Hamico Foundation President Alexis Bogo endorsed Kim White for mayor, citing the group’s pro-Chattanooga values, and the White campaign says the support is welcome despite a law prohibiting tax-exempt nonprofit groups from making endorsements.
A video on White’s campaign website for her 2021 mayoral bid pictured Bogo endorsing and soliciting donations for White.
At the beginning of the video, Bogo introduces herself as president of the 501(c)(3) community development foundation and proceeds to endorse White under the auspices of her position.
“My name is Alexis Bogo and I am president of a local foundation called the Hamico Foundation,” she says. “At Hamico Foundation our mission is simple: to make Chattanooga a better place.”
She then calls Kim White someone with “like-minded thinking and a like-minded mission” to that of the foundation.