Posted by Eric on March 13th, 2009 | Categorized as Local Government, News | Tagged as community, Local Government, minimum wage, sb0083, state senate
Yesterday, SB0083 passed the Tennessee State Senate on a vote of 18 to 13.
While some will say that vote fell along party lines because of its stance on a “prevailing wage” (what some have referred to as a minimum wage), my “no” vote had absolutely nothing to do with a minimum wage but everything to [...]
Posted by Eric on March 28th, 2008 | Categorized as Local Government | Tagged as advocate, Local Government, services, taxes
Having served on the Franklin County Commission and having grown up very involved an interested in county and municipal government, I understand first hand how decisions on the state level impact local governments and thereby directly effect local taxpayers. Legislators always have good intentions of making our lives better, our communities safer, and our services better, [...]