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 Last week I started a series on how we speak to and about each other. I want to be clear that I am not some paragon of virtue and that I struggle with controlling my tongue. I do think we can all do better, and I am hoping
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Merry Christmas
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My Comment Here we are at the end of another year, and it is a time when we humans habitually ruminate about the recent year past and the one to come. The philosophical waxing that generally occurs is all great and good, but what is most important, is how we
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My Comment U.S. District 7 Results Last week I published an analysis of the U.S District 7 congressional race without thinking that many here in Williamson County are probably unfamiliar with which county districts are in District 7 and the precincts in each in those districts. As you
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My Comment By now the whole world knows that Matt Van Epps is our new U.S. Representative for Tennessee District 7. He won by 9% in a district that Trump won by 20%. Here are some stats from the election. The first is all counties results. You will notice
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Venue Change for Epps Rally Incase you missed it, the venue for the Epps rally has changed from Puckett's to 1301 Moran Road Franklin. Time is the same, 7:30 am. U.S Representative district 7 We all need to get behind our Republican candidate Matt Van Epps
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U.S Representative district 7 We all need to get behind our Republican candidate Matt Van Epps as this is not a lay down election. The Democrats are well organized and energized. As I mentioned earlier, the vote differential between Republicans and Democrats in the recent primary was only 18%
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My Comment The potential sale of Williamson Health has created a lot of turmoil and concern for the citizens of Williamson County. A big part of the problem is that people don't know what is going on. Have they put out RFPs, are they negotiating with potential suitors,
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Commission meeting Last week I mentioned several resolutions that were on the agenda for the commission meeting on Monday of this week. I am happy to report that we passed three of them and the fourth was obviated by the hiring of an attorney to represent the county in the
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Commission meeting The full commission will be meeting on Monday the 10th. This is going to be a marathon session that will go on for hours. There are three resolutions in particular that will generate a lot of debate: Resolution 11-25-39 Adequate Facilities Tax Adjustment. The full resolution is in
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I don't even know what to say. The apparent apathy of the electorate in Franklin is stunning. With two weeks of early voting and election day, less than 8% of registered voters participated, which tells me that most of the residents are unengaged and don't care
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BOMA Election Early voting ended on the 23rd and election day is the 28th. All four wards are up this cycle, but only 2 and 4 have more than one candidate. Matt Brown is the incumbent in Ward 2 and his challengers are Errin Watkins and BK Muvvala. Patrick Baggett