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Alice Roll says Nashville can avoid the mistakes of other cities: "higher taxes, higher crime" and "failing schools."

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Take a break from politics and let me tell you about my garden.

by Rod Williams, July 8, 2023- This is what I got out of my garden yesterday. I have had an abundance of produce. The lettuce is about gone, but I must have had a dozen big salads out of my garden this year. I have also had a sautéed mostly vegetable meal maybe ten times, sometimes cooking this meal for my daughter and my grandson or sharing the meal with my friend Lydia, who has kind of been my gardening coach this year.  The combination of vegetables in this meal depends on what I harvest that day. 

So far, the squirrels have not beat me to the tomatoes. Since building my fence in the early spring, I have been able to keep out the ground hog and rabbits. Also, so far, my cucumbers and squash plants look healthy and have lot of blooms. 

I have had a green leaf lettuce and red leaf lettuce, and some other greens, the name of which I don't recall. I have two kind of Kale, Boc Choy, zucchini, two kinds of squash, about six different varieties of tomatoes, snape peas, snow peas, okra, cucumbers, watermelon, parsley, lemongrass, cilantro and rosemary. A small garden space can produce quite a bit of food. I am eating healthy. There is something so rewarding about eating food you grew yourself. And has Guy Clark said, there ain't nothing in the world better than homegrown tomatoes. 

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Mix and Mingle and learn about Citizens for Renewing America

 From the Williamson County Republican Party:

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The candidates for Mayor and Metro Council looked at as "favorable" by the Davidson County Republican Party

 From the Davidson County Republican Party:

Rod Comment: While I am still reviewing and evaluating candidates and will consider a favorable view by the DCRP as a factor worth consideration, as of this time, below are my recommendations:

• Mayor: Alice Rolli
• Council at large: Russ Pulley
• Council District 4: Davette Blalock
• Council District 17: Tonya Esquibel

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The DCRP Summer Picnic is today!

 

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Nashville Young Republicans will hold a Metro Council Candidate Forum, July 12th

 

At their July meeting, the Nashville Young Republicans will hold a Metro Council Candidate Forum. This will be a great time to learn more about some of the folks stepping up to serve YOU in our local government. YOU need to be there with your smile and your questions! Wednesday, July 12, 5:45pm at West Nashville's Bold Patriot Brewing Company (410 39th Avenue North). Don't miss it!

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Alice Rolli on Downtown Crime

"We have to stop catch and release."

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An in-depth interview with each Council Member At-large candidate.

by Rod Williams, July 7, 2023- The Nashville Post has interviewed each of the candidates running for Council Member at-large. These are much more in-depth interviews with more substantive questions than I have seen elsewhere. The interviews and the articles are written by Stephen Elliot. He does an excellent job. In order to be able to ask substantial questions, the reporter needs to know what he is talking about and obviously Elliot does. So, often it seems to me that news reporting is so bad because the reporter does not have a grasp of the subject matter. If you are undecided for whom you will vote for Council Member at-large, I highly recommend reading these informative articles. 

There are twenty-one candidates running for Council Member at-large. Voters may vote for five and the top five vote-getters win.  Note that you do not have to vote for five candidates.  If you only vote for one, that denies four other candidates a vote, so it is almost as if you cast five votes for that one candidate. If I have one candidate that I really want to win I only vote for that one candidate. Given that Nashville is an overwhelmingly Democratic and progressive woke city, if I identify a candidate as conservative or even as a common-sense Democrat, I will vote for that one candidate rather than splitting my vote. If I don't really have a strong favorite, I may vote for more than one. 

Russ Pulley

As of this point in time, I plan on only voting for one candidate and that is Russ Pulley. The reason for that is that if not for his efforts, the Nashville police budget would have been drastically slashed. Due to Pulley's efforts, funding for police that had been cut from the 2020 budget was restored. This was a close vote with only a one vote margin win. If not for the efforts of Russ Pulley, crime would be much worse in Nashville. If not for Russ Pulley, we would have more dead Nashvillians. You can read more about this at this link: Radicals lose fight to defund police, instead Council increases police funding by $2.6 million.

While at this time, I plan to only vote for one at-large candidate and that is Russ Pulley, I am still evaluating the field. I know I will vote for Pulley, but If I am convinced that Pulley will make the runoff anyway, I may vote for more than one candidate, or if I find another candidate who I really like, I may vote for more than one. I am still evaluating the field. 

Below are the Post articles on each of the candidates.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Burkley Allen. Former district representative is running for a second term countywide.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Russ Pulley. Green Hills councilmember is seeking one of five countywide seats.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Quin Evans Segall. Attorney, IDB member is among 21 candidates for five countywide seats.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Marcia Masulla. Nashville Fashion Week co-founder, former Cooper staffer among 21 candidates for five countywide seats.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Jeff Syracuse. Donelson-area district councilmember now seeks countywide post. 

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Zulfat Suara. Representative is seeking another four-year term.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Delishia Porterfield. District 29 councilmember seeking countywide office.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Jonathan Williamson. First-time candidate among 21 vying for five at-large seats.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Indrani Ray. Consultant, health care analyst focusing on budget in run for countywide seat.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Howard Jones. Assistant principal aims at countywide office once more.

Metro Council At-Large Q&A: Arnold Hayes. Community oversight leader among 21 candidates for five countywide seats.

Check back. As more candidates are added, I will update this list. 

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How do the Mayoral candidates stand on the issue of license plate readers

by Rod Williams, July 7, 2023- Channel 5 News reports on how the mayoral candidates stand on the issue of license plate readers and provides the statements of the eight candidates who took part in the final mayoral debate where this question was asked.  All give answers supporting them but with equivocations. Some criticize the Metro pilot use of license plate readers for a more heavy use of them in Black communities, which of course are also high crime communities.  

Alice Rolli says, "They were, in this pilot, used in too concentrated an area." 

Councilwoman at-large Sharon Hurt says, "I had a nephew who was killed, and they found the killer with a license plate reader, so I have a personal connection, and I do believe they can be useful, but they have to be appropriately used."

Really  I see no significant difference between the positions of the candidates on this issue.  See the full Channel 5 report at this link. 

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Tomorrow | "The Founders and Inflation: How the Dollar Once Limited Government" with Grant Starrett

 

AIER’s Bastiat Society program in Nashville will host an event with Grant Starrett, Vice President of Acquisitions at Lion Real Estate Group.

Amidst the highest inflation in decades, Grant revisits the Founders' views on sound money, how they gave those views power in the Constitution with the explicit intent to limit the size of government and how we abandoned the original meaning (as we have with so many other clauses). If you're wondering how the federal government got so big, there really are two answers: that we abandoned the original meaning of the Constitution and the federal government rearranged its own financing. As Grant reveals, the two are intricately related.

Eventbrite Ticket Required. Register here.

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