Judge Reeves to speak at LWVKK meet

Recently sworn-in U.S. District Judge Pamela Reeves will serve as keynote speaker during next week's annual dinner and meeting of the League of Women Voters of Knoxville-Knox County.

The event, which is open to the public, takes place May 22 at the East Tennessee History Center. The evening kicks off with registration and a reception at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will follow at 6 p.m., and then the address by Judge Reeves.

The organization also will hold a business meeting at 7 p.m.

The dinner costs $30 and folks must make reservations and send in payments by Monday. For more details and to register, click RIGHT SMACK HERE.

Reeves nominated for U.S. judge gig

Pam Reeves

Not sure if you've seen this one, but President Obama nominated local legal eagle Pam Reeves for U.S. District judge for East Tennessee. If confirmed by the Senate, she would replace U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips, who retires this summer.

Local porch readers and those who keep up with county business have probably heard of Pam as she is the author of the eponymous “Reeves report.” (I do believe that is the first time I have ever used that word. Wonder if it was used correctly. Eh, whatever.)

Anyhoo, the 58-page report, released in March 2010 looked inot the Knox County Solid Waste Department and targeted former director John Evans, who is deceased, and Natural Resources Recovery of Tennessee, the management firm formerly charged with operating the county's Solway greenwaste facility.

It also criticized Evans because he waived the revenue-sharing fees - about $311,000 - the firm owed the county. The investigation also chastised Engineering and Public Works Director Bruce Wuethrich for not disciplining Evans.

You can find that report, right smack here.