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Entries Tagged as 'Brentwood'

11 vie to fill Brentwood Commissioners’ vacancy

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Eleven Brentwood residents have submitted their names to be considered as candidates to fill out the unexpired term on the city’s Board of Commissioners created by the April 10 death of Commissioner Bill Youree.
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Tags: Brentwood · Local Politics · Truman's Take · Williamson County

Brentwood City Commissioner Applicants Lend Me your Ear!

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Brentwood Commission to fill Youree’s seat

By CHARLES BOOTH
Three weeks after the death of Brentwood City Commissioner Bill Youree, community leaders are now looking to fill his empty seat on the board.
The board will appoint a new commissioner during its May 27 meeting, and anyone interested in filling the spot has until noon next Friday […]

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Tags: Brentwood · Local Politics · Truman's Take · Williamson County

Brentwood mourns over Bill Youree’s sudden death

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

More on yesterday’s shocking news about the sudden loss of one of our highly esteemed public servants.
Bill Youree over the years

Brentwood commissioner’s death stuns community
Bill Youree remembered as ‘ideal gentleman’

By CHARLES BOOTH and HEATHER DONAHOE
Staff Writers
BRENTWOOD — Much of the Brentwood community woke up to a shock Thursday morning when news quickly spread of the […]

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Tags: Brentwood · Truman's Take · Williamson County

Cities must pay to rid its unsightly unmentionables

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Cross Posted: Truman’s Take
The City Paper takes a hard line on Brentwood and its neighbors, requiring them to pay-up, shut-up, OR cut them off. Tough talk, which I cannot disagree. If I was living in Metro, I would not want to pay the increased cost of subsidizing the usage of sewage of adjoining cities.
This will […]

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Tags: Brentwood · Nashville · Truman's Take · Williamson County

Abortion and Gay Marriage Issues are Important

January 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Thursday afternoon, Jennifer Brooks interviewed me over the phone regarding Thompson’s campaign demise and where would Thompson supporters go now.
I explained to her what originally attracted me to Thompson in the first place and how I was trying to apply the same template to the candidates now currently in the race.
Federalism was a big attraction, […]

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Tags: Abortion · Brentwood · Fred Thompson · John McCain · Judicial Matters · Mike Huckabee · Mitt Romney · Truman's Take

Conservative Tennessee Voters should keep their powder dry

January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted By: Truman 

With polls currently showing McCain in a very strong lead…… Tennesseans for Thompson gives some very simple advice to Tennessee conservatives voters.
Continue to volunteer to help the campaign in South Carolina in voter canvasing, phone banking, money giving, and one on one voter conversion.
While keeping your own […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · Brentwood · Fred Thompson · Truman's Take

Novak: Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Dirty political tricks or just political tactical maneuvering?
I tend to believe it is the former, petty political gaming with out the gamesmanship.
Remember that when Romney’s name is on the ballot before you!

Republican presidential hopeful and former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and his wife, Jeri, meet with supporters during a campaign stop at Hudson’s […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · Brentwood · Fred Thompson · Mitt Romney · Truman's Take

Tennessee PRESIDENTIAL VOTING IN 2 WEEKS!

January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

PRESIDENTIAL VOTING IN 2 WEEKS!
To vote in the Presidential Primary, you are still able to register and/or correct your address by this Monday, January 7. Tennessee falls behind only Iowa and New Hampshire when viewing the election calendar to include the early voting period that runs January 16- 31st in addition […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · Brentwood · National Politics · State Politics · Truman's Take

Brentwood Rezoning; Carrots, Threats, and Everything In-Between

December 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Posted by …Truman
The Maryland Farm’s Rezoning Proposal started with niceties and now has degenerated to threats of corporate departures.
Today is decision day, and yesterday was filled with political hardball in the Sunday Paper!
Well you knew the October surprise was coming. the stick that Cooper’s Caustics have saved is Tractor Supply’s Departure.
It sounds a lot like […]

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Tags: Brentwood · Local Politics · Middle Tennessee