Compass Points

Ep. 112 06/02/2024


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Knoxville City Council adopted Mayor Indya Kincannon's $461.6 million budget last week, but things got chippy between Council members Lauren Rider and Amelia Parker. Jesse was unavailable for this week's episode, but Compass intern Owen McCarthy joined Scott to talk about the spending plan and and the fireworks.. Also: The city is funding renovations at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, philanthropists are kicking in serious money to supplement the city's affordable housing construction efforts and the Knoxville Police Department makes retired federal Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton the permanent deputy chief over the Office of Professional Standards. The guys also look ahead to school board meetings this week that will deal with images of sexual activity in library books.

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