Elaine Davis was kind enough to be “Knox­i­fied”. She is run­ning for Knox County Com­mis­sioner, Seat 4A.

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

Elaine DavisMy name is Elaine Davis. I am a work­ing wife and mother of three and I am run­ning for Knox County Com­mis­sion, Dis­trict 4, Seat A. I am run­ning to bring a fresh per­spec­tive and an objec­tive voice to our gov­ern­ment. I have no polit­i­cal, busi­ness, or famil­ial ties to Knox County gov­ern­ment. I will be an inde­pen­dent voice for those who are not being heard in county gov­ern­ment. More­over, I am run­ning to restore trust and integrity to the office of com­mis­sion. The deci­sion that our offi­cials were term-limited, refused to give up their seats, sued to remain in office thereby vio­lat­ing their oath to uphold the char­ter, and then appoint­ing friends and fam­ily as replace­ments all cul­mi­nated in my mind to reaf­firm for me that deci­sions for our com­mu­nity were being made based upon elec­tabil­ity and not the con­cerns of the vot­ers.

My pri­or­i­ties are ethics, edu­ca­tion, effi­ciency, the envi­ron­ment, and eco­nomic devel­op­ment. Please go to my web­site to read fur­ther about me and my view­points. www.electelaine.com

I would like vot­ers to cast their bal­lot for me because they researched the can­di­dates – I want to win their vote. I want folks to to know that I will work hard. I want peo­ple to know that I will remem­ber their con­cerns and incor­po­rate their opin­ions into the deci­sions I make. I believe in the promise that this com­mu­nity holds. I want to be a part of cre­at­ing that bet­ter tomorrow.

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?

Just to name a few areas — the traf­fick­ing of ille­gal sub­stances to sub­si­dize devel­op­ment and/or porn.

3. What 5 things could you not live without?

1) Obvi­ously, my faith and my fam­ily are num­ber one.
2) I really enjoy stick­ing my toes in the warm wet sand on a hot sum­mer day while watch­ing my kids play in the ocean.
3) A great cup of joe. (I’m really dig­ging the Pep­per­mint Mocha at Star­bucks right now.)
4) Laugh­ter. 5) Uncon­di­tional love.