Our quest to learn more about the County Com­mis­sion can­di­dates con­tin­ues on with Eve­lyn Gill. She is run­ning for County Com­mis­sioner in Dis­trict 1 Seat A.

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

Evelyn GillMy name is Eve­lyn Gill, I am run­ning for County com­mis­sioner, Dis­trict 1 Seat A

The upcom­ing elec­tions presents an extra­or­di­nary oppor­tu­nity for the cit­i­zens of Knox County VOTE for CHANGE and NEW LEADERSHIP.

I want to be the rep­re­sen­tive for this Dis­trict. My qual­i­fi­ca­tions include 13+ years of civic and com­mu­nity expe­ri­ence. I have a Mas­ters in Pub­lic Admin­is­tra­tion from Rut­gers Uni­ver­sity and a Bach­e­lors in Polit­i­cal Sci­ence from Touga­loo Col­lege. I am cur­rently in my fourth year as a Spe­cial Edu­ca­tion Teacher with Knox County Schools.

I am run­ning for this posi­tion because ALL con­stituents in Dis­trict 1 Seat A deserves to have a qual­i­fied and pro­fes­sional rep­re­sen­ta­tive who will act on their behalf. I envi­sion the Commissioner’s role as one who is acces­si­ble, respon­sive and a good lis­tener.

My plat­form include:

1.) Sus­tain­able Eco­nomic Revi­tal­iza­tion
Devel­op­ing a com­pre­hen­sive eco­nomic plan that cap­tures the unique fab­ric of each indi­vid­ual com­mu­nity so each com­mu­nity poten­tial can be reached. (Areas include: hous­ing, busi­ness devel­op­ment, train­ing, edu­ca­tion and envi­ron­men­tal issues).

2.) Stronger Pub­lic Schools
Retain­ing qual­i­fied teach­ers by offer­ing com­pet­i­tive salaries and afford­able health insur­ance options. Also mak­ing sure resources are allo­cated to address both the rig­ors of aca­d­e­mic suc­cess as well as employ­able skills for the work­force.

3.) Cleaner, Safer Neigh­bor­hoods
More equi­table dis­tri­b­u­tion of resources that would address these issues:
Crime, Lit­ter, over­grow lots and vacant build­ing to name a few…
Address­ing these issues are a start all of which will enhance over­all com­mu­nity VALUE and PRIDE

4.) Acces­si­ble & Respon­si­ble Gov­ern­ment
Act Pro­fes­sion­ally
Be will­ing to lis­ten to ALL con­stituents of the Dis­trict 1 Seat A
Act fis­cally respon­si­ble with tax­payer dol­lars
Be open and acces­si­ble to all citizens

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?

As Com­mis­sioner:
I will not engage in behav­ior that is unpro­fes­sional and uneth­i­cal..

I will not act as if I had all the answers…

I will not act as if I can do this job with­out the assis­tance of my constituents…

3. What 5 things could you not live without?

I can­not live with­out the fol­low­ing:

1.) My hus­band, Michael
2.) My cir­cle of fam­ily and friends
3.) 100% Colom­bian Cof­fee
4.) My Gar­den
5.) Vin­tage Clothes