Greetings Tennessee!
I have created this blog to communicate with the people of Knox County, Tennessee concerning issues of importance to the county and to the State of Tennessee.
I am running for State Representative for Tennessee House District 18. District 18 covers parts of western Knox County, on the north and south sides of I-40. It also covers parts of south Knox County, going almost out to Seymour.
In the upcoming election, I hope to meet many of you, and hear your concerns about the state and national governments. I share the concerns of many of you. Economically, our nation is a mess. If we don't take action now, the dollar is going to come down, and destroy our standard of living. We, as a people, need to collectively address these problems while there is still time.
First, a little about my background. I am a lawyer by training. I practiced law for nearly thirty years.
During this time, I was involved in some fairly high-profile cases. In 2015, I sued the federal government for collecting our e-mail without a warrant. In the case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit gave me standing to pursue these claims. On remand, the U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh dismissed the case. I took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, D.C.. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case. This created an important precedent, and put the court on record as to where they stood.
In 2016, I worked with a group of students who were seeking to prevent the closing of Sweet Briar College, located in southern Virginia. The case involved a dispute over thousands of acres of undeveloped land, controlled by Sweet Briar College for more than a century. The land was worth nearly $1 billion, and was located just outside the Washington, D.C. area. I obtained the injunction that kept Sweet Briar College open, and the land in the hands of the college. The school is under better management today.
Since 2018, I have been engaged in litigation with a group of court-insiders, located in Knox County. These people attacked my license to practice law -- to obtain a $200,000 payment for themselves. When I filed an ethics complaint against these people, the Tennessee courts entered an order saying that I would NOT be permitted to present evidence to defend my license, or reputation. That order has been in place for just over three years -- with no hearing on my license.
I complained about this self-dealing conduct to the State legislature. Coincidentally, my adversary in this election is the Vice Chair of the Judiciary Committee, at the Tennessee General Assembly. As of this date, she has refused to take action against the self-dealing in the Tennessee court system. I am therefore asking the people of Knox County for their vote, so that we can collectively improve the government in Nashville.
In this blog, we will be addressing bigger issues, as well. We need to address the U.S. dollar in the State of Tennessee, while we still have time.
