Knoxify

64 con­cerned cit­i­zens are push­ing a reform effort con­tain­ing nine char­ter amend­ments that will hope­fully make it to the August 2008 ballot.

Ans­ley Haman of the News Sen­tinel writes:

…the group wants vot­ers to have more direct influ­ence over a smaller com­mis­sion; wants to pro­hibit county employ­ees from serv­ing on com­mis­sion; and wants the next county mayor and com­mis­sion to select admin­is­tra­tors for tax col­lec­tions, motor vehi­cle reg­is­tra­tions and other func­tions that are cur­rently over­seen by inde­pen­dently elected officeholders.

The Knox­ify guys received a direct press release from Cort­ney Piper — inter­viewed here — stat­ing her sup­port for the Knox Char­ter Peti­tion reform.

Now we’re curi­ous as to other Knox County elec­tion hope­fuls that may be sup­port­ing this petition.

(Knoxville, TN) Cort­ney Piper sup­ports the Knox County Char­ter amend­ments put forth by KnoxCharterPetition.com to trans­form our gov­ern­ment into a cit­i­zen dri­ven vehi­cle. Knox Coun­tians should be given the oppor­tu­nity to vote on the amend­ments to truly bring gov­ern­ment back to the peo­ple.

KnoxCharterPetition.com is rec­om­mend­ing nine changes to Knox County’s Char­ter that will cre­ate a struc­ture of gov­ern­ment that will rep­re­sent the needs of our com­mu­nity first and fore­most rather than cater­ing to polit­i­cal crony­ism.

Piper fully sup­ports KnoxCharterPetition.com’s nine requests to address nepo­tism, con­flict of inter­est, respon­sive­ness and account­abil­ity in our Leg­isla­tive Branch in addi­tion to nepo­tism, con­flict of inter­est, waste, fraud and abuse, cost sav­ings and account­abil­ity in the Exec­u­tive Branch.

These requests can be placed on the August bal­lot for Knox Coun­tains to vote on with a two-thirds vote from County Com­mis­sion.

Res­i­dents of Knox County deserve the oppor­tu­nity to vote and have their voice heard. Cort­ney Piper encour­ages Com­mis­sion to place the nine requests on the August bal­lot.

For more infor­ma­tion on the char­ter amend­ments visit www.KnoxCharterPetition.com

Cort­ney Piper is a Demo­c­rat can­di­date for County Com­mis­sion Seat 2B. She served on the Knox County One Ques­tion Steer­ing Com­mit­tee that was formed to restore the public’s trust and strengthen gov­ern­ment in Knox County. Knox County One Ques­tion Steer­ing Com­mit­tee mem­bers unan­i­mously approved these recommendations.