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The Guv’s Race Isn’t The Only Game In Town

By Kleinheider Posted on July 16, 2009 at 10:14 am

Michael Cass brings the fundraising totals of the candidates for Juvenile COurt ClerK;

In the Davidson County Juvenile Court clerk’s race, David Smith leads with $25,074 on hand after raising $28,483 in the reporting period that ended June 30. Smith works for General Sessions Court Judge Casey Moreland and is also a licensed real estate agent.

Other candidates include Metro school board member Karen Johnson, who raised $3,990 and had $2,802 on hand at the end of the month; Metro Councilwoman Vivian Wilhoite, who raised $1,460 and had $1,160 in her account, and incumbent Vic Lineweaver, the clerk since 2002, who raised nothing, said Joan Nixon, chief election deputy at the Davidson County Election Commission.

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6 Responses to “The Guv’s Race Isn’t The Only Game In Town”

  1. B writes
    July 16th, 2009 10:33 am

    Can someone explain to me why we need a seperate, elected, juvenile court clerk? Can we have the Juvenile Court Judge appoint? Couldn’t Torrence or Rooker’s office handle it if we have to have an elected official do it?

    Just seems to be a wasted job for hacks to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in a pointless county wide election.

  2. GoldnI writes
    July 16th, 2009 10:37 am

    Just seems to be a wasted job for hacks to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in a pointless county wide election.

    I rather like the David Smith pens though. I’ve got about 5 or 6 of them now. I swear, that guy is everywhere!

  3. The Real Turd Ferguson writes
    July 16th, 2009 10:43 am

    DAVID SMITH FOR PRESIDENT!

  4. Sherri writes
    July 16th, 2009 10:02 pm

    Gee, where do I start. Prior to 1990….The Juvenile Court Clerk was appointed by the Juvenile Court Judge. However, The Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee ruled that the Juvenile Court Clerk should be an elected position (independant) and not controlled by the Judge. In other words….The Fox should not be in control of the “Hen-House”….so to speak. The Supreme Court “Statute” requires that this position is to be maintained separate from the Court.

  5. Sherri writes
    July 16th, 2009 10:15 pm

    David Smith is the Candidate to watch in this race and it has nothing to do with the amount of money he has raised. David is the only Candidate in this race with actual hands on experience. Sure, Karen Johnson may have her business degree…..that she never fails to remind us of. Most of our Politicians in Washington are graduates of Harvard or Yale. We all know were that gets us. The Clerks Office needs someone who understands the flow of legal documents, has common sense and will be there to see the job gets done. I cannot think of anyone who would be better suited for that position than David Smith.

  6. Naoko writes
    August 5th, 2009 11:18 am

    uh, seems like Judge Casey Moreland was the one featured in a recent newspaper article about him and his employees not coming to work. So if David was Juv Court Clerk, it’d be ‘here comes the new boss just like the old boss.’ We need someone who will show up to work in that office. He is not the one.

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