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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
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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,
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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
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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