2007

If she doesn’t bring up gun control. Says the post:
The shooting deaths of two auxiliary cops must spur the Democratic-controlled Congress to pass tougher gun legislation, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.
But carrying guns is banned there. How’d that happen?
He also called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday to urge her to act – and said [...]

Behold the awesome power of the market

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

I mentioned before that I was boycotting Pilot Oil because Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation-funded Mayors Against Guns. And his family owns Pilot Oil. Apparently, the boycott has other followers too.

Rep. Joe McCord of Maryville confronts the City of Knoxville and the Redflex cameras

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

One of the worst decisions by Knoxville Mayor Haslam and his administration was the approval and installation of Redflex Red Light cameras. But much worse than that decision was the decision not to change the Yellow Light timing to ensure traffic safety.
Whether this was oversight, incompetence, or greed will be difficult to ascertain. The engineering [...]

Another mayor quits

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Sebastian reports that yet another mayor has dropped out of Bloomberg’s anti-gun group. Says Mary B. Wolf, Mayor of Williamsport, PA:
I have learned that the Coalition may be working on issues that conflict with legal gun ownership and that some action on your behalf are dubious. I have also learned that other mayors [...]

No mention of belonging to an anti-gun group, though

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam (who is a member of the anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns that is funded by the Joyce Foundation – summary here and all posts here) has announced his plans for a second term:
Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam today announced his candidacy for a second term.
Haslam who was elected in 2003 cited among [...]

Wiki wars

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

There was a rather unflattering entry at Wikipedia about Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam being a member of Bloomberg’s anti-gun Mayors Against Guns group. Seems someone from Knoxville (i.e., perhaps some of the mayor’s people) keeps trying to scrub it. But, never fear, Countertop restored it.

Brady Campaign Endorses Law-Breaking

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership responds to the Justice Department telling Bloomberg to knock it off:
“The response by the Bush Administration’s Justice Department to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s efforts to combat illegal gun trafficking come across as an effort to silence the messenger rather than respond to the problem of a [...]

Another mayor quits

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

A third mayor has quit Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group:
A third mayor has bowed out of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun mayors’ coalition, saying he is in favor of disarming criminals, but “not at the risk of losing our Constitutional freedom.”
SAF learned from the staff at Gun Week that Rio Rancho, NM Mayor Kevin Jackson [...]

Mayors Against Guns and the NRA

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

The NRA has a page up listing the mayors who joined Bloomberg’s anti-gun group. They also have contact info and how to be heard. Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the group. So, if you local yokels haven’t called the mayor in a while, do so at:
Phone: 865-215-2040
Fax: 865-215-2085
mayor@cityofknoxville.org

Would that be illegal guns in Tennessee or illegal guns in NYC, which is most of them

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Bloomberg does the opinion piece for mayors against guns a gun control organization that is funded by the Joyce Foundation. Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the anti-gun coalition of mayors (see background info here) and that is why I personally am boycotting Pilot Oil. Nothing new in this misguided [...]

Paging Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

One of your fellow mayors against guns quit the group:
Jared Fuhriman, the mayor of Idaho Falls, has walked away from the coalition of mayors. He told a local newspaper that he was originally told that Bloomberg’s coalition was only going after “illegal guns.” But after doing his own research he said, “I could see [...]

Reporting a gun crime

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

Countertop notes that there is a protest to catch a man guilty of committing gun crimes:
Maniacal New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors’
Coalition Against Illegal Guns will be meeting for a one day
“National Summit” at the DC Capitol Hilton (corner of 16th and K at
1001 16th Street NW) on Tuesday, January 23rd – [...]

The South Grove annexation disharmony

Friday, December 29th, 2006

By now most people have learned of the disharmony between the City of Knoxville and Knox County government over the South Grove Shopping Center. Harmony is very important in Knox County. It appears that it is even more important than either ethics or the law.
The disharmony is over an allegedly illegal “One Man One Vote [...]

Remember the Candy Factory?

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

You may recall there was a little dustup over the World’s Fair Park project a couple years ago. The idea was to save the Sunsphere, the Candy Factory, and the Tennessee Amphitheater.
In the News Sentinel today we learn it may cost $3.4 million for full renovation or $655,000 for complete demolition. Money that was supposed [...]

Trust the criminal

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

In the past few weeks there have been two local events that should give anyone pause regardless of their feelings about firearms. Whether the concern is for the United States Constitution or just plain common sense, the idea that anyone should trust a criminal armed with a gun makes no sense.
The first event was this [...]

I’m still boycotting Pilot Oil

Monday, November 27th, 2006

I said before that I was boycotting Pilot Oil due to Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s membership in an anti-gun group funded by the Joyce Foundation. I was pleased to have received correspondence from someone in the Mayor’s office offering to clarify the issue with me. I received that comment 11 days [...]

Biased against guns

Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Gene, being accused of anti-gun bias, writes:
As for just reporting the facts, the program was designed to illicit (sic) comments from my guests. I think we succeeded. Mike Cohen, Frank Cagle and Terry Frank each offered their opinions. If you review the segment, you won’t hear me offer my opinion. I’m simply the moderator.
The email [...]

More Haslam and Guns – Update

Monday, November 20th, 2006

The video mentioned here is now online here. A few notes:
Gene Patterson acknowledges WATE hasn’t covered Haslam’s involvement in this group.
The general consensus shared by the panel (and Glenn and me) is that Haslam didn’t know all the details about the group he joined.
Apparently, Knoxville has been having gun buybacks. A reader and [...]

Another anti-gun Tennessee Mayor

Monday, November 20th, 2006

In light of some recent postings on Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belonging to anti-gun group, I was going back through some links. Looks like Tennessee has another mayor that has recently allied himself with an anti-gun group: Shelby County Mayor A.C. Warton. Unlike Knoxville, the Memphis press has covered the issue:
Wharton will travel [...]

Haslam and guns on the TeeVee

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Terry Frank brought it up on the boob tube:
Gene asked Frank Cagle, Mike Cohen, and me if Mayor Haslam’s alliance with Bloomberg might have an effect if Haslam ran for Governor. We all agreed it would. Cagle said something to the effect that he could envision a 30 second spot and he reminded viewers of [...]

More Haslam and Guns

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Regarding my boycott of Pilot Oil due to Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s membership in an anti-gun group, I received this comment:
As an employee of the Haslam administration I encourage sayuncle to contact me via email as I may be able to offer a communication venue if he is having trouble connecting with the mayor.
I responded [...]

You ever notice

Friday, November 17th, 2006

how pro-gun folks are willing to debate their position any time and any where (often, when we’re not even asked); Yet, the anti-gunners only set up shill blogs without comments, issue press releases, and largely stick to venues in which they will not be challenged and avoid those that will? Yeah, me too.
By the [...]

SayUncle: Boycotting Pilot Oil

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

It’s now been over one month since I reported that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of the Joyce Foundation-funded, anti-gun group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns. This has been mentioned on my site and linked by instapundit, NRA News, and other local blogs; and it has been covered by radio host Steve [...]

More on Mayors Against Guns

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

Wayne LaPierre takes on some other mayors. No mention of Haslam this time.

Haslam and guns v. The Shooting Wire

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Bitter notes that The Shooting Wire is taking on the anti-gun mayors:
Without belaboring a point, their organization is, indeed, one that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Neither, however, does it represent the end of the firearms industry or the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
It represents another obvious sign that the profession once described [...]

Wiki-Haslam

Friday, October 27th, 2006

It wasn’t me but whoever edited Bill Haslam’s wikipedia entry, I salute you.
Update: Gone now. That was fast. But here’s the old one.

Tulsa, call your mayor’s office

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Cam Edwards notes that the Tulsa mayor Kathy Taylor is also a part of Mayors Against Guns. He asks:
I’m really surprised the Tulsa media hasn’t gone after Taylor on this.
Well, Knoxville’s press hasn’t covered the fact that Mayor Haslam has joined the group either. Speaking of Knoxville, Les says:
The ultimate goal of [...]

What Mayor Bill Haslam Will Be Up To

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Mayors against guns will have a meeting:
A coalition of mayors meets Thursday in Chicago to exchange strategies for fighting illegal guns and for winning tougher state and federal gun laws.
But, remember, Mr. Haslam just wants to deal with illegal guns. Apparently, the wants to do that by making more guns illegal:
Mayors say they struggle [...]

Haslam and Bloomberg

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

In comments here, a reader posted his email exchange with the mayor Haslam’s office about his membership in Mayors Against Guns. It’s reprinted here (read from bottom up):
To: Mayor
Cc: cchesney@cityofknoxville.org
Subject: Still really disappointed
Date: Oct 11, 2006 2:57 PM
Nice try Cathy Chesney but you didn’t come close to touching on the issue which was [...]

Non-explained

Friday, October 20th, 2006

I criticized the local news for not covering the fact that the Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam belongs to an anti-gun group. Rich, who happened to be at the News Sentinel when I had my panties all bunched up, says:
On the day in question, both the A and B sections of the paper were running [...]

Nothing but Internet – Again

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Uncle shoots and maybe scores.
The NRA has picked up my story about Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam being a member of the anti-gun Mayors Alliance that is funded by Joyce Foundation (See here, here, here, here, here, and here). Wayne LaPierre (yes, that Wayne LaPierre) asks What’s going on in Knoxville:
Here’s a suggestion for [...]

American Hunters and Shooters Association Update

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Over at NSH, I posted this bit about Mayors Against Guns and the Joyce Foundation. In the comment section, a guy claiming to be Bob Ricker (Executive Director of the American Hunters and Shooters Association) says:
I’m the Executive Director of the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA)and AHSA has neither fequested nor received [...]

More on Mayors against guns

Friday, October 13th, 2006

You know, that group that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a part of:
The Mayors Against Guns further claim that they “respect the rights of law abiding citizens to own guns.” No they don’t.
Let’s face it. The City of New York has done just about everything it can do in the form of imposing strict gun [...]

Haslam and guns – The Joyce Foundation

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

Part of the reason why Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s participation in Mayors Against Guns is important is because of the group’s ties. The group received $175K from The Joyce Foundation. The Joyce Foundation has funded plenty of anti-gun groups, even the hysterical ones. Here’s a round up of who they have funded [...]

Haslam and guns – another view

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Late for Dinner says good for Haslam:
To his credit, Haslam would not back down. He said he doesn’t understand why anyone would not want illegal guns off the street, and invited Gill down to the KPD evidence room to see what they were talking about. Good for Mayor Haslam.
As I said there:
The issue isn’t that [...]

Nothing but Internet

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

And some radio.
While perusing around Al Gore’s Tubes of Internets, I discovered that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam was part of an anti-gun group. I wasn’t happy about it. In East Tennessee, this could be political suicide. So, I hopped back on Al Gore’s Tubes of Internets and wrote about it [...]

Bloomberg comes to town and damage control

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

On the air at Steve Gill’s, Mr. Haslam non-explains his participation in the anti-gun Mayor’s Alliance Against Guns. AC has the audio. Short version: they said it was good so I signed up.
He had good talking points but the facts are he’s a member of an anti-gun group. And he was too lazy [...]

Bloomberg comes to town – updated again

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Mayor Haslam was apparently on Steve Gill’s show (thanks for the mention Steve) and was asked about his membership in an anti-gun group (see here and here). I haven’t heard it. AC says:
My main man, Steve Gill, and I just conversated and he relays that Haslam’s people called into his show today and were [...]

Bloomberg comes to town – updated

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

I called the Mayor’s office this morning to ask about Mayor Bill Haslam’s involvement in Michael Bloomberg’s Alliance of Mayors Against Guns. The nice lady I talked to had no idea what I was talking about. She transferred me to another nice lady who had no idea what I was talking about. [...]

Bloomberg comes to town

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Or at least his presence.
Seems Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam is a member of Michael Bloomberg’s Alliance of Mayors Against Guns. I have intentionally left off the word illegal because Bloomberg’s antics have not targeted illegal gun dealers but legal and lawful dealers. Bloomberg has waged a war against lawful gun dealers. [...]

The first TIF after the fact

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Brother can you spare 9 million?
Have developers figured out what patsies our leaders in local Knox County government are? Much has been written about TIF’s here at Say Uncle. Even those like myself that cast a wary eye towards TIF’s admit that in theory they can be progressive and provide a reasonable return on investment.
But [...]

Tennessee Senatorial Debate

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006

Terry Frank also has notes from the Republican debate:
I was seated directly behind Mayor Haslam. Two interesting notes here: Carolyn Jensen, face-lady for Sen. Bill Frist, leaned over to the Mayor following the opening remarks and remarked that “he” is doing well, “isn’t he?” The “he”, of course, being Bob Corker.
It seems Corker has the [...]

Where is the glass dome?

Monday, May 8th, 2006

In the world of television there is a phrase that describes desperation and stupidity, the point where the show tips towards oblivion. That phrase is “jumping the shark”. This comes from the long running series “Happy Days” where in the final season the script writers were so desperate for a bit for sweeps week they [...]

The Farmers Market, the wheel tax, and the new school

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Today is Election Day and the undecided voters must make an important decision. Who should they vote for in the race for Knox County Mayor? I suggest you consider the important aspect of fiduciary responsibly. How well has our current County Mayor managed the County’s finances? Not very well at all.
Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale [...]

Metropulse and ED

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Terry Frank on the Metropulse’s recent love affair with the hideous practice of eminent domain:
Recently I asked of Bill Lyons, Director of Policy Development for the Mayor Haslam and the City of Knoxville, or if his Metro Pulse staffer wife, Gay, had written, influenced, or contributed to an editorial hit-piece in the Metro Pulse which [...]

Take Back Our Government Rally?

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Over at KnoxBlab some people are poking fun at the Take Back Our Government Rally.
One poster wrote, “I heard that the anti wheel tax people are having a rally tomorrow night at the Expo Center on Clinton Highway to take back the government. Anyone know who they are taking it from and what do [...]

Knoxville City Council needs to make a stand

Friday, January 13th, 2006

There are many reasons the City of Knoxville should go back to the drawing board with the proposed sale of the Candy Factory. There have been many problems with both process and participation.
The problems with process are many. First it is unknown how much money the City of Knoxville has spent maintaining and repairing the [...]

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Dear Editor:
I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says,
“If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O’Hanlon
After watching the local TeeVee news tonight I got to thinking of a modern update of this Christmas [...]

Who looks out for the taxpayers of Knoxville?

Monday, August 8th, 2005

Who looks out for the taxpayers of Knoxville? Two downtown Knoxville projects have serious questions that need answers. The Market Square and Worlds Fair Site projects have both been brought forward with RFPs that have confused both taxpayers and City officials. Each RFP had a two-part implementation. First the City chooses a finalist from a [...]

When is a deal not a deal?

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

When is a deal not a deal? When you get a “do over”. All kids know what a “do over” is. Grownups call them a mulligan. A friend of mine told me the story of “Mulligan Joe”. This golfer wanted a mulligan on every bad tee shot. The general practice is a mulligan on the [...]

Haslam for Governor

Friday, April 1st, 2005

I thought Bubba was joking but the Mrs. just called and said that the mayor of Knoxville was on a local TeeVee press conference confirming his intent to resign later this year and run for governor.
Update: SKB reader gemini:
I heard Vice-Mayor Mark Brown has scheduled a press conference for this [...]

Gun Buyback – err, no Public Service Announcement

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Adam Groves emails about this commentary (scroll down):
The city of Knoxville is hard up for money, but does that justify auctioning off more than 100 guns? Check the Web site powellauction.com. You’ll find KPD-confiscated handguns and rifles set to be sold Jan. 15. What’s the background check on bidders? And how many citizens will be [...]

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