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 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
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My Comment Well, the WCC is at again. They continue to attempt to discredit our elected party officials and divide the Republican Party. It is hard to understand what their ultimate goal is but it is not in line with either the county or the state GOP. They are running
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My Comment Happy 4th. The 4th of July is a great time to be with the people you enjoy celebrating a remarkable nation. We certainly have been through a lot, have we not? We are a cantankerous bunch who have always been at odds with ourselves and the rest of
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My Comment When I ran for commissioner, one of my main concerns was the growth of our county. It seemed to resonate with the residents countywide. Everybody agrees that we have extreme congestion on many of our roads. Columbia Ave. Liberty Pike, Franklin Rd. Hillsboro Rd. Nolensville Rd. the interchange
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My Comment I took a liberty in my last Recap that I should not have. I ascribed a motive to my colleagues who voted against the final budget on Friday. I should not have done that as I was assuming and not really knowing their reasons. One of the commissioners
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My Comment It's been a long 24hrs for me and I wanted to make sure I that I represented what went on yesterday. If anyone has any corrections, please let me know and I will report them next week. The county commission met for a special session at
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My Comment This has been a busy week for the county. We had a commission meeting on Monday and budget committee meeting on Thursday. Budgeting is very complicated and hard to follow. The bottom line is that taxes are going to go up. The county is proposing a tax rate
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My Comment It's June 6th, which is D-Day. In remembrance, I am sharing a prayer that was prayed by millions of Americans as the troops embarked on the invasion that fateful day in 1944 that marked the beginning of the end of WWII and the freeing of the
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My Comment This week I would like to focus on an issue that has been very important to me for a number of years and that is the national statistics about our health. In particular, I have been concerned with the health of our children. Just this past week, HHS
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My Comment The Republican Party of Williamson County is horribly split. This split was clearly on display Thursday night as they both held mix and mingles. The Williamson County Republican Party (WCRP) had about 120 participants, including state reps and county commissioners. The Williamson County Conservatives (WCC) had about 45
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My Comment We all got our new property assessments this past Monday. Here is what you need to know: We are currently on a four year cycle for our property assessments. The last time we were assessed was 2021. Since then, our property values have increased substantially. Residential rates have