Guest column: City needs a return on public spending on Chamber, ORCVB
By Leslie Agron and Pat Fain This coming Monday evening, the Oak Ridge City Council and the city manager will hold a work session that has the potential to become the seminal discussion on the future...
View ArticleGuest column: Anderson County officials present budget highlights
By Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank and Budget Director Chris Phillips As Anderson County government begins the budget process for the 2013/2014 county budget, we wanted to share with the citizens,...
View ArticleGuest column: Strategizing a path to prosperity
The problem This month, the Oak Ridge City Council will establish your property tax rate for 2014 via the approval of our annual city budget. And though it appears that taxes will remain flat, our...
View ArticleLetter: Register of Deeds audit shows surplus, refutes opponents’ claims
Note: This is a copy of a press release submitted by Anderson County Register of Deeds Tim Shelton. Shelton and his challenger, Bill Gallaher, have had a back-and-forth debate about office finances....
View ArticleSchool budget would ask city for $650K, use $1.75M from fund balance
Note: This story was last updated at 11:12 a.m. May 27. The Oak Ridge Board of Education on Tuesday approved a budget that would use $1.75 million from the school system’s fund balance and ask the...
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