Tag Archives: Bill Haslam

Inauguration night: 3 great parties, the prettiest dress ever and champagne in a paper cup

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

Although media reports generally have characterized the Bill Haslam inaugural festivities as low-key and frugal (click here and here for those stories), the night definitely provided ample opportunity for fun. Haslam had toured the state during the prior week meeting … Continue reading →

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The Blue Streak goes to the inaugural — and parties in Nashville with half of Knoxville! Yay!

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley

I had only been to one inauguration before this weekend: Bill Clinton’s. It wasn’t that much fun. We tromped around in the cold rain only to end up packed into a warehouse-like space where the closest we got to food … Continue reading →

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Haslam slam-dunk has hometown crowd thinking big

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

I wondered if I were the only one thinking it. Then I heard the woman beside me almost whisper it under her breath as she watched Bill Haslam on the TV monitor delivering his acceptance speech Tuesday night. “Do we … Continue reading →

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First Friday downtown made tourists of us all!

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

On a cold night in January of 2005, festivities for the grand re-opening of the historic Tennessee Theatre were about to start. The “grand entertainment palace,” as it was nicknamed,  had just undergone a $25.5 million renovation and I found myself standing beside … Continue reading →

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Yes, yes, yes!

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

I don’t know why I was worried, but I was. I guess it’s because I’ve seen the electorate do so many wrong-headed things (as they did in at least one case in Knox County last night — but that’s not my story … Continue reading →

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Follies show delivers laughs, jabs at newsmakers

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley

There was so much material this year that the annual Front Page Follies show was bound to be funny! Held Saturday at the Knoxville Convention Center, it did not disappoint. The Follies show is the annual performance by area journalists and … Continue reading →

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Haslam speaks in Farragut; what doesn’t come up?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

Gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam spoke to the Farragut Chamber at breakfast this morning and, in my opinion, the most interesting thing was what was NOT said. In a room of 100 people who were given a very generous amount of … Continue reading →

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The 90-year legacy of Regas touches on many fronts

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

As Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam stumps across the state on his campaign to be the next Tennessee governor, he says there are two things people say to him all the time: How good is the football team going to be? … Continue reading →

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Haslam event nets record donors, funny moments

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

The fund-raiser Jim and Kay Clayton hosted at their Sequoyah Hills home Monday for Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s gubernatorial run raised more than $200,000 and broke a record: More individuals have contributed to the Haslam campaign than have ever given … Continue reading →

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Bill Haslam: Race for guv strenuous but fun

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley

As Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, a Republican gubernatorial hopeful, campaigns across the state he, of course, always starts his speeches by thanking his audience for attending. When Haslam was speaking recently in Fayette County in West Tennessee, he noticed that … Continue reading →

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