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 explained the problem Williamson County is having with payments from the state. I do have one correction. I stated that we are only getting $4,400 per student; actually, we are only getting $4,294. This past Monday, three school board members and three county
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My Comment We are in budget season. Every department in the county is coming before various committees looking for approval for their 2025-26 budgets. The biggest piece is the school district, which accounts for approximately 74% of the total county budget. The total 2024-25 budget which ends on June 30th,
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This past week the following committees/commissions met: Monday * Williamson County Budget Committee * Williamson County HR Tuesday * Williamson County Budget Committee * Williamson County Opioid Task Force * Franklin BOMA Work Session * Franklin BOMA Board Meeting Wednesday * Williamson County Storm Water Appeals Board * Williamson County Property Committee Thursday * Franklin Capital Investment Committee
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This past week the following committees/commissions met: Monday * Williamson County Budget Committee * BOMA work session * BOMA board meeting * Franklin Historic Zoning Tuesday * Williamson County Budget Committee * Williamson County Tax Study Committee Wednesday * Williamson County Law Enforcement and Public Safety * Williamson County Public Health Committee * Williamson County Planning Commission Thursday
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The Tennessee State Republican Party Executive Committee met yesterday and voted unanimously to uphold the results of the March 4th Reorganization of the Williamson County Republican Party. The Williamson County Conservatives' appeal to throw out the results of the convention and do it all over, failed to get a
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This past week the following committees/commissions met: Tuesday * Franklin Beer Board * BOMA work session * BOMA board meeting Wednesday * The Williamson County Court Security Committee Thursday * Franklin Budget Committee * Williamson County Public Health Committee * Williamson County Planning Commission Friday * Franklin Sustainability Committee My Comment for the week Tomorrow is the
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This past week: * The budget Committee met on Monday and Tuesday to consider a number of department budgets. * The Parks and Recreation Committee met on Tuesday to consider the 25-26 budget. There is so much going on in the General Assembly right now, and I concentrate on Williamson County, so
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There was a lot happening this week: * The budget and education committees met for a joint session to look at the school budget for 25-26. * The rules committee met to discuss improving communication from the commission to the public. * The property committee met to look at the property budget for
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There was a lot happening this week: * The school board met on Monday and passed their budget for 25-26 and voted on new science books. * The Williamson County Human Resources Committee met on Monday to review the budget for 25-26. * The Williamson County Conservatives (WCC) turned in their challenge to
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Setting the record straight part 3 Last week I announced that the 2025 Williamson County Republican Party reorganization was over. Apparently, that was a premature announcement. Since then, the WCC slate has filed a complaint with the state GOP. There are a number of supposed irregularities that make little or
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The 2025 Williamson County Reorganization Convention is over. The Elevate 2025 won every position by very narrow margins: There was a recount for chairman and the final results were Steve Hickey 798 and Brian Clifford 750. I have a lot of thoughts about the way the WCC conducted their campaign
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Setting the record straight part 2 Last week, I answered a number of false accusations that the WCC has made against the current WCRP and the Elevate 2025 slate made up of five current members and three new candidates. Since then, the WCC has doubled down on their accusation that