Yesterday it was announced that Knox County Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword ruled that the motion filed by Attorney Greg Issacs on behalf of his client, Former Knox County Trustee Mike Lowe seeking a change of venue or at least a jury comprised of citizens from outside of Knox County was denied. The trial apparently will continue here in the river city and with a jury made up of Knox Countians.

I am not a lawyer, have not attended law school, so my thoughts are just those, my thoughts. With all the mentions and references that the former Trustee has received by the only daily newspaper (and all it’s little owned weakly’s) in this fair river city it seemed on it’s face to be a question of probable conclusion. However, I trust the expertise of Judge Sword and believe if he believes that there are 12 individuals  plus a few alternate jurors that can view all the evidence and decide the outcome fairly than so be it.

Of course, I am reminded of how the News Sentinel’s circulation has dropped over the last 8-12 years. How ineffective advertising in the paper has become. How the coverage of the 911 board, the proposer Harris, the shared PR firm without the News Sentinel revealing one time the connection of Harris and the News Sentinel. All of that multiplies to how little credibility the Sentinel and all their owned weekly publications have.