by Williamson Strong | Oct 12, 2016 | Free Speech, Williamson County Schools |
Over the past two years, WCSB member Beth Burgos has pursued several missions – to institute prayer at School Board meetings, to censor textbooks and teacher supplementary materials, to investigate teachers for their free speech outside school hours and off school...
by Williamson Strong | Oct 4, 2016 | Registry of Election Finance |
State Reps. Glen Casada and Jeremy Durham backed former Williamson County School Board member Susan Curlee and the rest of the Tea Party board members elected in 2014. Casada leads the House Republican Caucus, which (among other things) makes appointments to the...
by Williamson Strong | Oct 3, 2016 | General, Williamson County Schools |
We have not reported on the 2013-14 theft from the Hillsboro PTO here but wanted to let everyone know that Billie Sue Barker, former Hillsboro PTO treasurer, pleaded guilty on Thursday and agreed to pay back the monies that were identified as stolen over a scheduled...
by Williamson Strong | Sep 27, 2016 | Candidates, Williamson County Schools |
How will the District 12 school board seat be filled? According to state law, the process works like this: District 12 County Commissioners Dana Ausbrooks and Steve Smith will nominate an interim District 12 School Board rep who will then be required to run in...
by Williamson Strong | Sep 26, 2016 | Islam, Williamson County Schools |
Tennessee Social Studies Standards Review Please see our September 2015 Facts About Tennessee’s Social Studies Standards article for more information about the current standards. Because of the brouhaha over Islamic indoctrination, the state began reviewing the...
by Williamson Strong | Sep 10, 2016 | Free Speech, Registry of Election Finance |
Our appeal hearing with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance is set for November 3-4. As you know, Susan Curlee and subsequently the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance (TREF) have been prosecuting a case against the five of us since late 2014. It has been an...
by Williamson Strong | Aug 2, 2016 | Candidates, Williamson County Schools |
If you care about strong public schools in Williamson County, it is imperative that you be informed, be engaged, and VOTE! Only 6.4% voted early this year. That’s less than 1 out of 15 of us. Ensure that you and your friends and family make plans to vote...
by Williamson Strong | Jul 29, 2016 | AFP, Candidates, Vouchers, Williamson County Schools |
The local party officials of the GOP are partnering with two pro-privatization groups to offer free food and a “talk” led by Glen Casada (who has received more than $15K from pro-privatization groups) regarding vouchers and their other education privatization efforts...
by Williamson Strong | Jul 27, 2016 | Candidates, Williamson County Schools |
As we previously reported, the Williamson County Homeschool Coalition made their endorsements last week. Many of the endorsees (including Julie Mauck, Joey Czarneski, Denise Boothby, and Kim Little) enthusiastically trumpeted this endorsement. It is unclear, however,...
by Williamson Strong | Jul 24, 2016 | AFP, Williamson County Schools |
On this day, two years ago, Kent Davis (a major funder of Curlee, Burgos, Cash, and Emerson) laid out the plan for the final days of the 2014 WCSB campaign. He wrote that final ads should be “focused on helping the candidates and should ignore the opponents.”...
