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Thursday, April 18, 2019

Budget Games

Alderman Scott Sprouse reports on the budget situation as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen begin the budgeting process through workshops. Here's what he posted on his Aldermanic Facebook page:

We had our first budget workshop Tuesday night. Traditionally, this is when aldermen and the public get first look at a mayor’s proposed budget. This year, this mayor did not prepare a full budget. He gave us one page summaries for each department. He did not provide the usual details. Some sections were left out completely. The mayor provided absolutely no revenue estimates. We don’t know what tax rate he is proposing. We don’t know what garbage fee he is proposing. (But we do know he is yet again wanting to jack it up unfairly on the backs of homeowners.) We don’t know how much would be left in the general fund. This situation is completely unacceptable.


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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Sumner's Haile Votes for Destructive Voucher Scheme

Despite a resolution from the Sumner County School Board unanimously opposing Gov. Bill Lee's school voucher scheme, Senator Ferrell Haile voted for the plan in the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.

Haile supported an expanded version of the plan, one with a projected cost at full implementation of $219 million a year.

That's money that won't be available for the state to distribute to local school districts like Sumner County Schools.

In fact, this year alone, the state's funding formula loses around $25 million in funds that would typically go to salary increases for teachers.

Haile has consistently supported voucher plans and has received more than $20,000 in funding from pro-voucher groups from outside Tennessee.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

A Dangerous Man

Reliable community watchdogs at the Sumner County Republican Assembly have identified a Hendersonville resident of concern. According to the SCRA, this man is incredibly dangerous and poses a serious threat to our way of life.

The man, identified as Andy Spears, lives in Hendersonville and has for the past 19 years. He's a homeowner who is married (19 years), has a child in Sumner County Schools, and is fond of talking about his two cats.

As evidence of Spears' danger to Hendersonville and Sumner County, the SCRA shared an article (see screenshot below) which Spears has also featured on his own personal Facebook page.

The article claims that Spears is employed (true) and also has helped lead a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to improving schools in Sumner County (also true).

The investigative journalist who wrote the piece exposing Spears uncovered evidence of his nefarious conduct including the tweets found on his publicly accessible Twitter feed.

While not included in the SCRA's warning, it has been noted that Spears sometimes shops at both Kroger and Wal-Mart in Hendersonville and is known to enjoy cheeseburgers at Culver's.

Residents should be on the lookout for this man, dressed in typical middle class Hendersonville attire, who seeks to provide excellent schools and access to healthcare for all his neighbors through improved public policy.

It is suspected he mows his yard on Saturdays and sometimes enjoys a Mt. Dew or Ale81 following the exertion.

It's very possible your child attends school with his or that you have shopped at Kroger or had a margarita at Dos Margaritas while he was there.

Here's a screenshot of the dire warning from a group that can only be described as the core of the Sumner County Republican Party:





Monday, April 1, 2019

Meme the Mayor

Hendersonville's Facebook Mayor likes to get in social media spats and then block those who disagree with him. Some of the "blocked" have taken to making memes to highlight their displeasure.

So, since today is April Fool's Day, let's #MemeTheMayor -- show us your meme and we'll post/tweet it!

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