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Audio Synopsis My Comment Well, we finally finished a grueling 15 days of early voting on Thursday; the results are below. In the November 5, 2024 election, we had 198,287 registered voters. Of that, 146,519 voted which was 73.89%. National elections always draw more voters, but the
Special edition I have been advertising the We Care Williamson County fund raiser for several weeks and it is happening this Saturday. I hope you can come out. All three entities are worthy causes and will spend you money wisely. Plus, the food will be exceptional. Enjoying Friday Recap? Take
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 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