Last Monday, in this Exclusive Investigative Report, I exposed that Sam Brown, a prospective candidate (he filed a qualifying petition the Thursday before) for Knoxville City Council would not be able to run due to having 4 $10,000 fine and a $500 fine for failure to file 4 financial disclosures in his failed 2020 Democrat State Senate Primary. Brown withdrew on Tuesday as I reported here and the daily paper #TheBigMetalShedontheHill along with Compass failed to report who had the Exclusive Investigative report. Of course at the daily paper, they make a $999 million dollar typo and only correct it after I have pointed out that the Knox County budget is a $1 Billion budget not $1 Million as the reporter quoted Mayor Jacobs.

So, now let’s go a step further and report the ones on the Persons Ineligible to Qualify list, I know of one person that has passed, I will not report him. If there are others that I am unaware have passed, my apologies. This is from the nine page list (the State of Tennessee.)

The listing is the ones from Knox County: Keith Britt failed to file a annual Mid-Year Supplemental 2023 $10,000; Sam Brown failed to file 3rd quarter 2020, 4th quarter 2020, annual mid year supplemental 2021 and annual year end supplemental 2021, each fine is $10,000 for a $40,000 fine; former Knox County Commissioner Amy Broyles a $25 fine and a failure to file Year-End Supplemental 2016 for a $10,000 fine; R. Deno Cole a $500 fine, a year end Supplemental Bank Statement 2023 for a $1,500 fine; former County Commissioner Rudy Dirl with a $50 fine; I presume it is the former Knox County Trustee John Duncan with a $50 fine; David Garrett with a $150 fine; David Hayes (I presume to be the former City Council candidate) failure to file an annual mid year Supplemental 2021 for a $10,000 fine; Faith Hudgins with a $75 fine; Chris Jones failed to file a Year-End Supplemental 2013 no amount listed; Michael McKamey failure to file 3rd quarter 2016 and 4th quarter 2016 two $10,000 fines for $20,000 total; Hannah Parton failed to file annual mid year supplemental 2023, Pre-General 2022, 4th quarter 2022 two $10,000 fines for a total of $20,000; Schree Pettigrew a $250 fine, a failure to file Mid-Year Supplemental 2009 for $10,000 fine. Total $10,250; former State Rep. Rick Staples (which the daily paper wore out this story, they must not have liked Staples) $26,640.

Now there is a second list, it is the failure to file a Statement of Interest. As an elected official you must file this annually (for the daily paper that means every year) and as a candidate you are required to file as well. There are only 27 names on the ist Statewide and the only from Knox is Sam Brown $500 fine.

There are names from surrounding counties, I may follow up at a later date with those. There are a lot from Shelby County.