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Sen. McNally to discuss recent Supreme Court decisions at AC Tea Party meeting

Posted at 6:13 pm July 6, 2015
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Randy McNally

Randy McNally

Tennessee Senator Randy McNally will discuss recent Supreme Court decisions and what they mean for the state during an Anderson County Tea Party meeting on Tuesday, July 14, a press release said.

McNally, an Oak Ridge Republican, is also expected to discuss how the Tennessee General Assembly plans to address the decisions, the press release said. Those are among the items McNally is expected to address as he talks about items concerning Anderson County and Eastern Tennessee.

The July 14 meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Clinton Church of God. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, State Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Tea Party, Clinton Church of God, East Tennessee, Finance Ways and Means Committee, Randy McNally, Supreme Court, Supreme Court decisions, Tea Party, Tennessee General Assembly, Tennessee Senate

Broadcaster Hallerin Hilton Hill to speak to AC Tea Party

Posted at 11:14 am May 2, 2015
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Hallerin Hilton Hill

Hallerin Hilton Hill

Radio broadcaster Hallerin Hilton Hill will be the featured speaker for an Anderson County Tea Party meeting on May 12 in Clinton.

The monthly meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, at the Clinton Church of God.

Hill hosts the weekday “Morning Show” on Knoxville FM radio station News Talk 98.7 WOKI, and he hosts “Anything is Possible” on WBIR-TV on Sundays at noon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events Tagged With: Anderson County Tea Party, Anything is Possible, Clinton Church of God, Common Core, Hallerin Hilton Hill, health care, immigration, Morning Show, News Talk 98.7, same-sex marriage, Tea Party, WBIR, WOKI

Frank, Gooch talk to Anderson County Tea Party on Tuesday

Posted at 7:56 pm April 12, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 1 Comment

Terry Frank

Terry Frank

Warren L. Gooch

Warren L. Gooch

The next monthly meeting of the Anderson County Tea Party will feature Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank and Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at Clinton Church of God.

Frank and Gooch will discuss their goals for 2015 and the difficulties they see in reaching them, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Government, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Tea Party, Clinton Church of God, Common Core, Foreign and Domestic: Campaign II—Battle for the Middle States, Michael Mannske, Oak Ridge, Tea Party, Terry Frank, Warren Gooch

Alexander, Fleischmann finish first in primaries

Posted at 1:58 pm August 8, 2014
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Lamar Alexander and Johnny Alley

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, left, a Tennessee Republican, campaigns at Dean’s Restaurant and Bakery in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, one day before he beat Tea Party challenger Joe Carr, a state representative from Middle Tennessee, in the seven-candidate GOP primary. Alexander is pictured above with Anderson County Property Assessor Johnny Alley.

 

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

Ninth District judicial race close; Supreme Court justices retained

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander finished far ahead of a Tea Party challenger in the Republican primary on Thursday, and Representative Chuck Fleischmann narrowly beat Weston Wamp, the son of former Congressman Zach Wamp, in the second battle between the two men.

Alexander’s top opponent in the seven-candidate GOP primary was State Representative Joe Carr of Middle Tennessee. Alexander, who lost in his home district of Blount County, had 329,929 votes, compared to 269,883 for Carr, according to unofficial results posted by the Tennessee Secretary of State.

George Flinn, a Memphis radiologist and radio station owner, finished a distant third, with 34,568 votes.

Alexander, a former Tennessee governor and University of Tennessee president, will face Democrat Gordon Ball in the November 4 general election. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Federal, Federal, Government, Morgan County, Roane County, Slider, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Election Commission, Bill Haslam, Caitlin Nolan, Charles Brown, Chuck Fleischmann, Cornelia Clark, Democrat, Dennis Powers, District 36, Fifth District, Gary Wade, George Flinn, GOP primary, Gordon Ball, governor, House District 33, Jason Zachary, Jim Tracy, Joe Carr, John J. Duncan Jr., John Ragan, Lamar Alexander, Mary Headrick, Mike Pemberton, Ninth Judicial District, November 4 general election, Randy McNally, Representative, Republican, retention election, Scott DesJarlais, Scotty Mayfield, Sharon Lee, Supreme Court justices, Tea Party, Tennessee Secretary of State, Tennessee Senate, Terry Adams, Third District, Tom McFarland, U.S. senator, Virgil Kidwell, Weston Wamp, Zach Wamp

In Oak Ridge, Alexander, Haslam promote GOP accomplishments

Posted at 3:28 pm August 7, 2014
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Bill Haslam and Lamar Alexander

Governor Bill Haslam, left, and Senator Lamar Alexander touted the accomplishments of Republicans in Congress and Tennessee during a campaign stop at Dean’s Restaurant and Bakery in Oak Ridge on Wednesday, one day before Thursday’s state and federal primary elections.

 

Governor Bill Haslam and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander campaigned in Oak Ridge on Wednesday as the two-term senator fought to prevail in the federal Republican primary in Tennessee on Thursday. The duo also promoted GOP accomplishments, both in Congress and in Tennessee.

Alexander is facing off against seven candidates for one of the state’s two U.S. Senate seats. Most of the attention has been focused on the race between Alexander and state Representative Joe Carr, a Republican Tea Party challenger from Lascassas in Rutherford County.

Alexander, who is also a former Tennessee governor, didn’t mention Carr by name during a stop at Dean’s Restaurant and Bakery in Oak Ridge on Wednesday.

Instead, he focused on accomplishments such as his vote to end “perpetual amnesty,” his “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, and the possibility that Republicans could gain a majority in the U.S. Senate. He also made some promises if Democrats lose control of the Senate.

“We’ll get rid of Harry Reid’s agenda,” said Alexander, referring to the current Senate majority leader, a Democrat. “We’ll get rid of ‘Obamacare.’” [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Federal, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Associated Press, Bill Haslam, Congress, Dean's Restaurant and Bakery, general election, George Flinn, GOP, Harry Reid, Joe Carr, Lamar Alexander, Oak Ridge, Pat Roberts, President Obama, primary, Republican primary, Tea Party, Tennessee, U.S. Senate

Fleischmann touts record, Appropriations seat; Wamp willing to work across aisle

Posted at 7:56 pm August 5, 2014
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U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann

Chuck Fleischmann

They’ve battled over negative ads, political endorsements, special interest money, and the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann, the two-term incumbent, touts his seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee and, important to Oak Ridge, the Energy and Water Subcommittee.

Meanwhile, Weston Wamp, his challenger, has suggested a willingness to work across party lines to “move the country forward.”

The two men face off in a in two-man battle in the Republican primary on Thursday. It’s in part a rematch of the three-man GOP primary in Tennessee’s Third District in 2012, when Wamp and Scotty Mayfield lost to Fleischmann. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Federal, Federal, Government, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, Chuck Fleischmann, cleanup funding, Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee, Congress, DOE, education, Ernest Moniz, GOP primary, House Appropriations Committee, Lamar Alexander, land transfers, Mary Headrick, Obamacare, partisanship, Republican primary, Tea Party, technology transfer, Third District, U.S. Department of Energy, uranium processing facility, Weston Wamp, Y-12 National Security Complex, Zach Wamp

Guest column: Burying mistakes

Posted at 11:28 am July 4, 2014
By John Ragan 1 Comment

John Ragan

John Ragan

Our founders boldly asserted in the Declaration of Independence that our nation should exist because the “Laws of Nature and Nature’s God” entitle it to exist. They further held the God who authored these natural laws endowed everyone with certain, self-evident rights.

By these concepts, every individual has the same God-given equality before the law. There can be none with special, legal “privileges” such as royalty or aristocracy. Likewise, there can be no serfs inherently lacking certain rights.

An even more radical concept in that document is that government exists to protect these God-given rights. Furthermore, our nation’s founding document maintains that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, thus are accountable to them.

In other words, our founders insisted that government must answer to its citizens, not the other way around. However, events recently in the popular press have called this concept into question. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Opinion Tagged With: aristocracy, citizens, Declaration of Independence, electronic records, equal rights, equality, God, government, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, rights, serfs, tax collectors, Tea Party

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