My Background and Platform
RETIRED LAWYER AND 20 YEAR MILITARY VETERAN In 1986, I enlisted in the Navy and spent 8 years as a Russian Linguist. I did my language training at the Defense [...]
Hamblen County-Morristown Library Board of Trustees Meeting – 4-26-22
I attended the Library Board meeting back on 4/26/22. After the issues with the last two meetings, I was finally on the agenda to speak at Public Forum. I'll put [...]
Hamblen County Commission Public Forum – 4-21-22
I spoke at public forum (the 3 minute variety) at the Hamblen County Commission meeting on April 21, 2022. Here's the written version of the remarks I gave. I [...]
A Short Timeline On Hamblen County And The Cash Bail Class Action Lawsuit
I'm going to keep this as a running timeline of thoughts and sources about the Cash Bail problems in Hamblen County and the class action lawsuit that was filed against [...]
Attending A Couple Of Months Of Government Meetings
In my role as Chair of the Hamblen Democrats, I've been trying to be out in the public. I've been trying to get to know the decision-makers in the community. [...]
Hamblen County Commission – Public Forum 3/24/2022
I recently attended the Hamblen County Commission meeting on March 24, 2022. I signed up to do public forum on a couple of issues. Normally you get three minutes for [...]
Hamblen County Commission Meeting – October 21, 2021
I attended the Hamblen County Commission meeting on October 21, 2021. I posted about it on the HCDP Facebook page and did a little running commentary while I was there. [...]
A Little On “Democrats In Disarray”
Democrats hold the presidency, a slim majority in the House of Representatives, and a slimmer majority in the Senate. That makes for messy procedure when you're trying to do stuff, [...]
Redistricting Committee Meeting in Hamblen County Tennessee
I had the opportunity to attend the meeting of the Hamblen County Government Redistricting Committee yesterday (September 28, 2021). I posted a little about this on my personal FB page, [...]
A Little on Ballot Access and Money in Politics
I believe the voters deserve a choice when they go to the polls. I ended up running for County Commission in 2020 in large part because I saw too many [...]
I’ve Moved To Morristown
More on this and what it means later, after I get up and running again with blog writing.