Friday, August 1, 2008

Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday

The Tax Free Holiday is August 1-3 and we’d like to tell you about the exempt items. Those exempt include clothing $100 or less, school supplies $100 or less, and computer systems $1,500 or less.

Johnson City to Sell Railroad

Johnson City’s deal with the company owning the Tweetsie Railroad is off. It is up for bids again. Now the city must decide if it will bid again. They will have a meeting to decide.

New Road in Carter County

State Representative Kent Williams is planning to build a new road in Carter County The road would go around Gap Creek Road and go through many homes. In a public meeting most people are displeased with the road even though Williams still insists on the road.

Gunman in Church

In Knoxville a gunman opened fire in a church sanctuary on Sunday killing two. It is believed that the motive is that he didn’t like liberals.