LATEST NEWS
Many Concerned Citizens Flock to Meeting to Protest Mega-Growth (10-2019)
Written by: Laura Turner
6-2019
...Historic, scenic and culturally significant resources are being destroyed. Growth does not pay for itself-- taxpayers pay for it. County property taxes were recently raised to pay for all this growth. The county debt is $568,424,149 yet Williamson County is the 7th richest county in the United States.
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Letter to the Editor: Cromling Leaves Wonderful Legacy as a Matriarch of Old Town
Written by: Laura Turner
http://www.williamsonherald.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-cromling-leaves-wonderful-legacy-as-a/article_a78a6f8c-a951-11e9-b994-53e06b1ee200.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
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Citizens' Comments at County Commission Meeting (6-2019)
Written by: Laura Turner
6-2019
...I feel much like the robot in TV show “Lost in Space” saying, “Danger, Will Robinson, Danger.” Except in this scenario I and other citizens have been saying, "Danger, Williamson County, Danger" -- in a show we could call, “Lost in Growth. ”
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Weight Limits Needed on Old Natural Trace to Protect Against Stephens' Valley
...I am very proud of our community’s perseverance in speaking out about the damage being caused to our historic rural landscape by the avarice of this development.
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Citizens Comments at County Commission Meeting (1-2018)
Written by: Laura Turner
1-2018
...I feel much like the robot in TV show “Lost in Space” saying, “Danger, Will Robinson, Danger.” Except in this scenario I and other citizens have been saying, "Danger, Williamson County, Danger" -- in a show we could call, “Lost in Growth. ”
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Citizen Comments at County Commission Meeting (11-17)
Written by: Laura Turner
11-2017
...I have some good news for one of our county’s scenic historic roads and then I would like to opine on the bad news for our county’s treasured rural roads.
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SV Request for Storm Water Variance (6-2017)
Written by: Laura Turner
6-2017
...Stephens Valley is a controversial mega-density residential subdivision being built on the endangered Natchez Trace Historic Rural Landscape.
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ONT Proposed Turn Lane
Written by: Laura Turner
6-2017
...I'm here tonight to request that the planned turn lane from Sneed Road onto the Old Natchez Trace be removed from the road improvements list that is required for the mega-density Stephens Valley subdivision being built on the Natchez Trace Historic Rural Landscape.
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School Board Zoning Comments
Written by: Laura Turner
5-2017
...you have some serious school funding issues before you which are the result of the extremely huge amount of growth continually being approved in our County.
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Senator Henry Historic Stone Walls
Written by: Laura Turner
6-2017
...Senator Douglas Henry passed away March 5th after an exemplary career of service to Tennessee in the state Senate. A friend of his told me that someone once asked him how he wanted to be remembered... and he simply said, “I just want TO BE remembered.” So in his honor I would like to remember some of the things he did for Williamson County.
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Old Town Historic Daffodil Project
Written by: Laura Turner
2-2017
Good Evening Chairman and Commissioners,
I bring you good news this evening. Mayor Anderson and the Highway Department are aware of the Old Town Historic Daffodil Project which has begun on the Old Natchez Trace. Last Friday, we planted over 1200 historic daffodil transplants from Natchez Mississippi on our end of the Old Natchez Trace. This fall more historic daffodil bulbs…these are bulbs formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940……will be planted along the frontage of Old Town on both sides of the Old Natchez Trace. These bright harbingers of spring are…
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