Morning Update – TYP Announcement Coming

TYP announcement coming today; via KnoxNews:

An announcement is expected Wednesday regarding the future of the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett confirmed this evening.

Mae Beavers has a bill (SB316) that would require filing a long form birth certificate with the Secretary of State prior to being listed on the presentational ballot.

More details on the retirement announcement of Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV. Also, he appears to be looking to move his spokesman under civil service before leaving.

Morning Update: Sterling P. Owen IV Retires

Knoxville Chief of Police Sterling Owen IV announced that he will retire on March 26th. No comment on what his plans are yet.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett is preparing to make additional cuts in county government. No specifics have been announced, but he thinks they will be forced to lay people off.

The four current candidates for Mayor of Knoxville participated in a forum hosted by COIN last night. Interestingly, three of the candidates announced they now want to reevaluate the controversial Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (TYP). Ivan Harmon announced this during his kickoff and it appears that the other candidates have found this to be a popular position, regardless of previous support and/or votes for it.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and State Senator Mae Beavers are promoting a bill that would let the state take over health care from the federal government.

Morning Roundup

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett on Monday officially eliminated severance packages for all employees who fall under the executive branch’s purview, a move made after his predecessor months ago handed out payouts to three department heads who quit.

Knox County Clerk Foster D. Arnett Jr. has withdrawn his name from the race for city mayor, saying he still has a job to complete in his current position.

Another bio article on our new Republican Governor Bill Haslam. I believe this is another installment in an really in-depth look at Governor Haslam. Good stuff.

The six have filed applications with the Knoxville City Council office, seeking the council’s appointment Thursday to replace Councilman Bob Becker.

Republican Governor Bill Haslam announced the formation of a blind trust to hold his private investments, with the exception of Pilot Corp and a real estate investment outside Tennessee.

And via Instapundit, in national news, an effort to recall Sheriff Dupnik has been started.

Cosby drops out of Knox County mayoral race; says he’ll back Burchett » Knoxville News Sentinel

Independent candidate Lewis Cosby pulled out of the Knox County mayoral race on Wednesday, a day after the primary, and threw his support to the Republican nominee.

via KnoxNews  Cosby drops out of Knox County mayoral race; says he’ll back Burchett.

and VolunteerTV Cosby quits mayor’s race, will support Burchett

and WBIR Lewis Cosby drops out of Knox County mayoral race to support Tim Burchett

Burchett crushes Hutchison in primary

State Sen. Tim Burchett walked away Tuesday night with the Republican nomination for Knox County mayor and an avalanche victory margin of more than 85 percent, according to unofficial results.

“I’m just overwhelmed,” he said. “I never take victory for granted, and I never take the voters for granted. But at this margin, it’s hard for me to comprehend.”

His opponent, former Sheriff Tim Hutchison, won just under 15 percent of the primary vote. Tuesday night marked his first defeat at the polls in at least 20 years.

via Burchett blowout in Knox Co. primary.