Briggs Campaign Consultant Back in the News
Rick Briggs, announced candidate to challenge State Senator Stacey Campfield is back on the editorial page today with this in the Big Metal Shed on the Hill.
Category: 2013
Leuthold Evades McElroy Question
Craig Leuthold, the Interim Trustee (isn’t the title Trustee a position for an incarcerated aka jailed inmate) appeared this morning on WBIR’s Inside Tennessee. Panelist Jack McElroy asked Leuthold about his involvement in 2007...
Knox County Commissioners Cost Us TaxPayers $47,000 in an Excess Payment
On Monday when Rick Briggs enriched the son of his campaign treasurer and when he joined with a couple of Black Wednesday Commissioner and a Commissioner that has plead Guilty to a crime of...
TN Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey Will be in Knoxville Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Thursday July 25, 2013) at 6:30 p.m. the Knox County Young Republicans will meet at Calhoun’s on the River. The featured Guest Speaker will be TN Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. Also tomorrow (Thursday...
GOP Help Is On The Way Or NOT
Today’s Tennessean has this story about an initiative TN Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney has unveiled. “Red to the Roots” is an organized effort to identify and field local candidates for local court and...
Now We Know Who Was Responsible For the Campfield Calls
Today’s front page story on the Knoxville News Sentinel reveal that Ben Farmer of Cyragon, LLC was the instigator of the State Senator Stacey Campfield robo calls. Farmer is the only financially disclosed recipient...
Commission Chairman Norman Needed to Go Home or Somewhere
Commission Chairman Tony Norman first nominated and voted on the first vote for Former Trustee Chief of Staff Bill Curtis. On the second vote he voted for Former Rush Fitness Center CFO Mike Manning....
Ole Fashioned REPUBLICAN Picnic
Today was ole fashioned REPUBLICAN politicing at Fountain City Park. Many candidates and officeholders were present. County Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs who is an announced candidate to oppose State Senator Stacey Campfield was a...
What Is The Trustee Talk?
Since Monday’s 12 interviews for Knox County Trustee by the Knox County Commission silence has fallen. There is some thought that Former County Commissioner and Trustee Supervisor Craig Leuthold and Current Commissioner Ed Shouse...
Tea Party is aka Kleenex or Coca Cola! Yeah Right!
There is an article in today’s USA Today that says that an IRS defense was made to a Congressional committee that tea party was a generic term for any group that may use political...
