The marathons are back
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 02:25AM
Larry Van Guilder in Knox County Commission

The electronic message board was supposed to reduce County Commission meetings to a duration something less than a Strom Thurmond filibuster. Don't you believe it.

Helped along by a 3+ hour revolving door debate over the proposed mediation settlement with National Resources Recovery, the circus ran 11 hours on Monday. The issue could have been - and should have been - voted up or down in 15 minutes. Just shoot me.   

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