Pam Strickland: City Council donor lists raise eyebrows

The latest round of campaign finance disclosure forms that City Council candidates turned in to the Knox County Election Commission in the past week hold a wide variety of curiosities, so much so that I'm having a hard time deciding which is my favorite.

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Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

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