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Monday, March 30, 2015

Hughes May Seek Top GOP Post

In the wake of the announcement that Tennessee GOP Chair Chris Devaney is leaving his post to assume a leadership role at a non-profit, Hendersonville's Scottie Hughes, who serves as the news director at the Tea Party News Network, has indicated she may be a candidate for the job.

Hughes says she won't make an official announcement until April 6th -- likely because she wants to ensure she'd be able to garner enough votes to win the post.

It's unclear whether the Tennessee Republican Party Executive Committee would warm to Hughes, a leader in the anti-establishment Tea Party movement.

Hughes has also come under fire recently as key staffers at the Tea Party News Network resigned, citing unethical management practices. Specifically, the staffers noted:

“TheTeaParty.net Facebook page was built using non-profit dollars and resources and yet the hundreds of thousands of dollars a month being generated from traffic deriving from the non-profit Facebook page are being funneled to a for profit company with no transparency. Even if you could find a way to make that legal, it’s immoral and unethical,” the letter continues. “We represent ourselves as ‘The Tea Party’ on Facebook and take no action to hold ourselves to the higher standards of that designation. Posts by fights.buzz and viral.buzz have become increasingly vile and unacceptable. The Tea Party is not TMZ and TPNN is not WorldStar.”

Hughes defended the network's practices and has moved forward without the key staffers who left the organization.

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Friday, March 27, 2015

JOB: Patient Account Representative

Citadel is a growing business office outsourcing company providing services to hospitals and physician offices.  We assist our clients with business office functions including billing, posting, collections and follow up.  Our mission is to deliver unparalleled excellence in all aspects of Patient Financial Services, the result of which is sustained increase in cash collections.  Our vision is to be recognized in the healthcare industry as the preeminent outsourcer of Patient Financial Services departments.  Our values are honesty, integrity, accountability, superior customer service, and commitment to excellence.

 

Employee Qualifications:  Organizational skills, strong sense of customer service, self motivated, and general understanding of medical claim terminology.

Recommended Experience: Hospital business office or dialysis experience is preferred.

Position Responsibilities: A production standard of 40 accounts per day worked for an overall account resolution on any outstanding insurance claims.

Requirements: A minimum of one year experience pertaining to commercial and government insurance follow up, and knowledge of managed care insurance is required. The applicant must also have knowledge of UB and 1500 claims form along with experience working unpaid and/or denied Medicare and Medicaid claims or experience working unpaid commercial claims to resolution.

 Hiring is contingent on successful background check and drug screen.
 
 
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Monday, March 23, 2015

Clary Announces Mayoral Bid

Former Hendersonville Alderman Jamie Clary became the first person to publicly announce a candidacy for Mayor of Hendersonville, an election that will be held in November of 2016.

Clary made the announcement via social media, according to this Hendersonville Star News story.

Clary served as Alderman from 2002-2006. He ran for re-election in 2006, but was soundly defeated by now-former Alderman Lisa West.

Shortly after Clary announced, friends and supporters of potential candidate and former County Commissioner David Kimbrough indicated they'd received messages from him suggesting he will run. Kimbrough has not made a formal announcement.

Other potential candidates include current Aldermen Matt Stamper and Steve Brown and former Alderman Tommy Elsten. Brown and Elsten both ran for Mayor in 2012, when current Mayor Scott Foster won re-election to a third term. Brown then won election to an open seat on the BOMA in 2014.

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Hyde and Rogers Take on Voters

Apparently, resoundingly losing an election won't stop Merrol Hyde from trying to meddle in local political affairs. Despite the fact that Hyde's County Commission buddies Frank Freels, Jerry Stone, and Kirk Moser lost in the May elections and that Hyde's once-powerful faction on the Sumner County Commission now can barely muster more than 5 votes on any single issue, Hyde continues to push an anti-voter legislative agenda.

Hyde has partnered with State Rep. Courtney Rogers (the candidate Hyde recruited to run against Debra Maggart in 2012) to advance state legislation that would bar teachers, police officers, and first responders from serving on the Sumner County Commission.

Hyde claims that this is to prevent any "conflicts of interest." Nevermind that voters were fully aware that the candidates they were voting for (or against) in May and August were also serving Sumner County as teachers, sheriff's deputies, and in other capacities. Hyde wants to protect the poor voters from any injustice -- Hyde knows best, after all.

While such a stance may seem hypocritical in light of the fact that Hyde himself was once Director of Schools while at the same time serving as a County Commissioner, hypocrisy has never gotten in the way of Merrol Hyde with a political ax to grind. In fact, when his schools budget was out of balance and he was serving on the County Commission, he voted 7 times in a single night for varying levels of a tax increase -- now, he claims to be an anti-tax champion.

As one might guess, County Commissioners who also serve our community in other capacities have had enough of the 1-2 punch of Hyde and Rogers. Last Monday, they passed a resolution calling on the General Assembly to oppose the ill-conceived Rogers bill.

And one Commissioner, Scott Langford, offered his opinion in the Hendersonville Standard.

Langford said of the Rogers bill:

This bill seeks to undermine free elections by limiting the choice of who can serve and whom voters and whom voters can elect.

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JOB: Customer Service Rep - Verizon

Verizon Wireless in Hendersonville is hiring a Customer Service Rep:

Responsibilities

As a confident, professional individual with a rich understanding of VZW technology and services, you will:

• Deliver the ultimate Verizon Wireless customer experience in our retail stores
• Create a welcoming and exciting store environment
• Introduce customers to the store, direct customer traffic and promote store exploration
• Ensure customers’ needs are met in a timely manner
• Quickly and completely resolve customer issues
• Deliver the ultimate one-on-one coaching experience to customers as you demonstrate product and accessory functionality
• Facilitate wireless workshops where you will work with groups of customers to demonstrate and educate them on a variety of technology solutions, including the latest and greatest smartphones, tablets and smart accessories
• Sell solutions and process customer transactions
• Contribute to the overall health and performance of your retail store by supporting daily business operations, including selling technology solutions, stocking inventory, and processing customer transactions when needed
• Ensure that all interactive displays are operational


As a Verizon Wireless Experience Specialist, you'll use your excellent customer service and communication skills to create powerful in-store experiences for our customers. You'll not only introduce our customers to Verizon Wireless and showcase our technologies – you'll fuel customer loyalty by empowering them with technical knowledge that can improve the way they live, work and play.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

JOB: Business Development Executive

Smith Travel Research in Hendersonville is hiring a Business Development Executive

Position Summary:  The Business Development Executive - Hotels is responsible for growing the independent hotel segment for STR, raising awareness of our products within an assigned territory, significantly increasing the number of properties participating as data providers, and selling subscription-based services to them. This position will interact with a wide variety of industry executives such as hotel owners, general managers and directors of sales, as well as industry organizations. 

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