Lindsay Smith announces run for District 3 commission seat
LINDSAY SMITH
The district includes Andersonville, Fairview, Glen Alpine, and the city of Norris.
Smith lives in Andersonville, with her husband and two children. They have a small farm and own an investigative company. She and her husband investigate criminal and civil cases.
Most of the cases are appointed by the Administrative Office of the Courts. They also manage a team of investigators, licensed under their company. Lindsay Smith has been a licensed investigator for 11 years, and she has worked in the legal field for almost 15 years.
She has taken leave from investigations to focus on her children and to go door-to-door, speaking with community members about their concerns and how she can help. She has also spent many hours a month going to County Commission meetings, committee meetings, and board meetings so she can fully understand current issues, she said, adding that she “will be going in with more knowledge than most new commissioners,” if she is elected.
She graduated with a paralegal degree as Summa Cum Laude, with a 4.0 GPA. She received the Paralegal Studies of the Year Award, and was inducted into the National Paralegal Studies Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, and the Beta Alpha Chi Honor Society.
Further, she was appointed to the Paralegal Degree Board for the college as a student board member. She said she knows the inner workings of the legal field and how boards and committees function, according to announcement release. She also has knowledge in most topics that would come to commission.
Smith said she also does many things for the community. She coaches ages 3-6 cheerleaders at NAGAF.
Last year, she raised more than $9,400 in donations, and donated $1,000 for NAGAF, and held special cheer practices for cheerleaders who were exposed to COVID.
She said she also is the go-to-person for many things in her community. If someone needs a document notarized, she drives out and meets them, no matter what time and at no charge. She also picks up and transports injured animals to local wildlife rehabilitation centers.
When she is not doing all of that, she is herding loose cows and goats back through her neighbor’s fences and hiking the woods looking for local lost dogs. She is always willing to help with anything in her community, the release said.
Smith said, “County Commission is Anderson County’s legislative body. Commission sets the property tax rate, allocates money to county departments, sets zoning regulations and county ordinances, and votes on many other things that affect our lives and the future lives of our children.
“County government has more impact on us than the state and federal governments do. Being commissioner is one of the most important jobs and should not be voted on lightly. The voters need to take a good, hard look at the people running for office, and make sure they have the knowledge and heart for doing what is best for their community and county as a whole.”
She said she is not a politician, she is a citizen who got tired of complaining about how our county is run and how little information is actually being given to the people.
So, she said, she is standing up and doing something about it. Her goals are to bring the maximum amount of transparency to the people. She wants to inform and educate the citizens, on an understandable level, not in legal terms and agenda bullet points. She also wants to make sure our taxes are used for the right things, and the important things are funded first. She wants to keep property taxes from rising, and would love to figure out how to lower them.
She is asking for your vote in the May 3 Primary. Early voting starts today (April 13) and runs through April 28. She will be at the Norris early voting precinct, at the clerk’s office in Norris, every day of early voting. She would love for anyone to come down and speak with her about what their concerns are. Contact her at 865-455-8318, at lindsaysmithdistrict3@gmail.com, or visit her Facebook page under Elect Lindsay Smith.