Approx. 96 contributors for a total of $85,948.66. Twenty-five contributors (approx. 25%) giving $1,000 or more for a total of $80,000 (93%).

Jim Clayton - $5,000
Holrob Investments - $5,000
Brad Hill, DeMarco Group = $2,500
H. James Claussen, Gulf & Ohio Railroad - $5,000
Jefferson Chapman, McClung Museum - $1,000
James Bush, Johnson & Galyon - $1,000
Johnson & Galyon - $2,000
Bertlekamp Automation - $2,500
Charles Anderson, Jr. - $5,000
Jerry Bodie, Real Estate - $1,000
Thomas Jenson, Safe Skies - $2,000
William Knight, Insurance - $2,500
F. Rodney Lawler, Lawler & Wood - $5,000
Fred Lawson, BankEast - $2,500
Sherri Lee - $5,000
A. David Martin, Pres. Martin & Co. - $5,000
Larry Mauldin - $2,500
Sharon Miller, Pres. The Trust Co. - $1,000
The Trust Co. - $2,500
Robert Petrone, Pres. B&T Distributing - $1,000
Richard Ray, CEO 21st Mortgage Group - $5,000
Tim Williams, Pres. 21st Mortgage Corp. - $5,000
Strategic Partners - $5,000
Pat Wood, Lawler Wood Properties - $5,000
Mike Wood, Wood Realtors - $1,000

Total $80,000

Dewhirst Properties - $500
Joe Johnson, President Emeritus, UT - $500

Expenses:

Citizen Solutions, Petitioning Contract - $25,000
Lacey, WA

Long, Ragsdale, Waters, Filing Fees - $122
Knoxville, TN

Target UP, Campaign Mgmt, etc. - $28,873
Franklin, TN

Downtown Copy Center & Kinkos, Copying, etc. - $6,818
Knoxville, TN

Web Services - $280
Knoxville, TN

Total - $61,094

people that donated to Ed Shouse's campaign are on this list as well...

Random useless fact: Treasurer Culver Schmid played Little League baseball with the mayor.

Liberty and justice for all.

My home

"Knox Charter Petition" did not disclose the in-kind contribution worth $7,500 from the Knoxville News Sentinel for the four page color insert from June 25th.

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This is so typical of this group.

So what's the deal Mr. Drinnen? You are supposed to be running this operation. Why would you let this happen?

Another question would be why do you allow your signature gathers to ask "Do you want to stop nepotism? You know very well that Knox County Commission has already passed a nepotism ordinance. Does having your people be dishonest promote your cause? Why would you allow them to mislead the public?

This is why informed people have such disregard and contempt for your cause.

This group is an embarrassment to Knox County. Clean up your act and have your people tell the truth. The real question your signature gathers should ask is, "Do you want to give away your vote forever in order to make the office of County Mayor even more powerful?"

Somebody has come up with some strategery:

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Oye.

"However, you do it in a professional manor"

How well does he know this "community activist" where of he speaks?

I think doing it in a professional manor is illegal.

Are the Schmid's involved in this related to former Commissioner John Schmid? Before there was talk of Tim and Tim running for mayor there was some talk of John running. Also, I figure Gary Drinnen, who got beat by Stacey Campfield, is using this to further his goals too. Rarely does anybody ever do something like this soley for the good of the people. The kids getting the petitions signed are doing this to make money. They may not know much about it. But they sure are out in droves telling people to "sign a petition against nepotism." I tell them I'll only sign the liquor petition.

These signature volunteers will leave if confronted on the false nepotism charge. A friend told me one of the volunteers packed up and left after being challenged on the nepotism question.

This is a lousy way to conduct any kind of campaign.

I would love to see the cheat sheet they use to answer objections. Anyone got one?