Submitted by knoxjimbo on Tue, 2009/05/26 - 4:58pm
Knox County Commissioner Larry Smith on amending state law to allow liquor by the drink in unincorporated areas of Knox County: "This will accent first class would-be shopping centers and might attract Lowe's and Home Depot."
Because nothing makes someone think, "Hey, why don't we build that dang deck ourselves?" quite like a couple of shots of Wild Turkey during lunch at Appleby's.
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