My Comment Audio Synopsis This past week we had a County Commission meeting as well as the last budget meeting before the final votes on the consolidated budget for fiscal year 2026-27 and the setting of our tax rate. You can read the summaries and watch both meetings below.
My Comment Another jam packed week. We are getting close to voting on a final budget for 2026-27 (June 18th) and, as you will see in the Budget Committee's hearing on Tuesday, many additional cost cuts and transfers are being considered to close the budget gap. We&
The Budget Committee will be holding a meeting on the 2026-27 proposed budget in the auditorium of the County Complex at 1320 W. Main on Tuesday, June 2nd at 5:30 pm. The budget they will be presenting is a synopsis of the full budget that we will be
My Comment It was another busy week in Williamson County. We started off with a Memorial Day Service on Monday and you can go here to watch it Memorial Day Service, and for a summary go here. They started it by playing the anthems for each service and asked us
My Comment Audio Synopsis Monday is Memorial Day. For information about this day, go here. Check your local city website for information about ceremonies near you. In Franklin, there will be a service at Five Points; go here for more information. I hope that we all spend some time reflecting
My Comment Audio Synopsis On Friday, I was honored to be present for the ribbon cutting for the Boots of Honor. This is an organization that keeps alive the memory of fallen soldiers that have died since 911. It is very moving and on Sunday there will be a Community
My Comment Audio synopsis The votes are in, and we have a slate of candidates set for the August 6th general election. Here are the unofficial results. Early voting represented 60%, day of was 39%, and absentee was 1%. Day of lagged behind by 21%. Of the 188,856 registered
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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