Good Morning, LaVergne

Just a couple of quick links today. Today's Daily News Journal published an article about the day after the elections. It's pretty interesting because it details some of the reasons why people voted how they voted in the city elections on Tuesday. Read the article here.

Also, I want to direct you to comments by "anonymous" and by Angie Mayes about growth in LaVergne. Both these comments were very interesting as they talked about future elections being in November (with federal and state elections), the efforts to get retail in LaVergne, etc. I am blown away that our planning commission doesn't give final permission for specific stores to set up shop in LaVergne. I think maybe we need to examine our codes and perhaps change them so that the city has the same authority that Smyrna has in approving (or not) businesses that come in to town. At this point, if a developer owns land they can put whatever they want on it, as long as it's zoned right.

I also want to remind everyone about the "Skate for the Children" event coming up. Please help us to get the word out. In this past week, we've nowhere near raised enough money for the "Christmas for the Children" to continue this year. Do any of you candidates have any money left from your campaigns to donate to this event? Do any of you citizens want to donate $10 or $20? Businesses? Ingram, Bridgestone/Firestone? Can you help?


Remember: Skate for the Children, October 10th, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., Smyrna Skate Center. Or contact Kathy T. at 491-2161 to make a donation to the Christmas for the Children fund.