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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Anti-Bargaining Legislation Challenged in Court

On Friday, attorneys for the Sumner County School Board and the Sumner County Education Association will be in court again. This time, the issue is whether to dismuss SCEA's lawsuit in light of new anti-collective bargaining laws that take effect July 1. SCEA contends that the Board's action violated the contract in force in October of 2010 and thus, the laws effective on that date should govern. SCEA's lawyer has further suggested that the new legislation is unconstitutional under both the state and federal constitutions. The arguments will be interesting and could shape public policy both in Sumner County and across Tennessee.

More on Tourism Director Controversy

Lawyers are getting involved.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Redistricting to Impact Hendersonville County Commission, School Board Districts

The Districts that include the Indian Lake and Walton Ferry Peninsulas will need to grow in order to accomodate population growth across Sumner County. These areas are largely saturated with no room to grow, so other parts of Hendersonville and Sumner have been adding people while the population in these districts has held relatively steady. One possible solution is to combine the districts in some fashion. Another would be simply to add population from neighboring Commission and School Board districts. It has to happen by July 2012, though it'd be nice if they finished in time for filing for the School Board races in August of 2012 (so by late March).