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Friday Recap October 3rd, 2025

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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Friday Recap September 26th, 2025

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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Friday Recap September 19th, 2025

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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Friday Recap September 12th, 2025

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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Friday Recap September 5, 2025 correction

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

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Friday Recap September 5, 2025

My Comment To see what the WCRP has in store for September. For full information, go here Alderman Bev Burger is conducting a town hall on Monday the 8th. This meeting is open to all, whether you live in Ward 1 or not. Come and bring your questions for her,

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Friday Recap August 29th, 2025

My Comment Last week, I mentioned that our infrastructure is not keeping up with our development. I don't think anyone who lives in Williamson County is unaware of the traffic snarls on various roads in the county. As we add homes and apartments, we also add burden to

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Friday Recap August 22nd, 2025

My Comment I have talked about my concern about infrastructure not keeping up with development. We all want to preserve the quality of life in Williamson County and the overcrowding of our roads is certainly an indication that we are not doing that as well as we might. With all

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Friday Recap August 15th, 2025

My Comment Last week, I wrote about the two BOMA meetings this week that would be addressing the Harlin Development. I will have a summary of both meetings as well as resolutions and video below. First was the BOMA Work Session and, right after that, was the BOMA Board meeting.

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Friday Recap August 8th, 2025

My Comment I hope everyone is rested and ready for what looms ahead. The next fifteen months are going to be frantic. This fall, we have the District 7 race and the BOMA race. Next year we will have races for 24 commissioners, six school board seats, the Sheriff and

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Friday Recap for August 1st, 2025

My Comment Things are heating up with the BOMA races and D7 congressional race. We are, and always have been, at a crucial point in the history of not only the USA, but the whole world. after 79 years of treading terra firma, I have noticed that we humans are

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Friday Recap for July 25th, 2025

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