Fri
Jan 28 2011
09:05 am

Mark Padgett, candidate for Knoxville Mayor, has filed his first campaign finance report ahead of the Feb. 1st deadline. It looks like an effort to strike fear in the hearts and minds of his opponents.

The summary lists $90,400 in receipts, $16,618 in disbursements, and $73,782 on hand. In a previous statement, Padgett said he expects the campaign to cost $300,000, so he's well on his way.

The average donation amount is $645. The breakdown by combined primary/general election donation amount from approx. 140 donors is as follows:

$1000+: 47
$500-$999: 37
$101-$499: 26
$1-$100: 30

There are no self-finance loans. The candidate and his family have donated heavily, though, with Padgett donating $2000 to his campaign.

There are some prominent Democrats (and a few Republicans) among the list of donors. The names include Mike McWherter, Doug Horne, Warren Gooch, Sidney Gilreath, Wayne Kramer, Bill Owen, Mike Ragsdale and Mike Arms.

Following is a list of donors with $1000 or more in contributions...

Ellen Adcock, retired, $1000
Raj Sood, Structure Technologies, $1000
William Shelton, Shelton Insurance Agency $1000
Steve Maddox, Maddox Property Management, $1000
Mike McWherter, Central Distributing, $1100
Matt Paddgett, Broadway Electric Services, $2000
Mike Padgett, retired, $1000
Patty Padgett,Keystone Mortgage Group, $1000
John Sharpe, ARG Staffing Services, $2000
Elizabeth Howard, Sandler Reiff & Young (Arlington VA), $2000
Lauren King, Doctor's Management Group, $2000
Wesley White, Ledgends Law Care, $1000
Julie Sharpe, StaffSource, $2000
Jack Amyx, Fountain City Finance Company, $2000
Joshua Bond, Hodges Duoghty & Carson, $1250
Bryan Lewis, Jackson Kweller McKinney (Nashville), $1000
Thomas King, Doctor's Management, LLC, $2000
Eric Faulkner, Allied Insurors LLC, $1000
David Fiser, Fiser Inc, $1500
Katie Padgett, David Reath Plastic Surgeon, $1500
Ray Evans, The Anesis Group, $1000
Mike Arms, Tennessee Strategies, $1000
Jerry Burnette, Superior Pavement Marking, $1000
Tom Burnette, Superior Drainage, $1000
Doug Horne, Horne Properties, $1000
Andy Mason, Elite Realty, $1000
Charles Morris, Morris Creative Group, $1000
Robbie Pope, Regal Entertainment, $2000
Fern Sharp, Sharpe Realty, $1000
Charlotte King, Homemaker, $1000
Daniel King, Universal Forms and Printing, $1000
Becky Thornton, Hunter Valley Farms, $1000
David Gensterblum, Aqua-Chem, $2000
Hazen Mirts, Enrollment First Inc, $2000
Mark Padgett, eGovernment Solutions LLC, $2000
Warren Gooch, Kramer Rayson, $2000
J. Michael Winchester, Winchester Sellers Foster Steele, $1000
Sidney Gilreath, Gilreath and Associates, $1000
Steven Dew, TN Webbing Product, $1000
Mike Ragsdale, Campaign, $1000
Tina Chiozza, TN Administrative Law Judge, $1000
David Dugger, ShoffnerKalthoff, $1000
Janet Dugger, none, $1000
Robert Lobetti, retired, $1000
Fox Road Marina, business, $1000
Keystone Mortgage Group LLC, business, $1000
The Accountancy Resource Group LLC, business, $1250

Russ's picture

Google

If you Google "Madeline Rogero," the first result is a paid ad by the Mark Padgett campaign.

It's legal, but it's sleazy.

bizgrrl's picture

Looks like Madeline needs to

Looks like Madeline needs to up her Google presence. Didn't see a MadelineforMayor.com link until the bottom of the page.

Russ's picture

SEO

Agreed.

Padgett's Google ad stunt prompted me to contribute to Madeline's campaign, so it backfired on him a little.

Don J. 's picture

She needs a lot more than

She needs a lot more than Google help:

(link...)

We don't need more resources going downtown. Rogero is way too downtown centric. Padgett is a better choice. Knoxville is more than downtown.

sobi's picture

Yech.

Padgett is a better choice.

You speak as one who cannot cast a vote in this election and who therefore has nothing to lose if the winner is a person who is severely limited.

Padgett is a nOOb, he's uninformed, his resume is wafer-thin, he's at least a little bit slimy, he's the product of years of careful political inbreeding, and he doesn't know how to shave properly. He's not qualified to serve anything larger than a village as anything other than idiot, and if the general came down to him and Rogero, she'd make him look like the preemie that he is.

BIRTHER's picture

You got that right and he

You got that right and he still hasn't produced his birth certificate.

Don J. 's picture

Another thing that separates

Another thing that separates Padgett from Rogero is their supporters and the way they express themselves.

Rachel's picture

You mean those Padgett

You mean those Padgett supporters over in the KNS comments who are calling Rogero a "washed up old hippie" and her supporters "Communists?"

I do hope we can get through this campaign season with a minimum of mud slung from any direction.

Noobie's picture

TYP to the rescue?

"I do hope we can get through this campaign season with a minimum of mud slung from any direction."

After the hit piece the KNS did on Padgett I'd say the mud slinging has already begun.

Rachel, have you heard that Laurens Tullock will lead the fund raising for a Pro-TYP set of City Council candidates who will pledge allegiance to Madeline Rogero and will have the full support of the KNS?

In the privacy of a voting booth, do you think people can be made to feel guilty about the TYP? Or will they vote to protect their neighborhood?

Look like the TYP will be the focus of this election. And the people that did that were the Pro-TYP people.

This will not be like the last two City Elections. Nothing like a white hot issue to get people to vote.

Rachel's picture

Rachel, have you heard that

Rachel, have you heard that Laurens Tullock will lead the fund raising for a Pro-TYP set of City Council candidates who will pledge allegiance to Madeline Rogero and will have the full support of the KNS?

I do love me a good conspiracy theory.

Noobie's picture

I do love me a good conspiracy theory

Interesting how the Pro-TYP people are the same people from the Knox Charter Petition. Also interesting how many grant and 501C3 people are members of both groups. Things must be bleak to have to dredge up rerun Tullock to chart the course through troubled waters. Rogero will do well to make the final two. If this costs what it looks like it will cost it will be a Padgett Roddy final. And you have to love Finbarr Saunders. He lost his last race being the TYP Champion.

fischbobber's picture

Finbarr was one of the few,

Finbarr was one of the few, if not the only, rational public voice in the entire TYP discussion. He would be the first to tell you that there are far too many agendas in this stew pot to get it right. His opponent painted him with your description and people bought it. The entire county lost in that election.

Noobie's picture

What is the rational voice?

What is the rational voice? The TYP people ignore time after time that the TYP does not deal with addiction. They turn they heads. Look at Ronald Mills. Why did he get arrested for Public Intoxication?

(link...)

He has his own apartment at MinVilla. So why was he drunk in public? He was the face of the TYP. The TYP is about housing and housing only. Voters are sick of drug store robberies, home invasions, and drunks in public. What we have is an addiction problem. What do they focus on? Housing for the addict. The priorities are messed up. They declare victory long before there is a victory.

So the idea of Pro-TYP slate of candidates is denial on a massive scale. People will vote to protect their neighborhoods. This PR guilt trip is another move from the same clique of people who just don't get it. Bless their hearts. They have a lot of big ideas. They just don't know how to get results that actually matter. Ronald Mills' arrest story was never published. Nor was it on local TV. So you have a media that is complicit in the TYP denial. Voters would rather have a slate of candidates who will protect neighborhoods. That is a campaign issue that will bring results.

Rachel's picture

If you have some evidence of

If you have some evidence of a "TYP slate", funded by Laurens Tullock, "pledged" to Madeline Rogero, and "supported" by the KNS, let's see it.

Otherwise, you're wasting our time with unfounded allegations.

If you want to talk about the TYP, there are many thread on here for that.

This thread is supposed to be about Mark Padgett's contribution list.

sobi's picture

You're asking a Mike Mitchell sock puppet for evidence?

Wasting time and poisoning public dialog with unfounded allegations is his raison d'etre.

Don J. 's picture

Questions for the candidates

"The TYP people ignore time after time that the TYP does not deal with addiction. They turn they heads. Look at Ronald Mills. Why did he get arrested for Public Intoxication?"

I'm glad someone noticed the Ronald Mills situation. I posted it in a TYP thread here and no one commented. What I learned after reading a great deal on the TYP is they talk a bunch about case managers. But they don't talk much about treatment and recovery. Case managers are not therapists. Madeline Rogero and others say they will tweak the TYP and make it better. But they don't talk about how they will tweak the TYP or what it will cost.

Ronald Mills said about VMC, "They helped me find a better job, better housing, mental health and physical health care."

Mr. Mills knew how important it was for MinVilla residents to stay out of trouble. Yet he got arrested for Public Intoxication. Did he get the help he needed? Or was his recovery therapy skipped over?

So what I would like to ask of each of the candidates for Mayor is:

Why is addiction recovery not a higher priority in the TYP?

How do you plan to tweak the TYP?

What changes would you make with the TYP?

What will the TYP cost city taxpayers?

Rachel's picture

Please take the TYP

Please take the TYP discussion to a TYP thread.

burntorange68goat's picture

Seems like this TYP issue is

Seems like this TYP issue is very important to the Mayor's race and to Knoxville. I have heard/read that these Homeless Apartments are going to be built all around the County, is that right?

Rachel's picture

Please take the TYP

Please take the TYP discussion to a TYP thread. This thread is about Mark Padgett's campaign finance report.

rikki's picture

Do you have any idea how many

Do you have any idea how many PI arrests the chronically homeless rack up every week?

I guarantee you the Sentinel does not run a story every time someone with nowhere to sleep earns him or herself a bed and a meal on the county's dime by getting arrested. The goal of the TYP is to reduce the number of arrests, not eliminate them.

Rachel's picture

I beg of you - I come to this

I beg of you - I come to this thread to read about Mark Padgett's campaign donors. If I want to read about the TYP, I'll go to the TYP threads. Please help me make that easier.

Don J. 's picture

"Do you have any idea how

"Do you have any idea how many PI arrests the chronically homeless rack up every week?"

Yes.

(link...)

This is a revolving door problem. The solution is addiction recovery therapy which isn't happening. The TYP is based on the illusion of cost savings. That is not true. It is only true if the addiction stops. The Ronald Mills case shows that the addiction doesn't stop. All the case managers in the world won't change the fundamental flaw in the TYP. It doesn't deal with the root cause of addiction.

Rachel's picture

Randy, can you lock this

Randy, can you lock this thread so that the TYP discussion is forced to go where it belong?

Don J. 's picture

"Randy, can you lock this

"Randy, can you lock this thread so that the TYP discussion is forced to go where it belong?"

Are you a Rogero volunteer Rachel? Rogero's campaign finance report shows significant contributions from various people who will profit from TYP construction and various supporters of the TYP.

Rachel, if you are a Rogero volunteer you should disclose that. You are the only person complaining and trying to restrict debate on a legitimate campaign issue.

Restricting discussion about TYP would be like restricting discussion on the city pension, the South Knox Waterfront, or city parks. They are all issues in this campaign.

Mr. Neal, play fair. Don't favor any of these candidates. Let the discussion develop without restrictions.

Anonymous54's picture

Yes

I completely agree Don J.

cafkia's picture

OTOH I (verified) agree

OTOH I (verified) agree completely with Rachel (verified) even though disagreeing with people is my normal mode of operating. I am a Madeline supporter and I believe that the TYP discussion has other places to be.

I do not know much about Padgett and apparently there is an observable conspiracy among DonJ and ...54 to make sure that no one ever knows anything about Padgett.

why

Are you guys shills for Ragsdale or Hutchinson?

fischbobber's picture

What is a rational voice?

You tell me. Is it rational to expect a person to willingly spend his spare time alone in a room in a deserted apartment complex?

Finbarr understood the zoning issues, the voucher issues, the neighborhood issues, the financing, the lack of transparency, etc. etc. etc. He worked on the issue because it is in the best interest of his constituents to do so.

Addiction is but one of a plethora of problems facing the homeless.

Pro TYP candidates are not, by definition, doomed to failure. The reason anti-TYP forces operate anonymously, like you, is because they are overwhelmingly Haslam supporters. This is a fact. Had anti- TYP forces not been gutless, it may well have cost Haslam the election. At the very least, the honeymoon would not been nearly as long and his financial shenanigans and changing of the disclosure rules would have been political suicide instead of merely a bump in the road.

TYP people get it. This unholy marriage between government and the private sector has not, does not and most likely will not work.

I agree that the local media is generally incompetent.

fischbobber's picture

Pro TYP Slate

A pro TYP slate has no chance in the current environment because of the way the TYP is currently being run. It is a totally separate issue from whether or not having a Ten Year Plan is worthy of public support. I believe it is safe to say that most of us following the issue closely have figured that out.

That being said, we will pay the piper. If fundamental changes aren't made on a national level, homelessness will be an increasing problem here and all over America. We must both use our resources wisely and be accountable to local citizens on numerous levels.

Just my two cents.

slapshot's picture

That is what this election

That is what this election will come down to for some. Who shaves. That will be more important than the City Pension or any other issue for the gender only voter.

sobi's picture

Maybe so, Mitchell.

That is what this election will come down to for some. Who shaves.

But for others, it'll come down to the fact that Rogero is among the declared candidates who's actually capable of doing the job and Padgett isn't.

Not that your vote'll be making much of a difference...

slapshot's picture

Is Roddy capable? Is Frost

Is Roddy capable? Is Frost capable? Is Harmon capable?

Please tell us who to vote for so we won't be confused. Your opinion is so important to us.

sobi's picture

It must be.

Your opinion is so important to us.

Funny. I regard it as of little actual worth to anyone, and yet you return so reliably to seek it, Mr. Dogvomitboomerang. But be my punditry ever so valuable to you and you alone, you can't vote here unless you move here, my maladapt and meddlesome little homunculus. Sorry.

Rachel's picture

BTW, digit - what's your

BTW, digit - what's your opinion of those contributions to Padgett from Ragsdale and Arms?

I ask this because slapshot (digit) is not exactly a Ragsdale fan.

bill young's picture

VOTE MADELINE 4 MAYOR

Tell your neighbors..VOTE MADELINE 4 MAYOR.

Early Vote starts September 7th..

You gonna bug 'em..startin' September 7th..
2 VOTE MADELINE 4 MAYOR!

But neighbors can't vote if they ain't registered..

If they ain't..download a form & sign them up!

Last day to register:August 29th

So all u Madeline folks out there put August 29th & September 7th on your calender..

Gotta get 'em registered so they can VOTE..
Gotta get 'em to the polls so they will VOTE.

VOTE MADELINE 4 MAYOR.

Iknowdigit's picture

Hey, Digit

We all know that you live in the Town of Farragut. You're putting a lot of time and energy into your trolling activities here and on the KNS related to the City of Knoxville Mayoral race. I suggest that you have more than a "civic" interest in all this. That in fact you have a personal financial interest at stake, as in a paycheck. What do you say about that, digit? So since you have a personal financial stake in all this unrelated to who is the best person to serve as Mayor of Knoxville, step away from your computers and go play with your cats.

Joe328's picture

Someone help me. Is Mark

Someone help me. Is Mark Padgett related to Mike Padgett? I'm against anyone with a political family background.

Rachel's picture

Mark Padgett is Mike

Mark Padgett is Mike Padgett's son.

R. Neal's picture

There have been several

There have been several request to take TYP discussion to a TYP thread.

Here are some...

Speculation or facts regarding whether there may or may not be pro-TYP and/or anti-TYP factions jockeying for positions in city government or that such groups could be supporting or opposing various campaigns or that TYP will be an issue in local elections are possibly relevant here.

Rehashing year-long arguments against TYP is not.

Thank you,
Management

R. Neal's picture

Rachel, there may still be

Rachel, there may still be some folks who want to discuss Padgett's report here. As mentioned earlier, debate about TYP program specifics should be taken somewhere else. Any more comments that don't follow that guideline will be removed. Also, discussion about Rogero's report should be on that post.

Rachel's picture

You are the only person

You are the only person complaining and trying to restrict debate on a legitimate campaign issue.

I'm doing no such thing. I'm just asking that it happen on the proper thread.

And thanks, Randy.

Don J. 's picture

"I'm doing no such thing. I'm

"I'm doing no such thing. I'm just asking that it happen on the proper thread.

And thanks, Randy."

I get it now. It's a fixed game. The only good Democrat is Rogero.

Fair enough. I'd been told as much. I had to find out for myself.

R. Neal's picture

I get it now. It's a fixed

I get it now. It's a fixed game.

Well, that's just so much BS. We've posted just about every press release we've received here from the Padgett campaign. I've said in the past that I was impressed by the guy when he was out campaigning for his dad for Senate (which we thought ill-advised). He has put together an impressive PR, fundraising, and online operation, and secured support from several prominent Democrats (and some Republicans).

His recent campaign missteps are not our fault. That would appear to be inexperience, or bad advice.

What this is shaping up to be (we'll hear the last shoe drop tomorrow when Roddy files) is a faceoff between a grassroots progressive candidate and a business friendly "blue dog" who also has backing from the "establishment" Democrats and some Republicans.

Should be interesting.

P.S. By way of disclosure, my two favorites were Madeline and Rob Frost, because they have the most experience and best temperament for the job. And I contributed to Madeline's first campaign, even though I can't (presently or then) vote in city elections. Read into that what you will. But I'll continue to report anything any candidate wants to send. I have never received anything from Roddy or Harmon (Ivan).

Rachel's picture

I get it now. It's a fixed

I get it now. It's a fixed game. The only good Democrat is Rogero.

If that's the conclusion you're drawing your reasoning skills need work.

Look dude. Why don't you register, start your own thread, and talk about whatever you want?

Or talk about Padgett on this thread all you want. Tell us why you support him.

All I was asking was that a general discussion of the TYP go on the TYP threads.

slapshot's picture

"All I was asking was that a

"All I was asking was that a general discussion of the TYP go on the TYP threads."

And you also asked that the thread be LOCKED. A little extreme don't you think?

Rachel's picture

Not if that's the only way to

Not if that's the only way to keep people on topic. I asked for the thread to be locked only after requesting 3 times that we stay on topic.

Randy decided deleting inappropriate posts was a better choice and I respect that decision.

slapshot's picture

"Not if that's the only way

"Not if that's the only way to keep people on topic. I asked for the thread to be locked only after requesting 3 times that we stay on topic."

I see, you decide what is on topic. That doesn't seem very fair.

Let's cut to the chase.

In a South Knox meeting speaking to a small group of TYP supporters after the meeting was over Madeline Rogero was overheard saying, "We going to fund the TYP no matter what". Or words to that effect. Maybe it was worse, but that is the gist of it.

Is that a legitimate issue decider? Because even if it was nothing more than soothing supporters, that sounds pretty extreme. And the word is now that Rogero denies vehemently saying that. So if the witness comes forward and takes a stand, is that an issue then?

Thought I would check with you to see if we can discuss this.

Rachel's picture

I see, you decide what is on

I see, you decide what is on topic.

Nope, I only express my opinion. Randy decides.

Bbeanster's picture

So Anonymous 54 (not

So Anonymous 54 (not verified) agrees completely with Don J. (not verified).:-)

Rachel's picture

What, you're not convinced?

What, you're not convinced? :)

Bbeanster's picture

Well it IS pretty

Well it IS pretty overwhelming.

slapshot's picture

"What this is shaping up to

"What this is shaping up to be is a faceoff between a grassroots progressive candidate and a business friendly "blue dog" who also has backing from the "establishment" Democrats and some Republicans."

Some would say it is a faceoff between a social programs extremist who will fund social programs beyond the means of the city coffers and a young dynamic CEO type business man who has just set non-Haslam fund raising records. The first Primary is fund raising. We have a winner in that Primary. Now let's hear some candidate forums and see who talks about a living wage and social programs or bringing new businesses to Knoxville and protecting city neighborhoods.

Tomorrow we get to see the buyers remorse as Marilyn Who releases her sad story.

Rachel's picture

Now let's hear some candidate

Now let's hear some candidate forums

You can do that at Church Street UMC next Monday night at 7 p.m. if you can bring yourself to drive all the way from Farragut.

Iknowdigit's picture

Hey Mike Mitchell

In the spirit of full disclosure, You need to reveal that you have a business/financial relationship with Mr. Padgett. You are in essence a paid TROLL, among other things. Wait, I think I hear your cats calling you.

bill young's picture

Madeline 4 Mayor

Madeline's going to be easy to find over the course of the campaign.

I urge every voter who wants to know more about Madeline's vision for the future of our city..go to a Madeline 4 Mayor
event & ask her.

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