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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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
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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
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My Comment Election integrity is fundamental to our republic. If we can't trust our elections, then we don't really have a republic at all. I am not a fan of voting machines and would like to see us return to hand-marked, paper ballots. I do
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District 7 wrap up Here are the results of the District 7 primaries. District 7 results county by county results. Van Epps won by a wide margin 19,001, to 9,335. In trying to understand the impact that the Trump endorsement had on the race between Jody Barrett and
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Correction In my earlier edition I stated that Stuart Parks has withdrawn and actually it is Stuart Cooper who has withdrawn. U.S. District 7 special election We are in the homestretch for the primaries for U.S. Congressional District 7. Election day is next Tuesday the 7th. Candidates Republican
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U.S. District 7 special election We are in the homestretch for the primaries for U.S. Congressional District 7. Election day is next Tuesday the 7th. Candidates Republican Primary Candidates NamePartyJody BarrettRepublicanGino BulsoRepublicanStuart CooperRepublicanAdolph Agbéko DaganRepublicanMason FoleyRepublicanJason D. KnightRepublicanJoe LeursRepublicanStewart ParksRepublicanLee ReevesRepublicanMatt Van EppsRepublicanTres WittumRepublican Democratic Primary Candidates NamePar
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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