My Comment We have completed three days of early voting and you can see the results below. By comparison, District 10, which is my district, only produced 370 votes during early voting in 2022 which was 14% of registered voters. So we're clearly ahead of 2022 which is
Special Reminder Tomorrow April 15th, is the start of early voting. If you live in District 10, I would ask for your vote. For all the times and locations for early voting, go here. If you're not sure what district you are in, go here and look for
My Comment As I have mentioned, we are in budget season. All committees are looking at the budgets for their respective departments. The whole process culminates the last Friday of June when we spend a whole day going over the entire budget and vote on everyone one at a time.
My Comment My Campaign I am running for a full term as commissioner for District 10. You can go to Votebillpetty.com to get to my website. There are going to be over 40 people running for office in the primary on May 5th. Each district has two commissioners and
My Comment It's important that we all find a way to get involved in our election process. Find a candidate or candidates that you support and help them. Williamson County is, in my opinion, at a tipping point. We all agree that infrastructure is way behind, that growth
My Comment This past week HB2419 got voted down in the Tennessee House State and Local Committee. It would have given counties the ability to disprove the annexation of a property if the development for that property had a significant negative impact on the county. Needless to say, it was
My Comment I'm running late, but I have a few thoughts that I would like to share, and will write something for next week. If nothing else, please get involved in the upcoming primaries. Regardless of whom you support, you have not only a vote, but the freedom
My Comment We are in Budget Season for the next few months. Our fiscal year starts on July 1st and we are required to approve the 2026-27 budget as well as the county property tax rate the last week of June. Our current budget is $900+ million. I recommend that
My Comment I was present at the Franklin BOMA meeting on Tuesday the 24th and gave a defense of Resolution 2-26-20 that passed with a 2/3rds majority at the last County Commission Meeting. The municipalities in the county have all reacted strongly against it, and you can watch the
My Comment My Campaign I am running for a second term as commissioner for District 10. You can go to Votebillpetty.com to get to my website. There are going to be over 40 people running for office in the primary on May 5th. Each district has two commissioners and
My Comment My two resolutions I had two resolutions that were on the agenda for the commission meeting on Monday. Resolution 2-26-20 dealing with annexation passed 16-7. The full discussion from the County Commission meeting and Franklin's BOMA response are in my reports below. To say that this
My Comment It has been a loaded week. This is the longest Recap I have ever presented as there is a lot going on. We are in "Budget Season" and there is going to be a lot of debate as each county department comes to us with their