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February 6, 2017 www.knoxfocus.com Now offering onlinePAGE A1 auction services Fountain City Auction for all of your auction needs (865)604-3468 fountaincityauction.com FREE Take One! February 6, 2017 AREA ASSOCIATIONS PROMOTE COMMUNITY Local educator on short list for superintendent By Pete Gawda Susan Compton, who cur- One local applicant is among rently serves as superinten- the five finalists for Superinten- dent of three districts in New dent of Knox County Schools. Jersey. She had over 30 years At their meeting on Tuesday experience in Kentucky public morning, January 31, the schools including eight years superintendent search com- as superintendent of Russell mittee whittled down the list Independent Schools. Comp- of 24 applicants to five, all with ton has served as teacher, impressive credentials. band director, principal, direc- One of the applicants, Bob tor of federal programs, direc- Thomas, has over 40 years tor of instruction, assistant experience in public schools, superintendent and school all of it spent in Knox County. superintendent. He is currently assistant super- Applicant Stuart Greenberg intendent. He also served spent 30 years with two school as supervisor of personnel, districts in Florida including personnel specialist, princi- 24 years with the sixth larg- pal and assistant principal at est school district in the U.S., Rule High School, and taught Broward County, Florida. He at Bearden High School and is currently Chief Academic Junior High. Thomas was on Officer of Leon County (Flor- each of the committee mem- ida) Public Schools. He also ber’s short list. served as regional executive The committee has received director and executive direc- several letters of recommen- tor for the Florida Department dation for another candidate, Continued on page 3 MPC Schedules Public Meetings PHOTO BY MIKE STEELY Adam Major, Project Manager for Henry and Wallace who purchased Knoxville Center Mall last August, for One Year Plan Update speaks to members of East Towne Business Alliance before conducting a tour of what will become East The Metropolitan Planning 2017. Towne Mall again. Major told the crowd that the owners are actively looking for new stores, medical and Commission has scheduled All meetings begin at 6 p.m. office renters and are considering creating a venue for children. The East Towne Business Alliance meets three meetings to gather public Meetings are specific to the the first Wednesday of every month at 7:45 a.m. at New Harvest Park. input for its annual update of MPC planning sectors. the One Year Plan, a compre- Thursday, Feb. 9 – South Area business and profession- Avenue Campus. Police Chief on Thursday, February 16 for hensive development plan that Sector – Flenniken Landing, al organizations serve to connect David Rausch was the featured breakfast at the Knoxville Cham- covers the entire city and sets 115 Flenniken Avenue and educate citizens in order to speaker and told the group that ber. parameters for zoning deci- Thursday, Feb. 16 – North, work together for growth and the although the Knoxville Police This week, the Fountain City sions. Central and East Sectors – future. Knox County has several Department is ahead in all state BPA will meet Wednesday at noon At these meetings, MPC New Harvest Community Build- such groups that work with each statistics, it still needs communi- at Central Baptist Church. Tim staff will be present to dis- ing, 4775 New Harvest Lane unique community. ty support to succeed in its mis- Petree will speak. On Friday, the cuss amendments occur- Monday, Feb. 27 --- West The East Knoxville Business sion. He remarked that in 2015 North Knoxville BPA will meet at ring in the previous year, pro- and Northwest Sectors – Mid- and Professional Association there were 330,000 police calls the Helen Ross McNabb Center posed amendments for newly dlebrook Pike United Meth- met recently at Pellissippi State and in 2016 there were 250,000. at 7:45 a.m. Interim Superinten- annexed property, and pro- odist Church Fellowship Hall, Community College’s Magnolia The association will meet again dent Buzz Thomas will speak. posed staff amendments for 7234 Middlebrook Pike Rogero announces grant to improve North Broadway traffic flow Dawn Distler, By Mike Steely [email protected] minutes before crossing. The Knoxville’s little group of officials made Director of Anyone who travels North it across just as the light Transportation, Broadway knows that the busy changed and traffic resumed speaks as Mayor corridor is often a frustrating to whiz by Rogero and driving experience. Car, truck, “We have the money and Councilmen bus and commercial vehicle the plans,” Rogero told about Dan Brown traffic all seem to bottleneck 20 media and public members and Finbarr in Fountain City. That’s exactly over the roar of the traffic just Saunders look where the city decided to hold behind her. She announced a on. Distler a press conference Wednes- new federal grant of $6.4 mil- said the new day to announce federal and lion to improve traffic flow and technology state funds being allotted to transit experience on North finance with improvements. Broadway between downtown federal and state Knoxville Mayor Madeline and Fountain City. funds will make Rogero, her staff, and many She said the new grant will the Broadway of city council members rode be managed by the city and commute the bus from downtown to the state TDOT department as shorter and add the press conference, held the Accelerated Bus Corridor bus shelters. in the parking lot of Virginia project. Photo by Mike College. They had to stand Rogero said that the grant Steely. across Broadway for several Continued on page 2 2013 HONDA CIVIC Over 20 to Choose From $12,890 STK#P035505A ALL RUSTY WALLACE HONDA POWER & 8659384222 I75CALLAHAN, N.KNOX AUTOMATIC www.rustywallacehonda.com PAGE A2 The Knoxville Focus February 6, 2017 What’s the Difference Between Rogero announces an LLC and a Corporation? grant to improve We all see busi- liability compa- no real difference between formal reporting and man- ness names listed ny.” The idea these two terms from a legal agement obligations, which North Broadway all the time, and being that this standpoint. An S Corpora- often make them attractive these business kind of company tion is one type of incorpo- to businesses run by only a traffic flow names often provides owners rated business. handful of people. Further, if and noted that the grant Cont. from page 1 have either, “LLC,” liability protec- Now what are the differ- the LLC only has one owner, comes because of the city’s “Corp.” or “Inc.” tion against com- ences between the two? The the LLC does not have to file will also permit new bus current investment in tran- written after the pany debts i.e. first big difference you see, a business tax return. shelters, smart traffic lights, sit improvements. Rogero name of the busi- By Jedidiah the debts of the but not always, between the bus pull offs and track city said that the city’s $2 mil- ness. McKeehan company are not two is that a corporation is a Jedidiah McKeehan is buses so riders will know lion already committed to attorneyknoxville@ What do those gmail.com debts that the “big” business, while an LLC an attorney practicing in when the bus will arrive at improvements combines terms mean? owners have to is a “small” business. Why is Knox County and surround- their stop. with the grant to put more What’s the difference pay out of their own pock- that? That’s because LLCs ing counties. He works in Jeff Branham, the City’s than $8 million into the between them? How did that ets. LLCs are a fairly new are often companies which many areas, including crimi- Chief Traffic Engineer, told project. company decide between concept, having only been are owned and operated by nal, personal injury, landlord- the gathering that the tran- Improvements along the one or the other? Just based around since the 1970s. the members of the LLC while tenant, probate, and estate sit upgrades will help not Broadway corridor should on what sounded better with The “Corp.” designation a corporation is owned by planning. Visit attorney-knox- only bus riders but citizens be completed by early 2018 their company name? is the abbreviation for a cor- shareholders, with the busi- ville.com for more informa- driving the route as well. and Mayor Rogero said that Let’s first discuss what poration. Similarly, “Inc.” ness being run by a board tion about this legal issue He said that North Broad- she hopes it is finished by those terms mean. The term means that a business is, of directors or a manager. and other legal issues. way already exceeds the the time she leaves office. “LLC” stands for “limited “incorporated.” There is LLCs generally have less route’s capacity by 130% Immigration order causes Board of Education adds second anxiety in the schools local person to short list for By Pete Gawda we speak in one voice,” he asserted. He Immigration and school grades were said Deathridge’s question was a legiti- superintendent topics of discussion at Monday’s work ses- mate one. By Pete Gawda by board member Gloria Mike McMillian said sion of the Knox County Board of Educa- “Our objection is not to being graded,” At their meeting on Deathridge who felt that he had no problem get- tion. he asserted. “Our objection is to reducing Wednesday evening the Tennessee applicants ting away from a single In his report Interim Superintendent a school’s performance to a single letter Knox County Board of Edu- should be given first con- letter grade, however he Buzz Thomas said the president’s execu- grade.” He went on to say that a letter cation added the name of sideration.