Speaker Beth Harwell to Host 2013 Right Women, Right Now Summit

Will Lead Republican Efforts to Elect More Women Nationwide

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2013) –Today, the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) announced Speaker Beth Harwell will host the RSLC’s 2013 “Right Women, Right Now” Summit in Nashville, TN September 9thand 10th.  Harwell, who serves as a co-chair of the RSLC’s initiative to identify, train and support women to run for state level office, will lead the Summit’s efforts to recruit candidates to better reflect America’s full diversity.

“I’m honored to host this gathering of over twenty-five women elected leaders from across the country.  Together, we will accomplish the goals of ’Right Women, Right Now ‘ to recruit 300 women to run for first time office and become our future Party leaders,” said Harwell.  “Our Party, and more importantly our nation, must increase the number of Republican women in state level office to bring needed voices to debates on job creation, education reform, healthcare and how to improve the economy.”

Harwell noted that last cycle, the RSLC's “Right Women, Right Now” identified 185 new Republican women candidates from 36 states, yielding 84 new Republican women elected to state offices in 2012.  This cycle, the RSLC has committed to recruit 300 new Republican candidates and elect 150 of them, spending $6 million to do so as part of the overall Future Majority Project that recruits women and minority candidates to run for first time office.

“Speaker Harwell is an outstanding leader for the state of Tennessee, a star within our Party and a passionate advocate for families across the Volunteer State,” said “Right Women, Right Now” Director Jill Bader.  “We commend her for her commitment to growing strong women leaders and thank her for hosting our ‘Right Women, Right Now’ summit.”

Harwell, the first woman Speaker in Tennessee History, is Co-Chair of “Right Women, Right Now” along with Attorney General Pam Bondi (FL), Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (WI) and Secretary Kim Wyman (WA). 

The 2013 “Right Women, Right Now” Summit will take place in Nashville, TN on Sept. 9 and 10, 2013.  Attorney General Pam Bondi will give the keynote address.  Hosted by Tennessee Speaker of the House Beth Harwell, the gathering will bring together over 25 elected women and supporters from across the nation to address how to support women at all levels of elected leadership.


 

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Metro Nashville paid a foreign company to study our schools. So why did its reports get an icy reception?

by Andrea Zelinski, Nashville Scene, Sept. 5, 2013 - During the day, Metro Schools' headquarters on Bransford Avenue bustles with traffic as hundreds of district employees file into work, from bean counters to executive principals, secretaries to chief officers in three-piece suits.

If David Moran had his way, there'd be a lot fewer of them. Maybe he'd have the Central Office whittle down its staff, and fill the facility with students instead of adults. Or he'd just have the district sell the former school building, and plug the extra money into the system's 153 other schools. Either way, his reasoning would be the same: Nashville's public school system has too much central bureaucracy.

That criticism stoked recommendations Moran gave to Nashville's director of schools over the past two school years. Working then for the U.K.-based Tribal Group, the British consultant led a team contracted by MNPS to develop turnaround plans for the district's worst schools. Part of his job was to assess what role the Central Office would clay. (link)

My Comment:  Please read this. Unbelievable! The school board spend $6.3 million of our money for a study to tell us what we already knew and when the school board did not like the results they just ignored the recommendations and they refuse to release the report we paid for.

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Kookogey Abandons GOP Challenge of Sen. Alexander

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“Exempt America” Tour Comes to Nashville

Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots and ForAmerica announced the next stop of its multi-state “Exempt America” Tour will be in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, September 6 at 10 a.m. EST.



Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots and L. Brent Bozell III, Chairman for ForAmerica will join with local activists to call on Congress to exempt Americans from Obamacare.



“President Obama has already exempted Big Labor, Big Business and Congress has exempted itself.  That leaves the American people on the hook to live under what Sen. Max Baucus, an Obamacare supporter, has called a ‘train wreck.’  More than 70% of Americans favor delaying the implementation of Obamacare.  In order to delay it, the spending must stop. We will make sure Congress hears this message loud and clear,” said Ms. Martin.

WHO:                         Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator, Tea Party Patriots

                                   L. Brent Bozell III, Chairman, ForAmerica

                                   Matthew Perkins, Tennessee Medicine and Pediatrics

                                   Kurt Potter, Board Member 9-12 Project Tennessee

                                   Mishelle Perkins, president 9-12 Project Tennessee

WHAT:                        “Exempt America” Press Conference

WHERE:                     Embassy Suites Nashville Airport

                                   10 Century Blvd

                                   Nashville, TN

WHEN:                        Friday, September 6, 2013

                                   10 a.m. EST

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Only 1 in 4 Nashville students sit in classrooms MNPS considers high quality.

Corrine is one of the lucky ones.

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Tracy Opposes Obama’s Request for Force in Syria

Murfreesboro, TN - Republican 4th district candidate Jim Tracy stated Wednesday that President Obama’s lack of a strategic plan for military force in Syria should result in a no vote.

“Based on what I have seen, I do not believe the President has outlined a compelling case or a coherent objective to Congress in his request for authorization to use military force in Syria,” said Tracy.  

“There is no doubt the Assad regime’s willingness to use chemical weapons is unacceptable and that his growing dependence on Iran is a threat to stability in the Middle East. But President Obama’s weak and ineffective approach over the last few years in this part of the world continues to weaken our nation’s stature overseas,” said Tracy. “That weakened stature is why Assad ignored President Obama in the first place. The President “leads” from behind and when he inches toward action, he does so without a clear sense of purpose or an attainable conclusion. This administration, at this point in time, cannot be trusted with an authorization of military force in Syria. Congress should reject the President's ill-conceived, ill-timed request."

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Kookogey says he's 'unannounced candidate' for US Senate

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“As an unannounced candidate, however, I have decided to withdraw from the remainder of the scheduled events, lest my attendance confuse your process.”

I don't know how one is an official unannounced candidate.  I guess this means he want be stepping aside to support the single best anti-Lamar candidate. If so, this is good news for Lamar.

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Protest of military action in Syria at legislative plaza prominently features Barry Donegan

This is the Channel 4 report on the anti-war protest that took place on Legislative Plaza Friday. Barry Donegan, a former member of the executive committee of the Davidson County Republican Party, is prominently featured in the report.
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Anti-Charter School resolution before Metro Council

Councilman Steve Glover has introduced a resolution in the Metro Council asking State Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman for a charter school moratorium. The logic of the request is that charter schools take financial resources away from the school system.  When a child attends a charter school, the money that would have gone to the school system to educate that child follows the child to the charter school. Opponents of charter schools claim that overhead cost are fixed and having less children to educate does not cut those overhead cost.

This is obviously a phony argument. At about the same rate that children are leaving the regular district schools for charters, population growth is adding new students.  Charter schools are not leaving empty seats.  Those seats are being filled by new students.  In any event, cost are not fixed. If a system as large as Metro's public school system cannot reallocate resources to manage change in student enrollment then something is terribly wrong. You can be sure that if we had more students in public schools, the same people who are saying that fewer students present a financial hardship would be saying more students present a financial hardship. 

Charter schools have almost worked miracles in some cases. In charter schools, Black children with all of the disadvantages that usually indicate failure are excelling. No child should have to attend a failing school. We should embrace charters.

I have about given up thinking there is any bill so bad that our Council will not vote for it. I have also come to the conclusion that  Republicans in the Council are as about as useless as tits on a boar hog. Last month the Council passed a resolution calling on Congress to end sequestration, not cut spending, and to raise taxes.  The Republicans in the Council voted for it. A few months ago they voted for a resolution calling on the EPA to vigorously enforce the arbitrary CO2 limits the EPA had adopted without Congressional approval. The Republicans in the Council voted for it.  Some of the Republicans in the Council were in that body when the Council unanimously voted to impose minimum fare prices and other anti-market polices on limousine services. Think of your most conservative Council member; he votes exactly like the most progressive council member.  I don't expect any principled opposition to even the most liberal of legislation from any members of our Council.

The only thing that may cause this bill to run into trouble is that we have an active pro-charter community and Mayor Karl Dean is a supporter of charter schools.   Glover, sponsor of the resolution, was elected to the Council without opposition taking the seat formerly occupied by Councilman Jim Gotto. Glover is a Republican and a former member of the School Board. The resolution will be on the September 10 Council agenda.

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Mayor Dean will be guest speaker at First Tuesday, this Wednesday

From Tim Skow, host of First Tuesday:

1ST TUESDAY members and friends:


WEDNESDAY... Sept 4th... Mayor Karl Dean returns to 1ST TUESDAY to answer our questions.
Do you know about AMP ? Do you know how the Mayor's idea is going to affect you?
Do you know about $$$ for the show "Nashville" ?
Do you know about the bill pending in Metro Council to put an end to new Charter Schools ?
Do you know what the Nashville Convention Center is costing? What is happening soon there?
Do you know why we could lose the Nashville Sounds ? Why is a baseball park suddenly a hot topic again?
Do you know what is coming to Nashville next ??

If you already know all this... then you may not learn much on WEDNESDAY.. Sept 4th at 1ST TUESDAY... but ... if you already know all this... then you may be a most helpful contributor during our noted Q & A session with Mayor Dean.

 Mayor Dean is coming.. and you have the opportunity to hear 1ST-hand at 1ST TUESDAY what he has in mind... and Mayor Dean will have the opportunity to hear 1ST-hand what is on your mind.

As usual, we will meet at The Offices of WALLER LAW - 511 Union Street - 27th floor. Doors open at 11AM for Coffee and Social time. Lunch from Alexander's Catering will be ready at 11:30 and is $20 for MEMBERS and $25 for Guests. Seating for you [and your Guests] can be secured at the 1ST TUESDAY website at http://www.1sttuesdaynashville.com/ and then click on Shopping Cart.

We are limited to 120 seats.. so let me encourage you not to dawdle ! Our program will start at NOON sharp. I am VERY excited to with some of announcements we have to share with you that day ! If you have not already done so ... Secure your seat now ! And invite a friend while space is still available!

Wednesday, Sept. 4th is going to be a ZESTY lunch event at 1ST TUESDAY!!

And.......... for those of you interested in a "preview" ... Councilman Bob Duvall and as many as 3 or other Metro Council members are joining several of us on Tuesday, Sept 3rd at Noon at the brand new Green Hills Thai and Sushi. ... [they are having they official "Grand Opening that day...] located in the heart of Green Hills at 4004 Hillsboro Rd [formerly August Moon] .. It is a simply lovely place and has just recently been opened by a fine Republican, Mr Yang.

Special treats are awaiting those of us who join the Councilmembers for a roundtable discussion in preparation for Wednesday's lunch with Mayor Dean. Join us for lunch BOTH DAYS if you schedule allows !

Thanks,
Tim Skow
Host of 1ST TUESDAY

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Supporters, mostly Black parents, protest hostility toward charter schools

This is a short clip of the demonstration that took place at the Bransdford Ave offices of the Metro Nashville Public Schools on Friday. It is gratifying to see Black parents realize that the current one-size-fits-all public education system is a system that is failing their children. The protestors are right, "Parents need choice, Parent need choice!"

Supporters protest 'hostility' toward charter schools 

by Lisa Fingeroot, The Tennessean, Aug. 29, 2013 -  Nashville charter school supporters called in reinforcements from Washington, D.C., Thursday to help protest the hostility they claim Metro officials show toward charters.

The protesters also opposed Metro Councilman Steve Glover’s plan to ask the state to give Nashville a moratorium on approving charter schools.

“We’re here to essentially send the message that the hostility toward high-quality charter schools needs to end and that we need to be seen as a tool,” said Rebecca Lieberman, vice president of external affairs for the Tennessee Charter School Center. (link)

School Board member Amy Frogge, the most hostile of the school board members who are hostile to charter schools. used her face book page to defend herself saying, "To turn this discussion into a racially-charged attack on MNPS was a terrible act and offends me deeply."

All I can say is, "be offended." Many  Blacks are no longer willing to stay on the liberal plantation. They want what works and just like most parents, they want what is best for their children.

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The Tenneseans looks at Obamacare:TN employers crunch numbers on health law

I knew when President Obama said, "If you like your coverage, you can keep it. You don’t have to change," that that was a lie.  I am sure he knew it was a lie, and anyone who can reason and was paying attention knew it was a lie. Now that Obamacare is the law of the land, the lie is being revealed.

The truth is that many people will lose there coverage, some people will lose their jobs, some with full time jobs will be reduced to part-time, some will have their insurance premiums rise. More future jobs will be less than 30 hours.  It is true that some people now without insurance because of preexisting conditions will now be covered, but there is the other side of the coin. This article looks at the reality of Obamacare from a non-ideological point of view.

TN employers crunch numbers on health law 

by Tom Wilemon, The Tennessean, Sep. 1, 2013 - Employers are just beginning to learn the financial ironies of the federal health law.

Small nonprofits that pay no taxes can get tax credits. Some businesses that currently provide generous insurance may stop. And organizations could fork over more money covering part-time workers than full-time workers. (link)

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