BIG DAY!!

TEAM JARNAGIN has a big weekend coming up! I will see a lot of you Saturday morning @ 7:30 a.m.! Looking forward to it! THEN....Saturday evening is the RALLY and CONCERT!! Let me say that I am so pumped. Can't wait to see Cody McCarver perform. If you haven't already, check out his website. This definitely promises to be a great time. We've got some great food vendors coming. Make sure you bring a chair! The rally starts at 4:00 p.m. If you haven't already, swing by the courthouse to early vote to RE-ELECT YOUR SHERIFF ESCO JARNAGIN. Early voting today until 6:30 p.m. and tomorrow until noon. See you guys tomorrow!

POSITIVE OUTLOOK

I woke up this morning with a much more positive feeling than I had yesterday. A good night's sleep is so helpful on perspective. I refuse to let the negativity affect my daily routine! I have always been a positive person. That said, EARLY VOTING ENDS THIS SATURDAY THE 31ST!! The General Election is exactly one week away!!! I think all the hard work TEAM JARNAGIN has put in will pay off. Thanks again for all of the encourgement, prayers, and support. Let's continue promoting the best qualified candidate SHERIFF JARNAGIN during this last week. If you haven't voted in early voting, there's still time. Make your vote count! Cast your vote to RE-ELECT YOUR SHERIFF ESCO JARNAGIN!! Also, remeber the Rally and Concert Saturday!! I know we'll have a great time and look forward to seeing Cody McCarver perform. Hope to see everyone there. Hope everyone has a great day filled with the optimism that I have! This picture I included is of Hank waiting for Daddy to return from early voting! My future Republican!

SHAME ON YOU

I received a text forward today from a friend and found it seriously disturbing. The text mentioned an illness of a deputy and stated that Sheriff Jarnagin had not contacted the person who is ill to express his concern. Then it promotes Sheriff Jarnagin's opponent. The text was unsigned. Shame on you, whoever you are, that started this text. I find it disgusting that anyone would use someone's illness for political gain. The text does request prayer for the ill person. My prayers and my family's prayers are with him and his family during this difficult time.

UPTOWN DOWNTOWN!

TEAM JARNAGIN had a great time last night at the Mainstreet Festival. It was hot, hot, hot! The band was really great. I always enjoy the Mainstreet Festival. It's a fun community event. It's always great to see Sheriff Jarnagin's supporters out and about. We also enjoy meeting new folks and informing them why they should vote to re-elect Sheriff Jarnagin. We gave away quite a few yard signs and T-Shirts. Thanks to all who support loud and proud! It was Chief Deputy Wayne Mize's wife Sharon's birthday, and she chose to help with the event. Thanks and love you Sharon! We also handed out flyers promoting the upcoming campaign rally and FREE CONCERT FEATURING CODY MCCARVER. I'm so looking forward to this event coming up July 31st at 4:00p.m.! See you guys there! Also don't forget that this coming week is the last week to EARLY VOTE. Remember, YOUR VOTE COUNTS! Make yours count to RE-ELECT ESCO JARNAGIN!

*HONESTY* INTEGRITY* ACCOUNTABILITY*

These are what Sheriff Esco Jarnagin promised the citizens of Hamblen County when he was elected in 2006. These were not just words spoken, but promises kept to the people who elected Esco Jarnagin. Sheriff Jarnagin's opponent would have you to believe that the high turnover rate at HCSD is indicative of lack of leadership. In fact, it's the opposite. Someone made a quote at our last HCRW meeting. It went something like this, "Sometimes you have to crack a few eggs before you get an omelet." I like this quote. Sheriff Jarnagin has kept his promise to provide Hamblen County with accountability and transparency under his administration by not tolerating waste or corruption. Esco Jarnagin is the best qualified candidate to continue to serve as our Sheriff. His qualifications listed on the side bar of my blog are not requirements to maintain his position. Esco Jarnagin is a graduate of ETSU with a degree in Criminal Justice. Putting himself through college and raising a family while working full time shows the commitment and love he has for law enforcement. Sheriff Jarnagin is committed to Hamblen County because he loves his community and wants to see our children educated and raised in a safe environment. By the way, I need to change the Accomplishments post to read, 30 METH LABS BUSTED TO DATE. Kudos to the officers at HCSD for working together to keep these folks out of our neighborhoods and behind bars! Sheriff Jarnagin has made progress within the Hamblen County Sheriff's Department! Let's work together to make sure this progress continues for the betterment of Hamblen County! GET OUT AND VOTE!! LET'S GO WITH ESCO AGAIN!

VOTE REPUBLICAN! VOTE JARNAGIN!

We had our Hamblen County Republican Women's meeting last night. Over 1600 people had voted as of yesterday. Not sure what the totals are of today. Recently, I was nominated and accepted the role of Corresponding Secretary with the Hamblen County Republican Women. I am excited about this role and serving my club in this capacity. I am a proud Republican and feel that as a party we are not only promoting Republican candidates, we are promoting THE BEST, MOST QUALIFIED candidates in our local and state elections! These are exciting times!! I encourage all of you to VOTE REPUBLICAN and VOTE TO RE-ELECT YOUR SHERIFF ESCO JARNAGIN!!!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

In defense of my father-in-law's character, I felt I needed to post the following:

I will AGAIN reiterate that TEAM JARNAGIN will continue to run a positive, clean campaign. I guess I should rephrase myself and say "try" to run a positive, clean campaign. This will get a little negative, my sincere apologies, but enough is enough. I'm sure most of you received Ernie Burzell's mailout. Let me first say that our last name is spelled J-A-R-N-A-G-I-N. Let me also say that, naturally, burglaries and thefts are up because the economy is down. Learned that in my sociology class. So here's the negative. Mr. Burzell's allegations that the campaign has been financed with drug money are unfounded and pure slander. Seriously?! It's obvious that Mr. Burzell's uneducated allegations have no merit and I will not address those. Ernie Burzell doesn't list qualifications, education, or anything at all to promote himself in this mail out or at any other time. If he was as concerned with statistics and public safety and he says he is, he would have made more than 6 arrests in 4 years... That's public record folks. Mr. Burzell states that he will be a "proactive leader" at the Hamblen County Sheriff's Department. This would be believeable save for this: (You will have to copy and paste. My apologies for not being able to provide the link) http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jun/04/teen-testifies-ex-hamblen-deputy-lift-shirt/ . This is an article published in the Knoxville News Sentinel. As Dexter Morris's supervisor, disciplinary action should have been taken and correctly reported through the chain of command. This would have been the "proactive" approach of a leader. I will not attack Ernie's character. The mail out and article speak volumes. You will probably continue to hear the negativity from the other camp. As for Team Jarnagin, will continue to promote the best qualified candidate to continue to serve as your Hamblen County Sheriff and provide facts only. It is our civic duty to be informed of the candidates we cast a vote to elect. It matters who governs. In the words of Forest Gump, "That's all I have to say about that."

EARLY VOTING JULY 16TH - JULY 31ST!

AND SO IT BEGINS!!! I encourage all to get out and VOTE TO RE-ELECT YOUR SHERIFF ESCO JARNAGIN!! I challenge you, before you cast your vote, to watch the debate at www.morristownhamblencfa.com, read Sheriff Jarnagin's qualifications and accomplishments and decide who is best qualified to serve as your Hamblen County Sheriff. That person is Esco Jarnagin. Esco Jarnagin will continue to provide professionalism and promote accountability at HCSD. Team Jarnagin will continue to run a positive, clean campaign. Discounting his opponent is not necessary because Sheriff Jarnagin has promotable qualifications and accomplishments. Through this blog, hopefully, I have informed the citizens of Hamblen County of the qualifications, accomplishments, and character of Esco Jarnagin. Remember, your vote counts! Early voting will be from July 16th through July 31st. Let's vote to ensure Sheriff Jarnagin is re-elected. See you at the polls!!!

RALLY WITH CODY MCCARVER!!

THE CAMPAIGN TO RE-ELECT SHERIFF ESCO JARNAGIN PRESENTS CODY MCCARVER!!! LIVE IN CONCERT AT FRED MILLER PARK SATURDAY JULY 31ST!! Rally begins at 4:00 p.m. with Cody taking stage soon after. This is a free concert. Come out, meet and greet Sheriff Esco Jarnagin and listen to great music by Cody McCarver. For those of you unfamiliar with Cody, check out his website at www.codymccarver.com! Can't wait! Come and bring a friend. See you guys there!!

FUN WEEKEND

My friend Taryn from Greenville, SC came to town this weekend. Though Taryn has supported from afar, she officially donned a shirt and campaigned with Team Jarnagin! Thanks, Taryn for supporting loud and proud! We had a fun weekend catching up and she caught a glimpse of how hard we are working. We put out several requested signs over the weekend. It's not too late!! If you need a sign, please shoot me an email at votejarnagin@yahoo.com and we will see that you have one. If you would like to show your support by helping knock on doors please also let us know. Share with your friends that you support the most qualified candidate, Esco Jarnagin! Thanks to all who have helped and are currently helping with the campaign. I have posted some pics of Taryn's visit and some others from the past few weeks. See you soon!

Happy 4th of July!!

Sheriff Jarnagin and family would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July!! Remember: FREEDOM ISN'T FREE! Thanks to our veterans and our troops serving overseas who continue fighting for the freedom that we all enjoy. I encourage everyone to reflect upon this today and enjoy the freedoms that we have. We have a right in this country that many others have died for: THE RIGHT TO VOTE! Exercise this right that so many have given their lives to protect. Early voting begins July 16th with the General Election taking place on August 5th.

It has come to my attention that there has been some exchange of email stating that the neighborhoods of Hamblen County are not safe because there are only two road officers on the road at any given time and that the Sheriff operates on a budget of more that $2 million dollars higher than the previous budget with less staff and a high turnover rate. These are the same accusations made during the debate.

First of all, the information and mud-slinging provided by Sheriff candidate Ernie Burzell is false. For those of you that have HCSD calendars you can look at the pictures. In the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie units, there are 4 officers. In the Delta unit, there are 5 officers. Yes, I'm sure if there is leave taken, someone is sick, this can leave 2 officers on the road. HCSD collaborates in these instances with the City of Morristown. Rest assured that your neighborhoods are a safer place because 29 working meth labs have been busted to date. As many of you have read in the Citizen Tribune, Sheriff Jarnagin tried for some time to obtain a roster from the Civil Service Board so that he could promote and hire new officers that were desparately needed to operate the HCSD. When no roster was provided, Sheriff Jarnagin made those hires because HE IS CONCERNED WITH KEEPING OUR COUNTY SAFE! The budget is higher, because costs are higher. Mr. Burzell fails to mention that when Esco Jarnagin was elected that he petitioned the County Commission for 4 new officers. After this was approved, 2 of the officers were assigned the backlog of 8k warrants left from the previous admistration. Warrants are now served in a timely fashion. When the women's annex opened, 8 new officers were hired. The salaries of deputies are not king's ransom. In order to be in law enforcement, it must be a love of the person. Sheriff Jarnagin demands accountability, integrity, and professionalism from his deputies. If someone cannot uphold these qualities, can they adequately uphold and enforce the law? Daily operations, employee salaries, new equipment, and many more things account for the increased budget. Is it so bad that our law enforcement has adequate funding????

I'll leave you with this quote, "It Matters Who Governs." Can someone protect your civil rights if they are not sure what the term "civil rights" means??? That being said, we are trying to run a positive campaign. My blog is not to discount anyone, but to inform the citizens of Hamblen County of the accomplishments and qualifications of Sheriff Esco Jarnagin. Vote qualified. Vote proven leadership. VOTE TO RE-ELECT YOUR SHERIFF ESCO JARNAGIN.

PICTURES!

Here are some pictures. Some recent, some from a few months ago. There are some included from the Primary Election. Not much time tonight, but thought I would share these! Great weekend coming up!!! See you soon.