Why Whitt
Whitt Shuford for Claiborne County Mayor
“He'll run the county like he runs the farm — planned for the long haul, tight with the money, and approachable to his neighbors.”
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A budget planned in decades, not fiscal years
Farmers don't plant for one year's yield, and a county shouldn't budget for one. Eight years as your First District Commissioner — including Chairman of the Finance Committee — Whitt pushed the county toward long-range budget planning and won new fund balance guidelines that protect taxpayers in lean years.
- Finance Committee Chairman, Claiborne County Commission
- Won county fund balance guidelines; championed long-range budget planning
- University of Tennessee graduate, Agricultural Economics
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Leaner government that costs you less
Whitt makes payroll at Whitt's Place and works a century farm — he knows every dollar the county spends came off somebody's table. He sponsored the resolution to cut the county commission from 21 seats to 11: a government that's easier to watch, cheaper to run, and able to get things done.
- Sponsored the resolution downsizing the commission from 21 seats to 11
- Championed keeping farmland taxes low — farmers understand property taxes
- Owner-operator, Whitt's Place — locally raised food on Claiborne County tables
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Straight answers — and one county
When neighbors couldn't get answers on the South Claiborne data center, Whitt demanded them. That's what uniting the county looks like: everybody gets a straight answer and everybody gets a seat. As mayor he'll build working partnerships with the Commission, our four cities, the schools, the Road Department, and businesses large and small.
- Demanded transparency for residents on the South Claiborne data center
- Weekly listening sessions: Porch Sittin' with Whitt, Tuesdays & Thursdays
- Goal #1: uniting Claiborne County while moving it forward
Lifelong Claiborne Countian · Century Farmer · Small Business Owner · Married 25 years · Two children, one grandson