Tag Archives: Tennessee Municipal League

Anderson County Commissioner – Abuse of Tax Monies & TML

Knox News Sentinel last night/today. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2014/feb/25/letter-forced-annexation-unjust-process/ — Unedited Version Below — Letter to Editor, Forced Annexation is immoral.   The very powerful Tennessee Municipal League (who represents the cities who benefit from Forced Annexation) is of course in favor of cities being … Continue reading

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RIGHT2VOTETN INVESTIGATING TAXPAYER FUNDING OF TML LOBBYING ACTIVITIES

  RIGHT2VOTETN INVESTIGATING TAXPAYER FUNDING OF TML LOBBYING ACTIVITIES   Requests Submitted to 10 Cities   OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (Nov. 12)-Right2VoteTN, a coalition of 18 grassroots citizens groups across Tennessee, has submitted Tennessee Freedom of Information Act requests to 10 cities … Continue reading

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Lack of Visibility & Abuse in Municipal Leagues Across US

There is gross abuse of tax payer dollars in city financed municipal leagues across the country. These organizations provide insurance to city government (shared pool of money to cover lawsuits). However these groups are not transparent or accountable to insurance … Continue reading

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Senate Bill 279 Clears Committee Moves to House Finance Subcommittee

The committee representatives cleared SB 279 (the companion bill to Rep. Mike Carter’s HB 475 in the House) 9-0 in favor to move the bill to a TACIR summer study program with a two-year freeze on all annexations starting April … Continue reading

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