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• Tuesday, May 5, [was] the final day that voters of Knox County will get to vote for a new sheriff. Something that needs to be emphasized is that three of the sheriff's candidates are behind putting a precinct back into the Farragut-Turkey Creek area. One is not. What a lot of people do not realize is that the Farragut precinct covers not only the town of Farragut, but a lot of unincorporated West Knox County, including Choto, Karnes, Hardin Valley, parts of Cedar Bluff, and so on. Please take that into account when you are casting your vote.
• With the new Farragut Elementary School going in on Boring Road, Knox County is widening Boring Road from Baldwin Park down to the new entrance to the school on Boring Road. But surely the Town of Farragut can widen Boring Road all the way down to Kingston Pike. We surely don't need to close off the access to Kingston Pike from Boring Road. The Town of Farragut has plenty of money, plenty of surplus money. They should widen Boring Road from the new entrance to the elementary school on Boring Road all the way to Kingston Pike. We do not need to lose the entrance to Kingston Pike. The accessibility of the elementary school needs to be from both Kingston Pike and Smith Road. With all the buses and all the traffic, they'll come in off of Village Commons, but they need to be accessed from Kingston Pike and from Smith Road. So I see the barriers up on Kingston Pike at Boring Road, but the Town of Farragut needs to pay for the widening of Boring Road from the new entrance on Boring Road for the school all the way down to Kingston Pike. The elementary school needs access from both Smith and Boring Road. Surely that can be done.
