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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
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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