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."