On February 1, 2016 Knox Co Mayor Tim Burchett filed a campaign finance disclosure with the Knox Co Election Commission. According to that campaign financial disclosure a payment was made to a firm called Elite Technology Group for his website. It is believed as you will see below that Elite Technology Group is a Lenoir City, TN firm.
A page from Mayor Tim Burchett’s 2/1/2016 campaign financial disclosure indicating a website payment to Elite Technology. The domain expired in late April 2016.
There is no date for the payment, it also lacks the detailed data that the form requests. If the financial disclosure is in chronological order, the Mayor’s chili dog event was around December 11, 2015, according to media reports. The payment to Elite was just before the payment for the chi dog event. The ElectBurchett.Com domain expired and was purchased in late April 2016.
Media coverage of the Mayor’s chili dog event for law enforcement.
Elite Technology Group in Lenoir City. Believed to be the company Mayor Burchett utilized for his campaign website.
The last tweet from Elite Technology Group was in August 2015
Current Treasurer appointment form for Elect Buechett.
The first campaign finance treasurer designation for Elect Burchett in 2009
In 2012, Mayor Burchett was required to be represented by counsel over alleged irregularities for 2010 campaign finance disclosures. Those allegations were brought by Pam Strickland, a free lance writer published in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Sworn complaint by Pam Strickland about Burchett’s 2010 campaign finance disclosure.
The 9/5/2012 minutes of the panel deciding the 2010 campaign finance irregularities by electburchett.
The10/23/2012 minutes of the panels action on the alleged campaign finance irregularities
Of course what a lot of people miss is that this campaign finance incident was not Burchett’s first campaign finance alleged irregularity. On 2/14/2007 Director Drew Rawlins presented a cross indexing report where Burchett failed to report a couple PAC contributions.
Minutes from the 2/14/2007 meeting showing Burchett failed to report PAC contributions.
Minutes from the 3/14/2007 meeting where the board ruled on Burchett’s failed reporting.
Then on June 11, 2008 again Burchett appeared on the cross indexing report for failing to report 3 PAC contributions. He faced a $10,000 civil fine.
The cross indexing reports on the 6/11/2008 minutes.
The minutes of 8/13/2008 where the panel accessed a $250 civil fine for Burchett failing to report 3 PAC contributions
So, cue the Burchett defense, “he don’t like me.” If taking public documents and shining the light for the public makes him feel that I don’t like him. So be it. I report what the doxuments say and let the public decide. It is the role of a Watchdog, he only thinks its hostility. As for any prayers offered for me real or flippantl, I appreciate them.
Also, let it be noted that I served as Chairman of the Knox County Republican Party from March 2005 until March 2007. During a time that Burchett benefitted from the leadership I provided during his 2006 campaign. Surely not someone I would, “not like”
The Knox County “How to Steal Manifesto” is clear Brian…..Section 13.a.c: When exposed, the best defense is to act coy and condescending toward the accuser. Statements such as, “He is a troubled young man”, or “He doesn’t like me and has an ax to grind”, or “He has an agenda and this is all personal” or the all time favorite “All I can say is someone spending their time on such trivial and irrelevant things is someone I obviously will be praying for.”
The list of crooked politicians in Knox County from Mike Lowe to Mike Ragsdale have been very proficient with implementing the manifesto, and are in fact rumored to have co-authored the manifesto during the Ashe Administration.
The list of Ashetonians is quite long and illustrious……Ashe himself, Joe May, Mike Ragsdale, Mike Arms, Harry Tindell, Bud Gilbert, Tim Burchett et al…..so surely you aren’t shocked are you?
Next they will follow with Section 13.a.d: Follow up the labeling campaign of patronizing the media as instructed previously with the stated diversionary tactics with a statement declaring the entire event ridiculous…using such statements as…..”Move along folks, there’s nothing to see here!”.