Since December 2020, Knoxville Attorney Gary Prince has been representing Knox County Sheriff Tom Spangler and the Knox County Sheriff’s Department in FOUR employees grievance hearings. Although, at one time (and maybe still today) the Sheriff has three Attorney’s on payroll. Mike Ruble, Carlton Bryant and former District Attorney General Randy Nichols.
Attorney Gary Prince speaking to the Merit System Council
In December 2020 and January 2021 two separate invoices for $13,079.00 on a grievance that either got settled or was dropped by the employee before a hearing.
In March 2021 two invoices and April 2021 one invoice for $32,062.20 In May 2021 one invoice for $2,739.00 and in June 2021 two invoices for $5,125.00 for a GRAND TOTAL of $39,890.20 and the hearing keeps getting postponed and rescheduled on the Martha Dooley complaint.
In April 2021, an invoice for $1,895.50, in May 2021 an invoice for $1,128.00 for a GRAND TOTAL of $3,023.50 for a hearing on John Ivan Harmon complaint scheduled for December 2021.
In April an invoice for $1,435.00 and a May 2021 invoice for $628.00 for a GRAND TOTAL 0f 2,063.50 for a hearing on Raymond Scott Moore complaint scheduled for October 2021.
So let’s break down the payments by month, just for fun.
December 2020 $5,547.50
January 2021 $7,531.50
March 2021 $22,789.20
April 2021 $12,568.00
May 2021 $4,495.00
June 2021 $5,125.00
for a GRAND TOTAL of $58,056.20
Oh and let us not miss that Tom Spangler’s Campaign Financial Disclosure of July 14, 2021 that Gary M. Prince Attorney in Knoxville on May 13, 2021 gave a $1,000 campaign contribution to Spangler’s 2022 re-election campaign. Screenshot of the relevant page below, the entire 7/14/2021 report is here.
page 4 of Tom Spangler’s 7/14/2021 Campaign Financial Report listing campaign contributors.
