Interestingly enough, Bud Armstrong was a Knox County Commissioner at the time of Jarret’s appointment. Armstrong actually voted for Jarret to be the law director on three separate votes. Jarret recalls that Armstrong told him Joe, I am voting for you because your the most qualified, although they don’t want me to.
So, where do these guys come from?
Armstrong a former TVA employee is a native Knox Countian. He too was appointed by the Knox County Republican Party Eighth District Delegates to be the Republican nominee for a Special Election to fill the Eighth District County Commission seat that was vacated by former Commissioner Phil Ballard. He won that election and in 2010 he failed in challenging Ed Shouse for an at large County Commission seat. Armstrong has been licensed in Tennessee since 2008.
Juvenile, General Sessions and Circuit Court Clerk Catherine Ann “Cathy” Quist has received a lot of encouragement to run for Law Director. Prior to her election in 1998 as Juvenile, General Sessions and Circuit Court Clerk, she worked as Deputy Law Director in the law department. Her responsibilities included advising the Knox County School System. She has been licensed in Tennessee since 1988.
Certainly, should Quist make the decision to jump into the law directors race, it will be a game changer.
