A proud parent and grandparent, Bill served with the 82nd Airborne and founded construction company Petty & Associates. He now serves as County Commissioner for District 10 in Williamson County.
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My Comment Thoughts on forgiveness I want to make a comment about the extraordinary act of Erik Kirk. She forgave her husband's murderer. From a human standpoint, this seems to be incoherent. How could someone forgive such a heinous act against a loved one? The reality is that
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My Comment Correction Last week I reported on new developments being approved by both the City of Franklin and the county. I had some things wrong and I want to clear up any misconception I have created. The number of approved units for the county that I gave as final
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My Comment A great soul has been taken from us. Few men have had the impact of Charlie Kirk. He inspired people from all generations. His message was ageless and struck a cord in the hearts of the young and old alike. He debated his generation with great wit and
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I made a mathematical mistake when calculating the percentage of change for the debt service in my September 5 Recap. The actual change between 2024-25 and 2025-26 is 16.8%. If not me, who? If not now, when? “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
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My Comment To see what the WCRP has in store for September. For full information, go here Alderman Bev Burger is conducting a town hall on Monday the 8th. This meeting is open to all, whether you live in Ward 1 or not. Come and bring your questions for her,
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My Comment Last week, I mentioned that our infrastructure is not keeping up with our development. I don't think anyone who lives in Williamson County is unaware of the traffic snarls on various roads in the county. As we add homes and apartments, we also add burden to
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My Comment I have talked about my concern about infrastructure not keeping up with development. We all want to preserve the quality of life in Williamson County and the overcrowding of our roads is certainly an indication that we are not doing that as well as we might. With all
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My Comment Last week, I wrote about the two BOMA meetings this week that would be addressing the Harlin Development. I will have a summary of both meetings as well as resolutions and video below. First was the BOMA Work Session and, right after that, was the BOMA Board meeting.
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My Comment I hope everyone is rested and ready for what looms ahead. The next fifteen months are going to be frantic. This fall, we have the District 7 race and the BOMA race. Next year we will have races for 24 commissioners, six school board seats, the Sheriff and
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My Comment Things are heating up with the BOMA races and D7 congressional race. We are, and always have been, at a crucial point in the history of not only the USA, but the whole world. after 79 years of treading terra firma, I have noticed that we humans are
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My Comment Special election for U.S. Representative, District 7 The calendar for the special election has been officially set: So far, Jody Barrett, Matt Van Epps, Lee Reeves, Stewart Cooper, Stewart Parks, Jason Knight and Jon thorp several others have declared that they are running. My understanding is that
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My Comment There is a lot going on in our little county as well as our nation and the whole world. What a time to be living in. A couple of things I want to draw your attention to. First is the announcement, at the June 14th Commission meeting, that