As a former city employee and current member of the Parks & Recreation Committee, I have first-hand experience in how someone is selected as grand marshal of La Vergne parades. As an employee, I sat down with the mayor and…
Category: Random Stuff
This is the stuff that’s been uncategorized!
La Vergne’s Liability Issues (lather, rinse, repeat)
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The word “liability” can send shivers of fear down the spine of any business or agency. To be financially liable for someone getting hurt on your property or at your event can cause fear and paralysis and is a powerful…
Rebuilding the League
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It has been a long, weird path walked by the LaVergne baseball/softball/tball organization. From a soaring success to barely holding it together, the league is rebuilding at this time. The primary reason for this post is to remind everyone that…
Cochlear Implant Goes Live
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About two months ago I wrote an article about my hearing loss and the surgery I had for the Baha 5 Cochlear bone implant. I wanted to write an update on what’s happened since then! First, the healing process took…
A Different but True Story About Hearing Loss
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This story began more than a half century ago, it’s about six decades in the making. I was an infant when I spiked a high fever that eventually dropped. About 15 years later when I was 16 years old, teenaged…
LaVergne Real Estate – Some Stats
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With the latest hoopla that La Vergne was named the best place in Tennessee to buy a home by Go Banking Rates, I thought this would be a fun reason to revisit some of my old post topics – real…
Industrial and Residential Don’t Mix
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It has been known for some time that the Public Works building off of Waldron Road is in terrible, horrible, no good shape. There’s mold. There are safety issues galore. The building is a hot mess. We learned all this…
Fresh Ideas: Street Lights
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I talked about the need for community assessment and feedback in the first fresh ideas column. What is it that citizens really want? What can be done to address those needs? How do we get to the point where decision-makers pay…
A Brave Young Man
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I learned earlier today from the Daily News Journal that 24-year old La Vergne resident Brandon Brewer lost his battle with Hirschprung’s disease. I wrote about him on my personal blog in 2007 and wanted to share his story to honor…
A Letter to the Mayor on Lessons in Accountability
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Dear Dennis Waldron, It’s not about where you shop. It’s not about who you dine with. It’s not about where you buy water. It’s not about ‘the paparazzi.’ It’s not about having a city phone v. a personal phone. It’s…