UNICOI COUNTY COURT CLERK RESIGNS

Thursday, May 24, 2007
by Duane Nelson

MORE CONTROVERSY IN UNICOI COUNTY. NEWLY APPOINTED CIRCUIT COURT CLERK DANA CAMPBELL IS CALLING IT QUITS AFTER BEING ON THE JOB JUST ONE DAY. CAMPBELL TURNED IN HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION YESTERDAY. COUNTY LEADERS REPORTEDLY TRIED TO CONVINCE HIM TO STAY. MAYOR GREG LYNCH IS ONE OF THOSE WHO WAS GLAD THAT CAMPBELL WAS GIVEN THE JOB....

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FORMER CLERK CHRISTY HOWARD RESIGNED NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER CITING STRESS FROM A RECENT TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION PROBE OF THE OFFICE. FORMER CLERK GREGG MASTERS PLED GUILTY RECENTLY IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN GREENEVILLE TO EMBEZZLING OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.