Update: Eliz­a­beth Der­wort sub­mit­ted a more refined ver­sion of Mr. McMillan’s answers to us today. She stated: “For some rea­son I attached the wrong one and sent you the rough draft with spelling errors. I have attached the cor­rected doc­u­ment in hopes that you would be able to repost it. This is our error and not Mr. McMil­lans. We typed and sent the doc­u­ment for him, and failed to send the right one. I would hate for our error to neg­a­tively effect Mr. McMil­lan in any way. Could you please reply back or give me a call at the num­ber listed below to let me know if this is pos­si­ble?” The changes are reflected below.

Our 32nd inter­view has been con­ducted with Mike McMil­lan seek­ing your vote for Knox County Clerk.

1. Intro­duce your­self to Knoxville, who are you, and why are you running?

Mike McMillan My name is Mike McMil­lan and I live in East Knox County on land set­tled by my ances­tors before Ten­nessee became a state. I have a degree in polit­i­cal sci­ence and a Mas­ters in Edu­ca­tion from The Uni­ver­sity of Ten­nessee Knoxville. I have taught at Gibbs High School for more than 30 years. I am a for­mer County Com­mis­sioner deal­ing with more than a decade of Knox County bud­gets. I have seen the leg­isla­tive side of local gov­ern­ment and decided that I would like to be a part of the admin­is­tra­tive side. Given the present cir­cum­stances in Knox County, the can­di­dates for the office and my qual­i­fi­ca­tions, it became even more appar­ent that cit­i­zens needed some­one who had a record of trust. I also believe I am the best per­son to improve employee morale while offer­ing the best ser­vices pos­si­ble. I will require proof of the wheel tax exemp­tion which is not being done at present. I am not a part of any pre­vi­ous admin­is­tra­tion or any present polit­i­cal faction.

2. We think it’s bet­ter know­ing what not to do rather than hav­ing an exten­sive plan. What areas or inter­ests would ben­e­fit Knox County not to ven­ture into?

A) A) Knox County offi­cial should try to stay away from the bick­er­ing and indi­vid­ual attacks as much as pos­si­ble and work together for the ben­e­fit of the cit­i­zens.

B) Nepo­tism should be avoided in the future and dimin­ished as much as pos­si­ble now.

3. What 5 things could you not live without?

1. Fam­ily and friends.
2. The abil­ity to obtain new infor­ma­tion and inter­act with oth­ers.
3. My life in a rural set­ting with all the ani­mals, includ­ing the wildlife.
4. Music
5. Hope for life to bet­ter for the next generation.