$14,000
That’s how much the county will pay out to Cynthia Finch in accrued leave time with her final paycheck.
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Cynthia Finch resigns
We heard rumors of this all afternoon. Now iit’s been confirmed.
Finch resigned following a 90-minute meeting with Mayor Ragsdale’s Chief of Staff Mike Arms and Finance Director John Troyer. The mayor’s office said Finch had yet to put her resignation in writing.
The mayor’s office also declined to go into detail on what that meeting was [...]
Finch excludes WBIR journalist
The meeting Cynthia Finch had yesterday with Knox County Commissioners has been widely reported, but you might have missed this small tidbit: after the official meeting, she met with members of the press to talk further. All the major local media outlets were there, but she told WBIR’s backpack journalist (that’s new media speak for [...]
Read More..>>Cynthia Finch has a choice to make
Randy Neal breaks it down:
Cynthia Finch and staff have been given a choice of resigning from boards of community groups that receive HUD grants, or not overseeing HUD grants.
Do you think this solves Mayor Ragsdale’s Cynthia Finch problem?
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Cynthia Finch, Requitta Bone back in the news
Kay Watson takes a closer look at ties between Finch and several organizations receiving tax dollars:
Cynthia Finch is the Mayor’s Director of Community Services. Her office monitors county, state, and federal grant money distributed to dozens of organizations, including one run by her sister, Jacqueline Collins.
Tax documents recently filed by Collins for TennCorp Community Services [...]
Ragsdale still supports Finch
While support for Cynthia Finch may be eroding on County Commission, Mayor Ragsdale’s camp apparently still has her back:
The spokesman for Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, however, said Finch isn’t going anywhere.
“Based on everything we are aware of, there is nothing to suggest Cynthia has ever done anything for her personal gain,” Dwight Van [...]
More on the Cynthia Finch affair
The Knoxville News Sentinel weighs in.
(WBIR’s story from the weekend is here)
There’s been no change in Finch’s employment status, according to county spokesman Dwight Van de Vate.
“The letter clearly indicates that while we had some areas where there is room for improvement, a great deal of good work has been and continues to be [...]
Knox County must repay $33,450 HUD grant due to Cynthia Finch conflict
Kay Watson has the story:
Because the county did not comply with the conflict of interest requirements, HUD disallowed a grant of $33,454.04 made to Families Security, Inc.
A “disclosure notice” from the Mayor’s office also posted to the website Friday shows that group received the grant to provide health education services to low income households.
However, Families [...]
