?iKxn:rx Glommizzixm TONY NORMAN mano July 19, 2012 Mike Edwards President and CEO, Knoxville Chamber 17 Market Square, Ste. 201 Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 Mike: Given the Chamber's recent involvement in 2 signiicant political/lobbying effo1?ts, in my office of Commissioner, I feel it would be in your organization's best interest, in the best interests of the taxpayers, and as a response to requests of my constituents for you to provide financial information about these recent campaigns and the Chambe1?'s Enances in general. Please include in your first financial report (an itemized Statement of Revenue and Expenses) detailing all revenues (indicating whether the revenue is &om Private or Govemmental funding) and all expenses. Also, please supply an itemized statement of all associated expenses for your effort to promote the recent Knox County School Board Budget $35 Million increase) and the percentage of these expenses as a percentage of your total operating expense budget. If these expenses were paid from your 50l(c)(3) arm, as stated by you in the press (The Partnership Initiatives Fund, formerly known as the Downtown Organization), then I request a printout of all revenues and expenditures fiom that organization. Also, the taxpayers will want to know why you changed the principal county of PIF to Anderson County. 3520 Peachwood Road Knoxville, Tennessee ({7921 (865) 594-4477 (Office) (865) 524-4301 (Home) page 2 In keeping with this theme I would also appreciate a similar report as regards the efforts to overturn and/or amend the Ridgetop Plan. Therefore, I am requesting that the Chamber provide a financial report (a Statement of Revenue and Expenses) detailing all revenues (indicating whether the revenue is from Private or Govemrnental frmding) and all expenses incurred in the effort to prevent the passage of the Ridgetop Plan, as recommended to the Knox County Commission by the Ridgetop Task Force. Also, please include the same statement of expenses and revenues for the process to amend said Plan by way of the so called "Briggs Amendrnent" including an itemized statement of all payments to all attomeys. Finally, please provide copies of your audited financial reports and tax retruns ii?om 2008 . -- nt as well as those of the Partnership Initiatives Fund. Regards, of TONY NORMAN