We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen read more

We're doing great on growth on sales taxes so far. We expected this number to fall, but it hasn't fallen yet.

He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of read more

He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of conversations, we were able to reach an agreement with him, and it cleared up room so that we can sign some of our own players back and go out into free agency.

great news. A half-million dollars toward a problem we’ve been struggling with for so long is a great benefit to read more

great news. A half-million dollars toward a problem we’ve been struggling with for so long is a great benefit to out city, especially around the old Wehadkee site and in Knoxville.

Unfortunately in groups that deal with politics, membership gets bigger when we are close to an election then sort of read more

Unfortunately in groups that deal with politics, membership gets bigger when we are close to an election then sort of drops off in a non-election year.

All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a read more

All three doubles teams played very well. Our No. 1 doubles (Greg Janssen and Todd Fuller) got off to a slow start but managed to turn the match around when they needed to and came back strong in the second and third set.

It's pretty much a little village down there where everyone knows everyone, so if they can walk into a loo read more

It's pretty much a little village down there where everyone knows everyone, so if they can walk into a loo and buy a condom, it's a lot easier than going to the local shop and buying them, when everyone knows what's going on.

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up read more

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona... I understand what it is to be vulnerable, and I understand what it is to be strong. So anybody who bashes 'sentimental' is missing it. I've seen the toughest guys in the world cry. That macho thing is an old folktale. I'm not afraid of it at all.

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with read more

From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed.