Tim Burchett

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Timothy Floyd Burchett (born August 25, 1964) is an American Republican politician, currently the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. He previously served in the Tennessee General Assembly, first at the Tennessee House of Representatives, where he represented District 18 of Tennessee. He then served in the Tennessee State Senate, where he represented the District of Tennessee 7, part of the Knox Territory. On August 5, 2010, Burchett was elected mayor of Knox County, replacing Mike Ragsdale. Burchett is currently a Republican nomination candidate for the 2nd congress district in Tennessee in the 2018 election, with John Duncan Jr. who has retired.

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Early life and education

Burchett is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was born in 1964 and attended the West Hills Primary School, Bearden High School, and Bearden High School. After graduating from Bearden High School in 1982, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned his B.S. degree in education.

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State legislative body

Burchett's first election for public office was in 1994, when he won a seat in the Tennessee Representative Council. He served at home for two two-year periods, from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, he was a successful candidate for a four-year term in the Tennessee State Senate, representing the 7th senator district. He replaced Clyde Coulter "Bud" Gilbert. He twice won a re-election to the state senate, with a total of three four-year periods, from 1999 to 2010.

Roadkill

In 1999, Burchett received national media attention to sponsor the bill to legalize the eating of the massacre, ie, wild animals killed by vehicles, before informing the county jail chief. He defended the proposal as a "sensible thing" meant to prevent the edible meat from being wasted. Eat roadkills are legal - as in most places - but prior notice is required to the county game warden. Burchett bill allows processing and consumption of roadkill before informing the match warden. Burchett proposed the bill after being contacted by a constituent who had been convicted of giving a poor family of meat from a deer accidentally hit on the highway.

Salvia divinorum

Senator Burchett sponsored the bill in 2006 to illegally "possess, manufacture, manufacture, distribute, or possess the intention to produce, manufacture or distribute active chemicals at the hallucinogenic plant of Salvia divinorum in the state of Tennessee.. "Burchett stated," We have enough problems with illegal drugs because without those who promote getting high than some of the glorified weeds raised from Mexico.The only people I hear from those who oppose making it illegal are those who get stoned. "The bill was signed into law on May 19, 2006 and entered into force on 1 July 2006. Burchett originally wanted to make a violation of the crime, but the bill was changed during his journey to make it Class A minor offense.

In a news report published shortly before the signing of the bill by Governor Phil Bredesen, Burchett was quoted as saying, "It's not so popular, but I'm one of those who believes in closing the barn door before the cow gets out.. In a certain hand, very dangerous, even deadly. "A shopkeeper who has stopped selling herbs because the Burchett bill said that he saw a minor point in banning salvia," I do not know why it is forbidden.This is a wise man.The people in South America have been using it for many years. "The same report also provides a common argument for salvia supporters that the law prohibiting Salvia divinorum reflects cultural bias, as there is less prohibition on more addictive substances such as alcohol and nicotine, and questioning how effective bills will be, indicating that Salvia divinorum has no odor and is easy to grow, so a enforcement will be difficult.

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Mayor Knox

Burchett became Mayor Knox in September 2010, replacing Mike Ragsdale, who left the office due to a deadline. Earlier that year, Burchett defeated former Knox County Sheriffs, Tim Hutchison in the main Republican Party and then Democrat Ezra Maize in the general election.

On February 10, 2012, Mayor Tim Burchett appeared on WBIR-TV and officially announced that the first "cash mass" in the district will be held at Emory 5 & amp; 10 stores in South Knoxville. Cash mobs get national attention, and are mentioned in TIME magazine.

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Bigfoot

Burchett declared November 16, 2012 as Bigfoot Knox Big Day. He is a Bigfoot hunter and aficionado of various conspiracies on this issue. Many of his campaign markers and stickers feature Bigfoot images.

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Controversy

Campaign financial irregularities

In 2006, Burchett, then a state senator, failed to report six political action committee checks totaling $ 3,300. The Election Financial Register does not justify it.

Two years later, in 2008, while still a State Senator, he was fined $ 250 for failing to disclose three PAC contributions totaling $ 1,500.

Four years later, in 2012, an investigation into the financial irregularities of campaigns involving the mayor campaign funds in Burchett Knox County began after Knoxville News Sentinel published a discrepancy in campaign finance reporting. The Sentinel News was assigned to lead their investigative reporter Mike Donila (now working for Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett) to cover up the story. The issue of campaign finance irregularities became an issue of government investigation when independent freelance writer Pam Strickland filed a citizen complaint with the Tennessee State Ethics Council. Strickland wrote a weekly column for News Sentinel . On September 6, 2012, a "show cause" was issued by the Tennessee State Ethics Council. Voting is 4-1. Burchett blames this third offense on his wife, who has filed for divorce. He was not married for the first two offenses. Unlike the first two violations, a full audit and investigation is ordered on this third violation, revealing that nearly $ 20,000 in campaign money has been misused for personal use. On October 23, 2012, the State Ethics Council decided not to take action against Burchett due to various corrective actions being added before the meeting.

In February 2018, Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Burchett had failed to report a $ 10,000 payment from a solar power company to him on the campaign finance form and various forms of financial disclosure. The story reports that two months earlier the Federal Bureau of Investigation has questioned people about Burchett doing income tax evasion. After the story broke out, Burchett gave a statement to the WBIR that he corrected errors in his campaign finance disclosure and income tax form, illustrating his failure to report all earnings as "oversight".

In 2013 and after his divorce, $ 900 in cash was left by unnamed person to Mayor Burchett on April 1, 2013. He was out of town and asked his main executive assistant, Diana Wilson, to deposit the money in his personal account. The bank was closed, so he kept the money in an envelope and left it under a mat on Burchett's desk. The next morning, Wilson discovers that the money is missing, and immediately notifies the authorities. After days of investigating, the money was not found and no suspects were developing. The local authorities told the mayor's chief of staff that they needed to interview all members of the mayor's staff. A few hours after being told about this, the police were told by the Burchett office that the money had been found. Although the money is said to have recovered, the circumstances around this money still seem rather suspicious. Police want to give polygraph to two Burchett staff members. He refused to allow polygraphs, and ended the investigation.

Twitter incident

Burchett received negative media attention in November 2012 for an item he posted on Twitter. During a soccer match that Tennessee Volunteers lost, he tweeted that he needed to get his niece (a high school soccer player hoping to be recruited by the university soccer program) "some tats and criminal records so UT would be interested." Following public criticism of the tweets criticizing the university football team in his area, Burchett said: "I do not think anyone reads that stupid thing, it's probably only about five minutes."

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Personal life

In June 2008, Tim Burchett married Allison Beaver in an impromptu ceremony conducted by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. This is her first marriage. Allison Burchett filed for divorce less than four years later, in April 2012, on the grounds of "irreconcilable differences"; the divorce was settled later that year.

In July 2014, Burchett married his girlfriend, Kelly Kimball.