From Scott Barker's KNS article referenced earlier in Disclosures VII regarding newly appointed County Commissioner Richard Cate: "Cate said they've paid their tax bills. "I have a clean bill of health with the IRS and the state tax people and the county tax people," Cate said.
It appears, however, that one of his companies involved in a bankruptcy mentioned in the article (Blaze Fence, listed as administratively dissolved by the Tennessee Secretary of State) owes more than $4200 in unpaid property taxes to Knox County and the City of Knoxville. (Details here, PDF format). There are also unpaid taxes on another piece of property owned by Cate.
Paul Pinkston said he wouldn't consider a nominee who owed back taxes. Did Pinkston vote for Cate? I don't recall. (UPDATE: He did not.)
In a totally unrelated disclosure, there's this from an October 1998 Knoxville News Sentinel article by Tom Humphrey:
The [Registry of Election Finance] is threatening to impose fines on two Knoxvillians for failure to file required reports on their 1998 lobbying activities.Richard Cate, who registered as a lobbyist for the Downtown Organization of Knoxville, faces a civil penalty of $750. Bill Nolan, a veteran lobbyist who has represented several clients, faces a penalty of $400.
Cate still had not filed his required report, said Peggy Nance Williams, executive director of the registry. Nolan filed but did so past the deadline for doing so, she said.
The point of all this is not to pile on, but that County Commission did not perform due diligence on the nominees and that there were no public meetings to discuss possible issues with these unelected officials.
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According to the paper,
According to the paper, those voting for Cate were: Jordan, Strickland, Norman, Leuthold, Griess, Cawood, Lambert, Smith, Ballard, Mills.
Thanks for the update. Guess
Thanks for the update. Guess Pinkston is off the hook.
D6 not off hook...
My guys in District 6 aren't. They're lookin' more like Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum with every new disclosure...
Cate news
Great. Just great.
yet another relative situation ?
Here's a tidbit too: Mills and Cate may be related.
Mrs. Mills is supposedly a Cate.
Can elections be voided ?
According to TCA 8-18-101 those who are defaulters to the treasury of the state, county, district, or circuit at the time of the election, the election of any such person shall be void. Does the law director have the guts to check out this statute and enforce it ?
A very good question, but on
A very good question, but on the other hand, the law director was unable to follow the County Charter rules on how to conduct the procedures on January 31. Nor was he able to control Commission with the swearing in procedures. Which leads one to naturally assume that he approved of the methodology.
I'm not holding my breath.