Obama Campaign Organization Attempts to Nationalize Metro Council Run-off Election

I am not believing this! This is unprecedented. Is the Obama political machine trying to influence the outcome of the non-partisan Metro Council election? It sure looks like it. Mayor Karl Dean could not defeat Robert Duvall; can Barack Obama?

Vote for Robert Duvall, Josh Stites and Dave Patterson on September 15!

I received this email today:

Vote early in Metro Nashville                            NashvilleThursday, September 1, 2011 5:14 PM  
From:"Justin Wilkins, TN.BarackObama.com"
To: Rodwilliams47@yahoo.com

Friend -- Early voting has begun for several important local races -- and with many of them in a dead heat, every vote is needed. The members of the next Davidson County Metro Council will play an important role in shaping our community and creating jobs over the next few years, so these elections matter. We're expecting high turnout for races like these -- if you live in Council District 4, 5, 6, 13, or 33, be sure to head to the polls by Saturday, September 10th, to vote early and make your voice heard. Early voting takes place at the Davidson County Election Commission, which is located at 800 2nd Avenue South in Nashville. Hours vary by day -- you can get more details here: http://tn.barackobama.com/Davidson-Early-Voting If you are unable to vote before early voting ends, you can always go to your regular polling place on Election Day, Thursday, September 15th. Voting will be even easier if you make a plan first, so make sure you know how you're getting to your polling place and what time you're going. You should also reach out to your friends and neighbors to make sure they're voting and offer them a ride to the polls, if you can. Please be aware that Tennessee's new voter ID law does NOT require all voters to show a photo ID in this election. However, if you are a first-time voter, you should be prepared to show proof of identification. Acceptable forms of ID include a current voter registration card, a current utility bill, or a current Tennessee driver's license or other photo ID. To make your plan and find out early voting hours, visit the official Nashville website: http://tn.barackobama.com/Davidson-Early-Voting Thanks, Justin Justin Wilkins Tennessee State Director Obama for America

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More on the Federal raid of Gibson Guitar

This is nuts! If you have a guitar that was legal at the time it was build and you take it across state lines you are supposed to be able to account for the source of all the wood that went into the making of the guitar. The Obama regime has told the head of Gibson guitar that if he moved his company to another country the problem the company has with the Federal Government would "go away." Unbelievable!

Watch this clip of Henry Juszkiewicz, the CEO of Gibson Guitar, being interviewed on the Glen Beck Show. The interview starts at 1.36.

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The Federal Raid on Gibson Guitar

by James M. Kaminski – A lifelong Nashvillian, James has spent time working for Senator Bob Corker and Governor Bill Haslam. He currently works in the healthcare field and remains active in local politics.

 
On August 24th, about 20 federal agents armed with high-powered weapons raided the Gibson Guitar factories in Nashville and Memphis. This marks the second time in two years the Department of Justice has raided Gibson Guitar as they continue their unfounded witch hunt for allegedly illegal wood. Gibson has presented proof of the wood’s legality, however, and no formal charges have been filed and yet the government has refused to return confiscated inventory totaling well over one million dollars. This wood is the same wood used by Fender, Taylor, and C.F. Martin.

In my opinion, Gibson is being targeted for their decision to operate in  right-to-work states. Also, they may have selected Gibson due to certain Republican political donations made by the C.E.O. and other employees. Gibson’s competitors use a mainly unionized workforce, and have been found to have major Democrat donors.

I wish I knew exactly why our government is targeting a reputable and historic American manufacturer that provides many jobs here in Tennessee. Instead of promoting job creation and economic growth, our government is ignoring pressing issues and using ambiguous laws to stifle domestic manufacturing. Please email your representatives!
 
Here are some links to interesting articles on this matter:

 
CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican donor:Democrat competitor uses same wood
 
Federal Raid on Gibson Guitars – Retaliatory Harassment?\ Obama is killing American jobs 
 
Gibson Guitar to Uncle Sam – “From my cold deadhands” 

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Lost your job? Don’t lose your home.

If you live in Tennessee and lost your job, there is a great new program to help you avoid losing your home. Not a lot of people know about it and your mortgage company may not even know about it. It is called “Hardest Hit Fund.”  This program is also available in about a third of the other states of the union but it can differ from state to state and I only know the details of how the program operates in Tennessee.

I am a housing counselor with the Woodbine Community Organization which is a HUD-approved housing counseling agency. I want to tell you about this great new program. This post is not a political post advocating the merits of the program as a matter of public policy, but is to let people who may have lost their job know of a program that can help them save their home.

What will the program do: If you qualify, the program will do one of two things,

(1) it will bring your loan current, or,
(2) it will make your house payment for you for  up to a year or until $15,000 (or $18,000 in some counties)  has been paid out on your behalf.  

The program provides money in the form of a loan, but it is a “loan” that never has to be repaid, assuming you stay in your house for five more years.  The loan is forgivable at the rate of 20% a year. 

Who qualifies:   

One must have had an income reduction of at least 30%.  Usually, this means you must have lost your job, however, a reduction in work hours or reduction in commissions, or a reduction in earnings if one is self employed, may also qualify one for the program.  The job lost must have been through no fault of your own. If you quit your job, you do not qualify.  If you were dismissed for cause however and subsequently were able to get unemployment benefits, then you still may qualify.  There are other qualifying requirements, but a reduction in income due to job loss or job income reduction is the first test that must be met. 

How to make application:

 (1) Go to the website WWW.KeepMyTNHome.org , log in and answer the twelve qualifying questions and then complete the on-line application.  Be careful. Read the qualifying questions carefully before answering. If you are told you do not qualify and do not understand why, call me at 615-850-3453 and I will review your situation with you on the phone. 

(2) While at the Keep My TN Home website, choose “Woodbine Community Organization” as your counseling agency. That’s me. You will see a question that asks if you are working with a counseling agency. Please answer “yes.”  You will then see a drop down box and you are to select the agency with which you are working. Woodbine Community Organization is the last name on the list in the drop down box.

After, the above is completed, call me, Rod Williams, 615-850-3453. Please call immediately. I will set an appointment with you to complete the Hardest Hit packet. If you do not reach me, please leave a message. You may also email me at Rodwilliams47@yahoo.com.

This is a great program, however not everyone qualifies. The same type documentation that one must provide when financing a home, one must provide to be approved for this loan, and more.  I will walk you through the process.  I have been a housing counselor for over twenty years and while I hesitate to brag on myself, I do what I do very well. I have all of the training and certifications one could have and recognitions and awards. I know how these programs work. If anyone can get you approved for the program, I can.

If you do not need this program, but have coworkers or relatives who may, then please pass this information on to them.  If your civic group, church group, or place of employment located in the Nashville area would like to have me come speak about this program to them as well as other loss mitigation options, I will be glad to do so.

As a word of caution: Please do not pay anyone to help you with mortgage default or loss mitigation services. Most companies charging to provide mortgage default resolution are scam artist who will take your money and deliver no service.  I often see people who have paid a company money to help them save their home, when if they had used that money wisely, it could have been part of a down payment on a mortgage default resolution work-out or at least paid the rent on their new lodging if their home could not be saved.  Also, it seldom helps to pay a lawyer to represent your interest when dealing with a mortgage company. Tennessee is a “non-judicial” state with regards to home foreclosure and there is little an attorney can do for you. 

If you have questions about the Hardest Hit fund or other mortgage default questions, feel free to call me, Rod Williams (615)850-3453.

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Surprise! Surprise! The First Amendment also applies to Muslims.

MURFREESBORO — A Rutherford County judge decided to uphold his earlier decision that the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro has a right, by law, to build a bigger place of worship.

“Those who are adherents to Islam are entitled to pursue their worship in the United States just as are those who are adherents to more universally established faiths (in our community),” ruled Chancellor Robert Corlew III. ….. Corlew’s latest ruling reiterated that Islam is a religion. (link)

Wow! What a concept! The people of a community don’t get to decide who gets to have a house of worship. They don't get to decide who is covered by the First Amendment? I knew it would come to this. First, you let in the Jews with their funny little caps and weird dietary laws and openly denying that Christ is the Messiah and they start building Synagogues. Jews!   

Then, the Catholics: You know those Catholics take their orders from the Pope and can’t really be good Americans.  You know that don’t you? For hundreds of years, Catholics governed much of the world.  Catholicism is really a political system and not a religion.  Anyway, we let in those weird Catholics who worship Mary rather than Jesus and they became established.  I wouldn’t be surprised if the Knights of Columbus are not stockpiling weapons in the basement of the local Catholic Church, just waiting for the day they can again make war on protestants and rule the world.

Then, we let in lots of other weird religions, like Hindu and Buddhist.  There is a Hindu Temple in Bellevue. Talk about weird!  It is full of these ugly little idols that those people worship.  This is America, we shouldn’t allow that.  Hindu and Buddhist in America? We ought to make everybody be a Christian.  This nation was founding as a Christian nation, by God, and if you don’t want to be a Christian, just get the Hell out! That's what I say.

To be an American, you should have to be a Christian. It is that simple. That's what I believe and that is what Lou Ann Zelenik believes.  She didn't exactly say that but she said the First Amendment doesn't cover Muslims. 

I think you ought to have to be a Christian. But, not just any Christian. Well, the Catholics aren’t really Christian, anyway, so I don’t even count them.  But there are a bunch of others who claim to be Christian, like the Mormons.  They get to have more than one wife and they wear holy underwear that they can never take off and they believe they can Baptize by proxy people who are already dead and get them into heaven.  How weird is that?

Then we got the Jehovah ’s Witness. I don’t know a lot about them, but they keep ringing my door bell wanted to talk to me.  I understand Michael Jackson was a Jehovah’s Witness and he was really weird. That’s all I need to know about Jehovah’s Witness.

And, we have the Church of Scientology. I won’t even go there. They are just kooky!

Now, I believe in the First Amendment and all, but it ought to be for people like us.  I can understand it covering the Church of Christ, despite them thinking they are the only ones going to heaven; and, the Methodist, but they have become so liberal and wishy-washy, I don’t really care for the Methodist, nevertheless, they should have the right to be wrong; and, it should cover the Pentecostals, except for the really weird ones who are nothing but charlatans taking advantage of people and performing phony miracles.

Now, all of the Baptist should be covered by the First Amendment, that just goes without saying.  I really do believe in the First Amendment.

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Dave Patterson leads the Color Guard at the Titans game

Dave Patterson

Saturday night at the Tennessee Titans game, Metro Council candidate for District 4, Dave Patterson, was the man leading the U.S. Army Color Guard onto the field for the posting of the Flag for the singing of National Anthem. The crowd gave the Color Guard an enthusiastic standing ovation as they entered and exited the field and many children reached out for fist bumps and high 5s.

Dave is a member of the U. S. Army Reserves. He enlisted in 1988 and then sought to become an officer, receiving his commission in 1994. He served on active duty as a Lieutenant and Captain throughout the 1990s with tours in Korea and the Middle East.  While on active duty he was responsible for deploying units of the famous 3rd Infantry Division to Iraq, nicknamed “the Rock of the Marne.” The 3rd Infantry Division was the first conventional U.S. unit to enter Baghdad during the 2003 invasion, and the first division to serve four tours in Iraq. He has been in the Army Reserves the past 10 years.

Dave is in a run-off for the District 4 Council Seat on September 15th. In August, Dave came in second behind the incumbent, in a crowded six-man race. Several of the others in that six-man race are now supporting Patterson. Dave has a very good chance of victory in September.

When asked why he is running for office, Patterson said, "My leadership experience in the Military combined with my business experience makes me the right choice for solving Nashville's challenges. We need to create the right environment for job creation, make our neighborhoods safer, and reduce the tax burden on our citizens. I am prepared to lead on these issues on day one."

Patterson also said, "As Councilman, I want to ensure our Fair Grounds are protected and enhanced so they become a show piece of the city and a destination. We need to make our city more attractive to both businesses and individuals by lowering our property tax rate so it's more in line with the surrounding counties."

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Sen. Henry, Rep. Gotto and Rep. West (retired) endorse Josh Stites in District 13

Josh Stites

NASHVILLE – State Senator Doug Henry, State Representative Jim Gotto and State Rep. Ben West (retired) have formally announced their support for Metro Council Candidate Josh Stites in his race for the 13th District Council seat. Stites is in a runoff election to be held on September 15th.

"I am grateful for the support of Sen. Henry, Rep. Gotto and Rep. West,” Stites said. “These men have worked for more than 70 years collectively to improve the city of Nashville and the State of Tennessee. I am honored by their faith in my ability and my goals for our city.”

Senator Doug Henry

“Josh Stites is an intelligent, honest and hardworking young man,” said Sen. Henry. “He has impressed me with his ability to work with folks from all political parties and philosophies. He will rise above politics to get things done for Nashville. I am honored to offer my endorsement of his candidacy. His ability to gain support from people on both sides of the aisle proves his value to Nashville on this council.”

Ben West

"Josh is the kind of person who runs for the Council not for political reasons but for the opportunity to serve his community,” said Rep. West. “I am impressed at his knowledge of government finances and I know from my 30 years of public service that his experience will be called upon often over the next four years. He will be a trusted voice in Metro's financial matters. Josh is one of the hardest working people I know and this district will be well-served by his energy and enthusiasm. I'm excited to endorse someone who I truly believe is the future of Nashville's leadership."

Rep. Jim Gotto

"Josh has the education, experience, and character to lead Metro through the difficult financial years ahead,” said Rep. Gotto. “He is a natural leader and a hard worker who will champion the needs of the 13th district on the Council."


Early voting begins in five runoff elections across Davidson County starting August 26th running through September 10th. Election Day is September 15th.

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