We'll all get by with a little help from our friends!

That's right this coming thurs. eve at
7 PM we can all get together and do
the right thing for our beloved town.
Hopefully we will have an good turn-
out if you and your friends plan now
to attend.

It's not too late to seriously discuss
the direction our town is headed and
where we as citizens want to see it go.
Yes, it almost seems too difficult to
get the attention of our town leaders.

Of course it is too easy to say well we
can't change a thing...so why bother.
Not really true...the comments and
emails we have received are proof
that local citizens are willing to get
involved.

Nolensville is home to thousands
of families seriously concerned about
keeping the rural atmosphere and
small town warmth of Nolensville.
Every home owner wants his neighbor -
hood to proudly display the 24/7 care
and upkeep that increases each
home's value.

So as local home owners and parents
we cannot afford to look the other way
and ignore serious problems in our
town's leadership. Yes, many of us
were raised with the teaching ring-
ing in our ears..."Judge not.." and you
know the rest of that verse. However,
there is also another important teach-
ing that goes like this.. "one should try
(discern) the spirits of those" we so
seriously depend on to do the right thing.

Today the internet has opened a world
of communication that moves with the
speed of light and is open and free to
everyone. No longer do we have to
assume what is true. We can talk to each
other 24/7 and use the talents of lay
people and professionals to help us deter-
mine any course of action.

Yes...today's world of instant messages
has changed how our elected leaders
conduct themselves. Every voter has
access to a memory bank to compare
what any leader has said today to last
month, year and beyond. Accountability
has arrived for everyone in a position of
leadership. Open meetings and crystal
clear decisions should be the required
method of operation.

Your children answer to a teacher and
she gives them a grade based on achieve-
ment. Your employer evaluates your
record on the job and hopefully gives
you a raise. Everyone in life is account-
able...so where is it written town leaders
are exempt? No where! And you should
not feel bad about applying some measure
of accountability to their performance.

It is a great time to be alive and well and
living in Williamson county. It is up to each
and everyone of us to keep this area intact
and as a treasure for our children.

Do not miss this opportunity to be a part
of a historic moment in the life of our
community. Together we can agree on
what's important and then act on it. Yes,
eventually you all have to get up and act
on it...even if it means new leadership...
new procedures and new ways to monitor
things to make sure everything gets done
as we all agreed.

Yes...we can all get by with a little help
from our Friends. See you all at the thurs.
nite 7 PM town meeting.

Send in your comments and emails.

Nolensville Mayor to Examine Possible Conflicts of Interest!

QUESTION IS? Are we going to follow
the rules that exist including the town
charter or are we going to "suspend the
rules" to get the vote outcome that we
want??? Which is it Mr. Mayor????

In today's 2/27/06 Tennessean article
"Controversial subdivision could be up
for revote" in county section under the
Brentwood column where the Mayor says,
"We just want a decision from the board
to at least allow for the consideration for
the revote." Which is not possible accord-
ing to Robert's Rules of Order. Any re-
consideration of the vote must be done on
the same day as the vote and the motion
must be made by the prevailing party or
the person that voted no. "We'll do
whatever the right thing is to do." Well
then just accept the vote of 2/2/06 that
defeated the York Road Subdivision..
Period. "We always have been above
board to never cover anything up."
What about conflicts of interest on your
own board? For instance full time real
estate agents on board and sale of per-
sonal property to developer by member
of planning commission? (much more!)
"We've always tried to be honest." Great
let's get honest and get rid of the existing
"conflicts of interest"!
"The important thing to note is that we're
not taking sides or pointing fingers." OK
then who is pushing to suspend the rules
to change a vote on a subdivision that the
developer is unhappy with and threatens
a law suit??? Who is this person? By
asking to reconsider the vote tells the
world that someone has already taken the
side of the "unhappy" developer. Who in
the world could that be? The Mayor says...
"Once these issues (conflict of interest)
were raised, (by the developer) we decid-
ed to just get it on the table to see what
they(the board?)thought about it."

"The President of Centex Homes...said
they never had a contract with alderman."
The board has already voted and the
York Rd. subdivision was DEFEATED!

We're not blaming anybody in this."
Sounds good, but everybody in town
knows you have a "guaranteed majority
vote" and once it is forceably & illegally
brought back and put on table for a re-
vote...YOU CONTROL THE VOTE!
So much for fair and honest local govern-
ment. It is the same old...same old politics
that everybody knows goes on, but nobody
wants to confront it. SOOOOoooo those that
are in office count on you the local voter to
not do anything about it. TIME'S UP...you
have no choice but to turn off the TV grab
your neighbors and come out to the meet-
ing and fight this together. Plan now to
attend Thurs. 3/2/06, 7 PM...get there
early and sign up to speak up...it is your
right and your duty...do it!

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URGENT ALERT 3/2/06, 7 PM NOLENSVILLE MEETING OF MAYOR/ALDERMEN

If you plan to attend Thurs. 3/2/06
meeting this is your homework read
it, print it and bring it with you!!!!!!!
Click on article 2/27/06 Tennessean.
"Controversial Subdivision Could Be
Up for Revote" in today's paper in
county section under Brentwood.
Urgent warning to local citizens on
Mayor's agenda item #8 Motion to
suspend the rules to reconsider Ord-
inance #05-34 York Rd. Subdivision
on second reading. Also item #9 Re-
consideration Ordinance #05-34 to
set public hearing & second reading
of York Rd. Subdivision (if motion to
suspend the rules is passed).

Everyone that attended the 2/2/06
meeting remembers that the vote on
#05-34 ended up in a TIE! #05-34
ordinance (law) was defeated and
any motion to reconsider can be
made only by a member who voted
on the prevailing side. So since the
motion failed, you had to have voted
"no"to move to reconsider it. And
the motion to reconsider can be
made only on the day that the
original motion was made!
The motion to reconsider is not a
free-for-all. A lot of motions can't
be reconsidered. Some only after
one year has passed.

Robert's Rules of Order has some
very specific requirements regard-
ing what can be suspended and
what cannot be suspended. The
constitution, bylaws, zoning laws,
sub-regulations and more. These
are the rules (laws) that cannot be
changed at the whim of the group
attending one meeting. Even the
Mayor can't simply say "I move
to suspend the rules" and then
ignore all of the rules and do
whatever he wants, having a free
for all.

The Mayor cannot suspend the
rules to reconsider a new vote
on a "law" that was defeated.
No matter what pressures he
may receive from disappointed
developers and/or other outside
influences.

If the Mayor tries to suspend the
rules in order to RE-VOTE on
#05-34 ordinance (law) he is
OUT OF ORDER and is subject
to whatever means are available
to board members to prevent
him from ignoring the by-laws
and sub-regs of Nolensville.

The outrageous fact that the
Mayor would even schedule
#8 and #9 motions on the
agenda to revote on a law/
ordinance that was defeated
suggests all kinds of serious
questions about his motives.
Local citizens are entitled to
know exactly what is going
on with the Mayor?

Now if the Mayor cancels
items #8 & 9 prior to or
during the 3/2/06 meeting
citizens are still entitled to
a full and convincing state-
ment of explanation. A vote
of confidence in the Mayor's
performance would certainly
be in order due to what
appears to be a "raw" display
of mis-guided power before
the electorate.

This kind of "back-room"
stunt by our Mayor is not
at all what voters elected
him to do. As registered
voters you are all obligated
to prevent this kind of "power
grab" from continuing.
How can you stop it? By
showing up at the meeting,
registering to make a citizen
comment.

This kind of obsession with
personal power over-riding
all the rules cannot be allow-
ed to stand or continue.
The Mayor knows he cannot
break the law and crumble
under the veiled threats
that may be directed his
way. Wake up your neighbors
and bring them to the 3/2/06
meeting.
Help them to speak
up on what appears to be an
attempt to force a vote to go
his (Mayor's) way no matter
what! Last meeting over 70
attended and over 125 should
show up on 3/2/06 at 7 PM.

Send in your comments ASAP.

REFRESHER COURSE NOLENSVILLE BLOG COMMENTS POLICY

Who needs a refresher course on how
to submit comments and even emails
to Nolensville Blog? Well, it seems we
all need a reminder that comments
are a courtesy extended to blog read-
ers. They are certainly sought and wel-
comed by the "blog"...provided the
comments aren't personal attacks just
to cause trouble. Comments and
emails of this kind will be quickly
deleted.

Let me quote from a nationally
known blogger Ms.La Shawn
Barber as follows:
"Here's the most irritating thing
about running a blog with com-
menting. Sometimes it's difficult
to express oneself clearly to people
of varying cognitive abilities.
Some process information better
than others. Some are able to reason
better than others. The less bright
may miss the subtlety and nuance.
Certain readers may know a bit
of the history behind a particular
subject; others may be completely
ignorant of it. The intellectually
curious may do some independent
research in an effort to support or
dispute my arguments, while others
just want to get in their 2 cents re-
gardless. A few may lack common
sense altogether, and still others want
to be contrary for the sake of being
contrary."

The bottom line is very simple confine
your comments to the specific subject
on the blog. You can make your com-
ment as strong and to the point as you
like..just try to avoid attacking the blog
or another blog commenter. Feel free
to respond to another blog commenter
in a respectful fashion.

Cleverly written text with subtle nu-
ances are enjoyed. The blog has pro-
ven the merit of reporting the facts
as they are with NO SPIN! You are
welcome to disagree with the facts
provided you make it clear your facts
are just that...not personal attacks.

We have received hundreds of com-
ments about how much the readers
of the blog depend on this source of
accurate and very timely information
about Nolensville. We are here to serve
the community and we certainly wel-
come input from local citizens.
As you know we feature many com-
ments from our readers on the blog
something many readers enjoy.

No one single person is solely contri-
buting posts to this blog. It is a com-
bined effort of many local people that
want to make a postive change in the
direction of our local government.
Over nine months ago we all agreed
to use the "Guest Contributor" sign
off to avoid the petty personal attacks
that seem to be the only way some
people can respond.
We also offer anonymous sign off for
people sending in comments. They
can sign their real name or some other
reference as well.

Finally, contrary to what someone
may have told you or you may think
there is no one single "webmaster".
Again, this is a combined effort to cir-
culate the "facts" 24/7 so that local
voters can be informed and encourag-
ed to attend and participate in local
town meetings. In a few short months
local voters will be required to select a
new Mayor and 2 new aldermen. This is
serious business and key to the future
of our town. As always there will
be those that do nothing, but will con-
tinue to complain. Then there will those
that take the time to inform themselves
about the facts and encourage others to
do the same and then come out and vote.

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ATTN: KIDD RD ANNEXATION! State Law requires a plan of city services be in place before an area is annexed!

NOLENSVILLE INFRASTRUCTURE?

Should the city services come first before
an area is annexed and developed? Or
should the area be annexed and develop-
ed and the city services follow? Well it
will not come as a surprise to most people
in Nolensville that Mayor/Board believe
the city services should follow! Even
though State Law requires a Plan of Ser-
vices approved by board be in place
before an area is annexed. This means a
Plan of Services with "real-world" costs
to the city be approved and in place. We
sent a local person to city hall to get a
copy of the Plans of City Services for the
NINE (9) already approved PUDS now
being built in Nolensville. We were told
those plans were not available to the
public. Only the Mayor/Board had
access to them. Makes you wonder if
indeed they exist and if the State has a
copy for each of the 9 approved PUDS?

So come to the next Mayor/Aldermen
town hall meeting thurs. 3/2/06 and
ask for a copy of the Plan of City Services
for the 1200 acres the Mayor wants to
annex off Kidd Rd. Wonder how money
is allocated to widening Kidd Rd and if
the developer is going to pay for it...not
the city of Nolensville? The PUD develop-
er in this proposed annexation will build
673 homes to start. Where do these
children go to school? Add in 1800 more
autos going up & down Kidd Road. Plus
many more municipal services. Are these
services all included in Plan of City Services
...if so.. please Mr. Mayor let us see a copy
so we can approve it. Just so you know a
"real-world" plan not just a memo to the
State saying you have a plan in place.our
Yes, it will come up again for another read-
ing and approval the Mayor is pushing this
Kidd Road annexation very hard.
Shucks PUD developer thinks it is a done
deal.. so we cannot disappoint the money
man.Plan now to attend next town hall
meeting on thurs. 3/2/06. Turn off the tv
and grab your neighbors...sign up to speak
on annexation.
Tell the Mayor State Law says a Plan of City
Services must be approved and in place
before any area is annexed.

SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS & EMAILS.

"NO-SPIN" FACTS RE: RECORD OF CITY HALL LEADERS & WHY VOTERS WANT A NEW MAYOR & 2 NEW ALDERMEN

Nolensville Voters are getting organized
to STOP their current Mayor and his own
guaranteed majority vote (2 aldermen who
always vote with Mayor). Their goal is to
STOP the long list of serious MISTAKES
this current Mayor has made trying to
cope with Nolensville's sudden growth.

MISTAKE #1: Some years ago Nolensville
was named in a law suit by homeowners
in north/west section of town. One suit
centered on homeowners not wanting to
be annexed into city. This suit dragged on
for many years and was supposedly due to
a "mistake" by city hall staff or so said the
Mayor. In actual fact the mistake was due
to the Mayor and his staff...period. The
law suits were won by the city and finally
settled, but they cost our town an outrag-
eous amount of money for court costs, pay-
ment of legal fees for home owners and
for our attorney. On behalf of the Mayor
he has often said..."Let's not go so fast on
this until we get all the details...I don't want
to get involved in another law suit."

MISTAKE #2: Allowing a story to circulate
that the Mayor and certain Aldermen fought
bravely against the Nashville Metro Sewer
Line.POPPY COCK...no such thing ever
happened. The city had absolutely no power
or control over the construction of the sewer
line. It was going to happened regardless of
our city hall and IT DID and so did explosive
growth.

MISTAKE #3: 2005 Nolensville survey of
3000 residents received 500 responses or
17% of total. This was an outstanding
response and is widely accepted in the
professional marketing world as an
above average response compared to
the usual 1% response achieved by
major U.S. corporations. Survey results
are "scientifically" acceptable and
should have been recognized as valid and
followed by current city leaders. Instead they
have failed to follow it, ignored it and when
asked about it the Mayor said something like
"it wasn't scientfically acceptable." 75% of the
respondents voted against any kind of PUD,
preferring one half acre lots....period.

MISTAKE #4: Originally, Mayor and Board
approved a Plan that required one half acre
lots. BUT THEY DIDN'T STICK TO IT!
Instead they turned right around and voted
& approved PUDS with 8,000 sq. ft. lots!
Board can't expect long term respect when
it appears it cannot hold the line against the
professional developers.

MISTAKE #5: Mayor and certain Aldermen
supported the notion that they must compete
with Williamson County PUD regulations
that all PUDs to have 8,000 sq.ft. lots and
can go down to 7,000 sq. ft. lots. So originally
city approved 8,000 sq. ft. lots for PUDs.
That is how Bent Creek got 8,000 sq. ft. lots
approved because city felt they needed to
match Williamson County PUD requirements.
BIG MISTAKE!

MISTAKE #6: Too little...too late..Mayor and
certain Aldermen changed city PUD require-
ments to 11,000 sq. ft. lots. This is still 3,000
sq. ft. less than Brentwood PUD requirements
and absolutely no deterent to PUD developers.
They are still coming to Nolensville because
11,000 sq. ft. lots or one quarter acre lots are
still small enough to make millions more than
a Suburban Residential with 20,000 sq. ft.
lots. GET IT??? DEVELOPERS DO!

MISTAKE #7: Mayor and Board "ASSUMED"
PUD concept that was marketed to the city was
a GOOD THING? They assumed PUDS would
fulfill what local citizens said they wanted in
the 2005 survey--half acre lots. How could
they exercise such bad judgement and be
persuaded to approve such a "flawed" concept?
Words like tree conservation, small town rural
atmosphere, planned unit flexible layouts com-
bined with diverse architecture and finally pro-
mised more control for our city leaders. WOW!
What a collection of "buzz words" to "woo" our
city leaders to approve PUDS!
BAD JUDGEMENT!

MISTAKE #8: Some where in the etheral
atmosphere of the Mayor and certain alder-
men the "control theory" excuse was used
as a rock solid reason why the city could
exercise more control over a PUD than a SR.
This is a fairy tale. If SR developer fulfills
all requirements the city has all the control
they need. If PUD developer fulfills all re-
quirements the city has all the control
they need. Mayor has said over and over he
wanted more control by approving PUDS.
Too bad..the reverse has happened "NO
CONTROL OVER PUDS." The sad history
is that the Mayor and certain Aldermen have
yet to reject any PUD for any reason. NINE
(9) APPROVED PUDS TO DATE AND
MORE TO COME. So much for the "fabled"
control theory.

MISTAKE #9: Mayor and certain Aldermen
have bought into the marketing scheme pro-
moted by PUD developers as follows: SR's
suburban residential subdivisions ONLY
HAVE PRIVATE SPACE ON ONE HALF
ACRE LOTS. (True andpreferred by 75%)
but PUDS HAVE "PUBLIC SPACE" for
pocket parks, trails, playgrounds, pools, etc.
Yes, they do have all of the features
of a "minature golf course plus the pool",
BUT IT ISN'T OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IT IS PRIVATE ONLY FOR THE PUD
RESIDENTS THAT HAVE PAID FOR
THOSE FEATURES VERY DEARLY.
SO STOP REFERRING TO "PUBLIC SPACES"
IN A PUD--CAN YOU SAY "FOOLED AGAIN!"

MISTAKE #10: Mayor and certain Aldermen
have convinced themselves that is if they say
NO to a PUD developer...he will go away and
we will lose impact fees and more. They can
only focus on PUDS.They say a PUD developer
won't build a Suburban residential develop-
ment because it costs him too much $$$$$.
Yes, it may cost more,but he can charge more
and let's face it folks Williamson County is
certainly nota depressed area. It ranks 8
or 9th wealthiest county per capita in the
entire United States.
The dirty little secret is that a PUD developer
can make millions more quicker with a PUD
and has the freedom to manipulate the over-
all land plan to his benefit. Like squeezing all
the houses tightly, together in one corner of
the overall land site under the "pre-text" of
allowing for more open (private) space. Get
real folks, the PUD home buyers end up pay-
ing dearly for the open (private) space now
and in future maintenance.

MISTAKE #11: By local voters to elect Mr.
Alexander to serve as an Alderman. He ran
a campaign to get elected based on a solid
fact that he said he supported. That is
tha PUD's didn't work in Nashville and
they won't work in Nolensville. So much
for promises...he has voted for PUDs
everytime since he was elected.

MISTAKE #12: Mayor signed inter-local
agreement with Brentwood to share costs
for maintenance of Waller Road. Turns
out it will cost Nolensville an estimated
$350,000 or more payable to Brentwood.
And get this...Brentwood has yet to annex
their half of the road.They are still deciding
if it costs too much??

MISTAKE #13: Mayor continues to push
hard to annex 1200 or more acres off Kidd
road. Without any kind of expert traffic
studies and no published support services
or when a Public Service Plan would be in
place ready to approve by board PRIOR
TO APPROVING ANNEXATION. At last
Planning Meeting, Mr. Lew Green, William-
son County Commission said PUD developer
should pay for the entire widening of Kidd
road all the way...NOT JUST ONE MILE.
Estimated cost 3 million for entire road.

MISTAKE #14: Mayor allowing potential
PUD developer off Kidd road area to pre-
sent his PUD concepts even though the area
HAS NOT BEEN ANNEXED? And the PUD
developer has not been required to pay his
fair share of road costs, schools, fire and
police coverage...NOTHING WHATSOEVER!

MISTAKE # 15: No long range plans for a new
Town Hall. It must not include or permit any
one the board currently in real estate to benefit
from the purchase of a new site.And certainly
not the town attorney getting involved in the
sale and/or purchase of a town hall site.
Don't follow Franklin's poor example.

MISTAKE #16: It appears that Mayor has
little time or interest in cooperating with
county to help find a suitable site for
future Nolensville schools.

MISTAKE #17: Failure by Mayor to install
any kind of Code of Ethics to govern the
conduct of those in public office. Absolutely,
no effort to prevent serious conflicts of
interest by public officers holders and
appointed members of commissions.For
example, allowing planning commission
member to profit personally from the sale
of his property to developer while con-
tinually serving on the board. TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE ANYWHERE IN U.S.A.

MISTAKE #18: Mayor and Planning Com-
mission failure to demand WIDER STREETS
IN BALINGER FARMS and BENT CREEK.
City now open to law suits from residents due
to fire and ambulance trucks unable to drive
down streets safely without delay.

MISTAKE #19: Serious and costly delay in
cancelling "Bonus Density" incentive plans
for PUD developers. TALK ABOUT A GIVE-
AWAY? Here's how it worked. PUD develop-
er fulfills all of the city requirements...he
gets a "bonus" that allows him to go from
8,000 sq. ft. lots down to 7,000 sq. ft. lots.
WOW! WHAT A DEAL! He can cram in
more lots and more homes as a reward
from the city. How's your trust and respect
factor for our Mayor and certain aldermen??
Don't know who created this bonus mess---
but he ought to be FIRED!

MISTAKE #20: Mayor has built his budget
based on how many $1/sq.ft. impact fees he
can collect or $2,000 per each 2000 sq. ft.
home the city approves. Even extending
budget figures to include PUDS yet to be
approved. CAN YOU SAY "PROFESSIONAL
CITY MANAGER NEEDED..START TODAY!"

MISTAKE #21: Mayor and certain Aldermen
approving NINE (9) PUDS (1,900 homes)
with absolutely NO DEMANDS for impact
fees to pay for road maintenance, schools,
fire and police department expansion and
other municipal services. TOO LATE TO
GO BACK AND COLLECT FEES SO YOU
AND CITY HAVE TO PAY!

MISTAKE #22: Mayor and certain Alder-
men allowing a luxury home ($700,000)
builder like Brittain Downs to add a few
more sidewalks and side-loaded garages
in LIEU OF A MUCH LARGER $$$$
SUPPORT TO ROADS, SCHOOLS,
FIRE & POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

MISTAKE #23: Mayor and certain Alder-
men almost demanding approval of 5 more
PUDS for a total of 1,243 more homes. And
absolutely NO IMPACT FEES for municipal
services. Feel like we are being "sold down
the river for nothing "? You are right!

MISTAKE #24: Mayor doesn't observe the
Sunshine Laws in place in Tennessee that
demand OPEN MEETINGS on all city
business. It is no good for the Mayor to
repeatedly meet with developers privately
and not include board members.

MISTAKE #25: Failure by the Mayor to
appoint a full time (24/7) professional
City Manager with full authority to hire
and fire, sign contracts, etc. Brentwood
City Manager for 15 years "out-foxes"
our part time Mayor over and over.

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BLOG READERS COMMENT AND EMAIL MESSAGES TO MAYOR & BOARD NON STOP 24/7.

Here are more and more reader
comments and emails to help you
understand "What Everybody is
Talking About" in Nolensville.

"Slow down the growth Now!
Get your house in order before you
have company over".

"OUTSTANDING (BLOG!)"

"From reading these comments,
there seems to be a lot of interest
in OUR community. Maybe, just
maybe when it's election time again
in Nolensville, WE the people will
vote out who we don't like, and
support someone who really cares
about US. Someone who will offer
their hand to try and better the
community and NOT offer their
hand...and pockets to the developers."

"I agree, how many months and how
many meetings is it until election
time? (9 months, 2 meetings per month)
I can only imagine the damage that can
be done by the Mayor and (SOME)
Aldermen in that amount of time. We
need to do something NOW! Let's speak
up!!!"

"Who pays if new homowners, and
the existing ones are flooded, then
sues the Town for allowing them to
build? Let's have no more secrets
men, and remember Town Attorney
who your clients are...The present
citizens of Nolensville."

"Remember the Mayor's agenda."

"ABSOLUTE POWER! He has to be
the one to know all. Why do you think
he wants you in the dark.
Keep going JOEL!"

"It's the Town of Nolensville that speaks.
Thanks to all who care." Proverbs 3:27

"So, since when is it "Politics" to care about
the safety of our families and property?
They still don't understand our concerns
are not politics. If a change is needed in the
thinking at the Town Hall then we will use
the system that is our right in America.
The Vote."

"I would like to know how many people
from Kidd road received certified mail
informing them of the meetings as stated
by the mayor in the meeting. I have yet
to talk to one person that did."

"I'm afraid the company is here already
and you can't get them to leave."

(Mayor) "What part of NO is it that you
don't understand?"
The Dispatch article in the paper 2/10/06
paper on Friday "What everybody is talk-
ing about."...just confirmed that I do
fully understand the PUD concept and I
think that we have (9) more than enough
PUDS approved in Nolensville.ENOUGH!
It's time for some SR and ER developments,
but before even those are approved, it's
time to slow down and consider our infra-
structure which is going to be stretched to
the limit. And personally, I would like to
find a way to ensure that no more new
developments are given a pass through
the Stonebrook, Greystone, etc. Our streets
are already maxed out with traffic. The other
streets including Nolensville road will soon
be overflowing. A new school is (maybe)
being built we hear up the road, but at this
rate of growth, NES will still be needed.
Mr. Mayor, we are not uneducated, ignorant
hillbillies. We understand the issues, and
we've voiced our preferences for OUR town.
And one more time, no one is stopping
anyone from selling their property, but just
because someone wants to sell their property
and someone else wants to buy it and develop
it doesn't mean that they have carte blanche
to do whatever they want without having to
pay for the improvements necessary to
support the additional population.
And the dribble about no one wanting to
develop in Nolensville because it's to rocky.
No one wanted to develop in Nolensville
because it was too remote. With the growth
of middle Tennessee in general, especially
Williamson County, this is the next logical
place to develop and that's why everyone is
here. They've developed almost every
pasture in Brentwood and Franklin, so now
the next choice is the area of WC that is
closest to Nashville, although it is a little
further from the interstates. This is no
different from growth anywhere else in the
country. And WC is the place to buy big
houses because of the schools. It doesn't
matter if you require developers to pay
their share of intrastructure costs to support
their developments, because they are making
more than enough money to pay for them.
If you get STRICT with them they're not
going to run away because there is too much
money to be made here. Nolensville is $$$$$.
If it wasn't, no one would be here to develop
it. It's not a favor, it's a good business decision,
which is even better (than) when you can get it
approved your way.

One more time NO MORE PUDS. NO MORE
APPROVALS WITHOUT INFRSTRUCTURE
SUPPORT. NO..NADA...NO WAY. And yes,
we do understand what a PUD is. And we do
understand that every vote counts.

MR. MAYOR, WHAT PART OF NO DO YOU
NOT UNDERSTAND? "

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BLOG READER COMMENTS ARE RIGHT ON TARGET!!!!!

Right here for your reading pleasure
are comments from just one of our
many blog readers. Our city hall can
learn a lot by listening to the voters
that put them in office.

Your Planning Meeting report was
right on!
Citizens did an outstanding job.
The Board should have stayed home.
Field goal for the Home Team!

A few points I would like to add:
You are right, threatening people who
do not know any better, with modular
home parks if the county has control, is
indefensible. Our Board Members
have done it, developers do it all the time.
Saying people want PUDs because they
don't want to cut grass is BS.
How many people who can afford
$3-700,000 homes are slaving 15
minutes over a pushmower?
Or even using the weedeater which
is all they need for mini-yards.
Whatever size yard, they can afford
a teenager to cut it.

Get real people. Don't let their lies
fool you, no matter how well dressed
developers are or how wide their grins.
They are just licking their chops,
waiting for their millions to roll in.

The developer got a quick laugh out
of his attempt to belittle the people's
voice on this blog, by showing a slide
of a crowded PUD to demonstrate
how superior they are, but they made
no converts that night. What did they
expect? After the pretty pictures and
condesending talk we would all
wag our tails and beg for more?

The Board was asked if it wouldn't
be "the decent thingto do, to put up
Public Notice signs, even if they
weren't required, if you don't want
us to find out too late and react in
anger?". The audience exploded
with applause.No answer was given.

I thought the citizens comments
were well thought out, to the point,
andvery well mannered, considering
the tension and anger in our town
and of those who came and those
who couldn't.Mayor Knapper stated
one of the biggest problems is that
'you people don't know what we are
doing'. Yes, he is right there; but not
because we haven't tried to find out.
But the mayor wasn't referring to their
secrecy, he meant the crowd didn't
realize how hard they were working
on the infrastructure, financing,
grants, etc. Why would people who
receive no salary work so hard to
break their campaign promises?
How can they face people?

Following the Planning Board's
shrugging shoulders and shaking
heads, at questions from citizens
about what the developer was going
to do about this or that, those same
citizens whom the mayor had critic-
ized for being ignorant of the facts,
proceeded to show they were better
informed about the piece of property
than His Honor, Board Members and
certainly the developers with their color-
ed drawing of a plat that bore little re-
semblance to the topography.

Until a citizen, who sent comments to be
read, asked how could the board legally
approve plans for property still in the
county, the Board was set to vote that night,
on plans that, when mistakes were pointed
out by those who have lived near it for
decades, the developers admitted were only
a "representation".
Is this what our mayor appointed these
people to do? To know so little about what
they are passing, they have to admit,"I don't
know" what the developer plans to do about
traffic, flooding, safety?
Yet they were ready to say "Aye" to this
generic guess because it looked nice, and
rush it on through to BOMA so they can
move on to the next developer wanting
to rape every green inch of our countryside.
When asked "Isn't that what the Planning
Board is for, to know?" Chairman Wells said
"No, we just make recommdations".
Based on a slide show and sweet talk?
Did no Board Member look at the site?
Or did they think the people were too un-
concerned or dumb to notice houses
were drawn sitting in the creek and in
the runnoff and will be flooded frequently?
Curses, foiled again! by the great citizens
who cared enough.

Realizing they were caught, the Mayor
made a motion to postpone passage of the
plans till the property could be annexed".
All were in favor.

The Developer proudly stated they were
not new to this project; they had been work-
ing on it with our fine Mayor and staff for
over 2 years and first presented to the board
early last year. They said they would like to
thank them for being so cooperative. UhOh,
folks. Did you catch it as those "unknowing"
people in the audience did? Plotting for over
2 years on county property.An audience
member, visibly upset, said she took exception
with the board "How could you do that? Why
is there nothing in the minutes?
I wrote you and the county, last year and you
never answered me! Did you do it behind clos-
ed doors? To which Mayor Knapper said"NO!"
It is a "Friendly Annexation", meaning the
McFarlin Farm owners asked to be annexed.
Of course, if I was a developer looking to make
zillions of dollars off a family farm, I would cozy
up to the Good Ole Boys who would give me the
least resistance too.

Williamson Co. Planning Board is larger and
less apt to be as single minded as the ones we
elected. One of their members, Pete Mosley,
is Nolensville born and raised. Lew Green,
County Commissioner and long time Nolens-
ville lover, was there to represent the citizens
as he always has. At least someone knows the
seriousness of an oath.
"I'd rather trust our chances with the county"
was voiced around the room.
It looks like there will be few "friendly" annex-
ations from the areas that are left till after the
November election.

After the meeting, citizens crowded around
the plans and asked questions of the develop-
ers. One was surprised to learn the Mill Creek
Tributary flooded the field frequently, sending
cattle, deer and bunnies to higher ground.
Had he not been listening to the many concerns
just voiced over and over?
Where was he when one man warned, "Yall
watch Mill Creek, or we're all gonna swim".
No, they think they have our officials in their
pockets as another developer was heard to say
last year. OUR BOARD WAS READY TO RE-
COMMEND THESE TO BOMA, WHERE IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAM BAM, THANK
YOU MAM while the audience, agenda in hand,
is wondering what is being voting on?
What is resolution XYZ-123? What did they just
pass? Did you understand their mumbling?
If not for this blog and newspaper accounts, few
would know, because minutes, sketchy as they are,
are not available till the next month.(or later).
Now really, is there any wonder people quit
attending? Keep us in your prayers. We know who
really holds the power.

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CITIZEN'S "NO-SPIN" REPORT ON THURS., 2/9/06 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR KIDD RD. ANNEXATION & MCFARLIN PUD CONCEPT PLAN.

Attention: All Blog Readers please note
the above picture showing a "CRAMMED"
PUD that nobody wants to live in. (Note:
this picture wasn't taken in Nolensville we
used it simply to show how "crammed" a
PUD can actually appear even to those that
live in a PUD.) That is why we were so
surprised that the developer for McFarlin
PUD used this photo from our blog in his
slide presentation. He said this is an
example of what our PUD will not look like.
Despite the fact that they didn't have per-
mission to use the photo, it is LOL time.
That means Laugh Out Loud at people who
have to try this hard to sell a PUD plan that
despite their best efforts more often than
not end up looking like the picture. Don't
forget a PUD is a PUD is a PUD and still a
PUD even if you put lipstick on it...a PUD
it still is! Oh, well a majority of 11,000 sq.
ft. lots (less than 1/3 acre) will do it every
time. You just cannot "fool" the public...
it is what it is--squeezed together houses
on Tiny Tim lots perched on narrow streets.
Nolensville has 9 PUD's being built as you
read this.You can put a PUD in the middle
of hiking trails, foot paths, pocket parks
and playgrounds, but a PUD is a PUD
is a PUD no matter where you put it ...
it is still a PUD.

In Friday's 2/10 Dispatch, Rich Wood-
roof our town engineer has a long article
on PUD's.titled "What is everybody talk-
ing about?." This is a "puff" piece spinn-
ing out of control that confuses Nolensville
citizens even more.Here's why..."Town
Officials and PlanningCommission had
several meetings to try and prepare for
growth. With the thought of trying to keep
the small-town feel of Nolensville, the
decision to allow Standard Subdivisions
and Planned Unit Divisions was decided
upon." This decision immediately "doomed"
the small town concept because the develop-
ers instandly jumped on the PUD band-
wagon and have been riding it every since.
Want proof? To date the mayor's board has
approved NINE (9) PUD'S AND NOT ONE
(1) STANDARD SUBDIVISON ( 1/2 acre
lots). This means 1,900"SHRINKABLE"
homes squeezed together on 1/3 acre lots...
AND 1,243 MORE PUD HOMES ARE
GOING TO BE APPROVED IF MAYOR
HAS HIS WAY.

WHY ISN'T THERE ANY STANDARD SUB-
DIVISIONS? GOOD QUESTION THAT IS
ON EVERYONE'S MIND? ANSWER IS
SIMPLE..LAND PRICES BEING WHAT
THEY ARE..SO HIGH WHAT DEVELOPER
IS GOING TO BUILD A (SR) STANDARD
(ONE HALF ACRE LOTS) SUBDIVISION
WHEN HE CAN BUILD A "PUD" ON 1/3
acre or less lots and sell many more houses.

Now about Jimmy Alexander's Letter to the
Editor in 2/10 Dispatch. This letter is a fine
example of deliberate "SPIN" and the author
should be ashamed of himself for trying to
further confuse the public He starts his
lettter "patronizing" the reader about how
important it is to get their information
correct. AND THEN PROCEEDS to do the
very thing he criticizes others of doing..that is
"spinning the truth" not quite telling the rest
of the story. In Mr. O'kain and Mr. Clark's ad
they said.."A PUD development allows for
smaller lots than the standard half-acre lots.
This allows for more houses to be built in a
subdivision" Mr.Alexander says this is not
true. He says "an SR and a PUD will yield the
same number of lots.Both have a maximum
density, or number of houses per acre, of 1.8
dwelling units per acre."

HOLD THAT THOT! No where does Mr.
Alexander mention minimum lot sizes and
here's the rub. Nolensville SR minimum lot
size is 20,000 sq. ft. or one-half acre.
A PUD has a minimum lot size of 11,000 sq.
ft. or less than one-third acre. Now it doesn't
take a rocket scientist to see that a PUD is
going to have more homes on smaller lots
and make much more money for the develop-
er.

It's like the McFarlin developers said thurs.
nite in our PUD you will pay as much as a
home in Suburban Residential,on a smaller
lot, but have all the other features like pocket
parks, hiking trails, playgrounds, ponds and
tiny lawns. Well somebody has to pay for all
these goodies and goodness knows the
developer isn't going to pay for them.

Mr. Alexander CAN YOU SAY DUH? YOUR
APOLOGY WOULD BE ACCEPTED but we
doubt it will be forthcoming. So Sad. So much
spin. So little time. So let's get down and do it.
Citizen turnout for last two town hall meetings
has been fantastic keep on keeping on. We can
do this...don't give up..don't give in to the spin!

One more shot over the bow of Mr. Woodroof's
article in Dispatch. Wanna hear a terrror filled
fact...listen up here it comes..."by state law a
SR COULD BE MADE UP OF ALL MODULAR
HOMES (manufactured metal frame homes).
Oh my! It could happened right here in Nolens-
ville right? WRONG! WHAT DEVELOPER IN
HIS RIGHT MIND WOULD BUY LAND FOR
$30 to $60,000 PER ACRE and INVEST IN A
"ERECTOR SET"OF METAL STUDS & RAFT-
ERS" BOLT THEM ALL TOGETHER FOR A
MANUFACTURED HOME & SET IT UP FOR
SALE ON AN ACRE OF LAND THAT COST
MORE THAN THE HOUSE? WE KNOW AS
A READER OF THIS BLOG YOU KNOW
THE DIFFERANCE! UNFORTUNATELY,
MANY ARE FOOLED BY THIS KIND OF
SPIN. WE WILL EXPOSE SPIN IMMEDIA-
TELY. THIS IS AN example of outrageous
"SPIN" IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN,

BUT THEY JUST WANTED TO SCARE
THE "CRAP"OUT OF YOU FOR A VERY
GOOD REASON.WHAT'S THAT? THE
REASON IS TO CONVINCE YOU..YOU
DON'T KNOW ANYTHING AND WE DO.
We are in charge... we and only we are
keepers of the truth and that's why we put
those charts in the paper to totally confuse
you...all. Ain't politics the most low down
dirty business. You got that right!

Moving on..last thurs. nite we had a terrific
group of local citizens speaking up against
PUD'S & annexation. Everyone did a out-
standing job and deserve your thanks for
standing up tall. Let's try to give you a
sampling of comments.
*Stop building...only one house per lot..
.period. *Schoolbus driver: roads can't
handle hundreds of new cars...too narrow..
.too dangerous.
*Kids play in the streets in PUD's..No yard?
*Sideyards are ridiculous.NO PRIVACY????
*Why does mayor ignore survey-NO PUDS!
*May small town Nolensville charm...RIP.
*70 people here tonite say NO to PUD'S
*Why doesn't the mayor listen to PEOPLE?

Next Business of Annexation of Kidd Rd
area.Discussion centered around control.
Mayor was anixous to take over control of
1200 or more acres.He assured everyone
that city had adequate facilities taxes and
future road impact fees to maintain Kidd
Rd. The key words are "future road impact
fees." There is nothing in place because
city doesn't know what to charge? He also
referred to a plan of services for the area.
No one has seen it but it supposedly exists?

Planning commission "recommended"
the annexation to the mayor's board
which is all they can do.

The majority of people in attendance were
against the annexation, but felt powerless
to stop it. They know it is in the long range
plan for the city, but cannot understand
why everything has to move so fast,
when the city doesn't have enough money
to pay for the extra costs.

Mayor commented that "TDOT doesn't
really care about our infrastructure...and
that he has often asked TDOT help."
He also said "you cannot fix the roads first
and then do the development."MMMMmm
mm need to think about that one?

Mayor asked the audience to TRUST HIM
that the fees he is commencing, to begin to
think about will be adequate. Trust is a
fragile thing..and we trusted him to listen
to us and not approve every PUD that came
down the pike.

What happened? 9 PUD's to date and 5 or
more coming. SO MUCH FOR TRUST!
Thanks anyway for your invitation to come
down to city hall and meet with you to dis-
cuss the sad situation. But since you are
never in town we'll say thanks,
but no thanks.

Finally, the McFarlin PUD Concept Plan.
Mayor said Mr. Charles (the developer)
has been very cooperative and waited a
long time to start this project. (no hugs &
kisses please!) Mr. Charles stood up and
assumed the posture of poor, pitful,me..
I just don't know whether to make our
presentation tonite, because of all the
NEGATIVE citizen comments about
PUD's? What ever shallwe do? Please help
me. SOOOOOOOoooooooo the mayor
turned to his Planning Commission and
asked them what they wanted to do?
Well confusion reigned supreme..no eye
contact...no sound...just white sound.
Finally, the profoundest statement ever
heard..."Well since we won't be annexing
anything tonite.might as well go ahead
and listen to the PUD PITCH..SPIN..
COMPLETE with pretty pitchers. Go for it
Bubba..tell us all how magnificent the view
is now, before you all pack them Disney
World model homes into the landscape
and eliminate the view.

Gotta tell you pitchers were real pretty,
but we couldn't understand why all the
homes seemed like they slid down the hills
and all ended up in one small tight ,tiny
corner of the pasture?
How come? Beats me? They got all kinds
of room...green grass and tall trees?

Someone asked about traffic and if Kidd Rd.
as is could handle traffic. Heads UP...here
comes the traffic study person introduced
by Mr. Charles' son.None other than Ms.
Fishbach who has done many traffic studies
for our mayor.
You really need a program cause people
switch sides quicker than melted butter.
She shared with the audience that although
no official study has been done experience
tells her "there would be absolutely no traffic
impact on Kidd Rd."

So that means 1,800 new cars added to exist-
ing traffic on Kidd Rd. would be no problem.
Already we feel better..getting warmer...and
yes getting really MAD and we're aren't going
to put up with this kind of CRAP ANYMORE.

Highlight of the meeting! Mr. Lew Green,
Budget Director of the Williamson County
Commissioners Board attended the meeting.
Highly respected, long time resident of the
area and a NUMBERS MAN. Get it...he
knows the finances..he knows all about
contracts, bills to be paid...you name it he
knows. He quietly stood up in the back of
the room and said "the McFarlin developer
should pay for the entire Kidd Rd. widening."
The developer had proudly said that they
would pay for ONE MILE estimated to cost
1.8 Million. The mayor and members
of the planning commission "PAUSED"
and moved on. Mr. Lew Green stood up
again and quietly repeated his previous
statement.

FOLKS THIS IS EMBARRASSING
BECAUSE NO ONE UP FRONT GOT
THE MESSAGE FROM SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS.

In other words, our mayor and boards are
in very deep financial "doo-doo" and do not
even know it. For example, in Brentwood
the Copperfield Home development started
out with $1 per sq. ft. fee and later added a
$1,250 impact fee and then when Brentwood
annexed them another estimated fee around
$2,000. Plus a new property tax in 2006.

Folks this is the real world and our city
leaders are living in DisneyWorld...where
unfortunately, there is no Mickey Mouse to
bail them and us out.

Stay strong...keep reading this "NO SPIN"
BLOG send in your comments and emails.

BREAKING NEWS KIDD RD.REPAIR ESTIMATE OVER 3 MILLION DOLLARS!

"Kidd Rd. will cost over 3 million $$$'s
to widen, repair & update to handle new
traffic from proposed subdivisions" so
says Williamson County Commission as
reported via email by "blog" reader.
This means the county wouldn't approve
any subdivision like McFarlin 673 home
development until Kidd Rd. is brought
up to acceptable levels to handle traffic.

Normally this info would prevent Nolens-
ville Mayor/Board from annexing hund-
reds of acres off Kidd Rd. for a new
McFarlin home development.
Unfortunately, there is nothing normal
about the Mayor's Plan and irrational
drive to annex hundreds of acres and
approve hundreds more PUD homes on
narrow streets and tiny lots. Without any
kind of prior traffic surveys, school pro-
jections and overall cost of servicing
these new homes.

"What part of NO MORE PUDS from
the people of Nolensville does the city
hall not understand? People are con-
cerned about the cost of too fast growth
and the lack of infrastructure."

Call your friends and bring your family
Thurs. 2/9, 7 PM at Elementary School
to speak out against this runaway growth
that will leave the city with no way to pay
for the explosion of services needed.

Nolensville has 9 new PUD's with 1,900
homes approved by the Mayor/Board.
There are plans for 1,243 more homes
in PUDS that the Mayor wants to ram rod
thru the approval system using his guaran-
teed Mayor's Majority Vote that means the
mayor's vote plus two "captive" aldermen.
Works everytime up until last Thurs. 2/2
when the mayor was absent. 4 aldermen
voted a tie and motion died. People cheered
and clapped.

Before Thurs.2/9 Planning Commission
Meeting at 7 PM in Elementary School call
as many friends and neighbors that you can
to attend meeting.
57 Kidd Rd. home owners need your help to
defeat the McFarlin 673 home development
and annexation of hundreds of acres of land
into city.

Blog reader emails us: "Not just Kidd Rd.
don't forget McFarland, Fly Rd., Fly Lane,
Rocky Springs and Rocky Fork Families.
Silver Stream plus the McFarland means
they will be TRAPPED on both ends by
PUD construction and traffic the rest of their
lives, or till they get fed up enough to move
too.The morning work commute and getting
kids to school on time will be a nightmare!
Who would want to fight that to shop and eat
in Nolensville when there are very nice places
just over the county line in the other direction?
This also affects all Smyrna and LaVergne
commuters. Trafffic will be backed up into
Rutherford Co.I can imagine them fuming
now. Silver Stream Farms is barely started
and already the dust, blasting, construction
traffic and noise and road damage is taking
its toll. Just wait till the work crews and the
hammering starts. That is when "it" will hit
the fan and people who are complacent now
will wish they had joined the movement to
stop the madness before it gets any worse.
How much noise, dust, backed up traffic and
stress for YEARS can these people take?"

Good News is that Mr. Lew Green and
Mr. Pete Mosley may attend meeting.
Both are Williamson County Commissioners
who can help Nolensville slow our growth and
be able to pay (city) bills.

Call or email Mr. Lew Green 776-2816
lwgreen@mindspring.com

Mr. Rogers Anderson,County Mayor
790-5700
countymayor@williamson-tn.org
Leave messages for both men above about
your concerns over Nolensville Growth
and Impact on present and future residents.

Plan now to attend meeting and sign in to
speak directly to the Mayor.It is your right!
Don't let anyone try to stop you from reading
or speaking your opinion.Last Thurs. BOMA
meeting local citizen was asked not to read his
statement, but instead route copies to mayor/
aldermen.
This is not right..it is "UNAMERICAN" Stand
up tall, speak up and don't stop until you have
been heard..period. People will back you up
and support your right to speak.

Feel free to copy any fact or figure from this blog
to put into your statement. Remember there has
been NO STANDARD SUBDIVISION approved
by this Mayor...ONLY PUDS. WHY YOU ASK?
Good question to ask the Mayor? We are being
surrounded by "DISNEYWORLD" TINY MODEL
HOMES ON TINY TIM LOTS ask the Mayor Why?

SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS AND EMAILS!

URGENT WARNING TO ALL KIDD RD.HOME OWNERS THURS.2/9,7PM MEETING TO APPROVE MCFARLIN PUD IN YOUR BACKYARD!

ATTENTION! ALL KIDD RD. HOME
OWNERS BRING YOUR NEIGHBORS
TO PROTEST MCFARLIN PUD CON-
CEPT PLAN ON THE AGENDA OF
PLANNING COMMISSION THURS.,
2/9 AT 7 PM. SIGN UP AS A CITIZEN
TO PROTEST THIS PACKED PUD!
IT'S NOW OR NEVER...DON'T MISS
THIS MEETING TO STOP ANOTHER
PUD APPROVAL IGNORING YOUR
WISHES AS LOCAL HOME OWNERS.

THIS CONCEPT PLAN INCLUDES THE
ANNEXATION OF MANY ACRES OFF
KIDD RD.IN ORDER TO KEEP THE
DEVELOPERS HAPPY AND INSURE
MCFARLIN PUD OF 673 HOMES PLUS
MORE TO COME.

QUESTION? WHO IS GOING TO PRO-
TECT YOU HOME OWNERS FROM THIS
LAND GRAB?? YOU CAN'T COUNT ON
THE MAYOR & HIS MAJORITY VOTE OF
TWO CAPTIVE ALDERMEN. SO WHAT
CAN YOU DO? IMMEDIATELY CALL AND
OR EMAIL MR. LEW GREEN, WILLIAM-
SON COUNTY COMMISSIONER--TELL
HIM WHY YOU DON'T WANT THIS PUD
IN YOUR BACKYARD! GET YOUR ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO CALL OVER AND
OVER UNTIL THE THURS. MEETING.

Mr. Lewis W. Green Jr.
1016 Waller Road
Brentwood, TN 37024
Phone: 776-2816
Email: http://lw.green@mindspring.com

ALSO CONTACT ROGERS ANDERSON
COUNTY MAYOR...790-5700 & EMAIL
http://countymayor@williamson-tn.org

REMIND MR. GREEN & ANDERSON
YOU NEED THE COUNTY'S PROTECT-
ION FROM UNJUSTIFIED ACQUISIT-
IONS BY NOLENSVILLE MAYOR.
ASK THEM WHO IS GOING TO WIDEN
KIDD RD. TO HANDLE THE FLOOD OF
NEW TRAFFIC? WHO IS GOING TO
BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, NEW FIRE DEPT.,
& GUARANTEE ALL THESE NEEDS
BE MET BEFORE BUILDING MORE
HOUSES?

TELL MR. GREEN & ROGERS ANDERSON
NOLENSVILLE MAYOR HAS APPROVED
9 DIFFERENT PUD'S FOR A TOTAL OF
1,900 HOMES--ALL PUD'S ON LOTS OF
1/8,1/5, AND 1/3 ACRE LOTS. NOT ONE
STANDARD SUBDIVISION IN THE
ENTIRE LOT! PUD'S ALL HAVE UNDER-
SIZED STREETS AND POSTAGE STAMP
SIZE LOTS.

NO TRAFFIC OR ROAD STUDIES HAVE
BEEN DONE? NO SCHOOL PROJECTIONS?
DEMAND THAT THESE STUDIES MUST
BE DONE BEFORE ANY KIND OF HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT BE CONSIDERED AND
CERTAINLY NOT VOTED ON!

ASK MR. GREEN & ANDERSON HOW
YOU AS LOCAL HOME OWNERS CAN
STOP NOLENSVILLE MAYOR FROM
CRAMING THOUSANDS OF HOMES
INTO PUD'S OVER & OVER AROUND
CITY? PACK THE ROOM WITH PEOPLE!

SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS AND EMAILS.

The Tie that Binds & Says "NO" to 160 Lot Subdivision off YorK Rd.

Town Hall Meeting Thurs., Feb. 2
Board of Mayor/Aldermen opened
facing overflow crowd of Nolensville
residents ready to ask many questions.

Highlight of the meeting was question
whether to rezone York Rd. to allow
for 160-lot subdivision. Final "NO"vote
ended up in tie that means it cannot be
brought up again for one year. Loud
cheers and hand-clapping showed the
audience supported the vote 100 %!
Mayor was absent and could not cast
the tie breaking vote that would have
been for the subdivision. Mayor's usual
majority vote guarantee could not be
used due to Mayor's absence. Some
suggested Mayor should miss more meet-
ings.

Bonnie Burch's Sunday Tennessean article
records..."Tracy Kujawa, the founder of
Angel Heart Farm, a therapeutic horseback
riding program for children with chronic or
life-threatening illnesses, made an impassion-
ed plea to keep developments away from the
farm located on Sam Donald Road."
"We were attracted to the peaceful beauty of
Nolensville. But the hope and healing we
bring to families is being threatened by
unbridled housing developments," she said.

Eight local residents spoke up on assorted
topics like..Where's the ethics bill for the
city board of Nolensville? We don't need to
wait for metro and state to pass their bills!
No excuses let's get it going again!

Construction blasting with damages and noise
a big concern plus heavy traffic. Water runoff
and necessary expenses to redirect water were
high and growing. Many still concerned about
Kidd Rd. proposed annexation. Very much
against it and do not trust city hall to vote NO
and support homeowners wishes.

Long discussion about rezoning behind the
Post Office to allow commercial services and
office developments. Dr. Clark, local resident
spoke up against it saying city moving too fast
and not really seriously weighing the options.

Mr. Frank Wilson, longtime local resident,
talked about New City Land Use Plan chang-
ing location of town houses near Post Office.
He preferred this location close to stores for
retired folks, but despite the change he told
about Bent Creek's proposed plan to build
town houses on 9 acres at the very east end
of the subdivision. Plans appear to be still
tenative since they used to include some kind
of retail small stores and shopping center?

Discussion came about whether New Land Use
Plan could be overturned. Alderman Alexander
said no, but town attorney cautioned that in
truth it could probably be changed with board
passing a new ordinance that would go against
the existing rule. For example changing zoning
to PUD from SR or ER. Surprise it has already
happened and approved by City Board.

Overall local residents that attended meeting
are solidly against PUD's and are becoming
organized to resist all future annexations and
development approvals until required traffic
studies, impact on roads, schools and local
services are known via solid facts--NO SPIN!

Start now to get organized for Thursday, 3/2
town hall meeting.Send Larry Felts a thank
you note for his tie/vote. Also send a note to
Alderman Alexander to persuade him to vote
with Felts and Curtsinger to forever break the
mayor's majority vote guarantee! Folks you
can do it..keep sending your emails to these
aldermen--remember we voted them in to
represent us the voters not special interests!

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each post. We have selected at random
comments that you may have missed.

(1). Did I hear right? The Mayor said the
reason there is so much growth is because
folks are selling out. So I guess the idea of
a SLOW DOWN, in order to have a Good
Growth Plan is out because folks are
selling their farms SOOoooo fast.
HHMMMM...Let me think about that one.

(2)No annexation, no approvals without
infrastructure guarantees including roads.
Kidd/Battle road is narrow and needs
widening not only to Nolensville road, but
also on the Battle road side to Burkitt. I
drive it daily and getting 2 cars through in
some areas is dicey, but when a truck comes
through;, it takes over 1/2 of the road even
when it pulls to the right as far as it can get.
On the question of selling your property,
you have every right to sell, but that doesn't
guarantee rezoning since that also impacts
your neighbors. Putting up quality require-
ments such as road improvements, money
for new schools, etc. isn't going to discourage
growth and building. It may impact the profit
margin a little bit, but there is plenty of money
to be made in Nolensville. Let's look at what
we need to develop our historic district--park-
ing, a sewer line run across Mill Creek to some
restaurants and new stores can open. Currently,
due to "change of use" requirements and the
availability of the sewer on the Johnson Drive
side of Mill Creek, new businesses cannot open
without bringing the sewer across and no shop
owner can afford the $40-$70K to do that.
If we could open businesses along Nolensville
road and create a town square, there's no
reason why our beloved Nolensville can't be as
quaint and cute as Bell Buckle, and a lot closer
to Nashville tourists. Our local shop owners
would like to see more shops along with places
to eat, provides a good quality shopping exper-
ience and brings more people to Nolensville
to shop. I'm just a lowly Stonebrook resident
who commutes to Nashville to work everyday.
Don't forget to pray for our town....God Bless.

(3) I continue to be amazed at the ferocity of
the Mayor and Aldermen who insist on this
continued onslaught of development. I've
never really heard any of them clearly explain
their position. Is it for control as they insist?
Well, this can't be the case as one Alderman
who consistently encourages slowing down
the process to properly digest proposals/
developments, is consistently railroaded into
moving forward with whatever fly-by-night
plan is on the table. Why would impact reven-
ues be so important? Is the City broke? Would
amassing a warchest of cash make the city
a better place to live? At what cost? We've
been told that PUD'S are the way of the future
for fiscal responsiblity--re: maintenance costs,
tax dollars, etc. but there are thousands towns
across this country that allow for adequate lot
sizes who seem to handle their fiscal budgets
with little difficulty. More on the Onslaught:
I heard the Mayor last year disregard the results
of the community survey because the response
was to0 low--I don't recall exactly, but I believe
the response rate was north (above) 30%.
Anyone who has ever had a statistics 101 class
would know that this is a highly significant
result. Professional marketing firms would be
elated with such a result, but again the Mayor
continued onward with his myopic tunnel
vision...and two other aldermen who take what-
ever he says as gold.

(4) Nolensville, vote out your Puppet Mayor
before it is too late! It is the same for the
Franklin City Mayor. The developers call the
shots. Please don't ever vote in a Real Estate
person as Mayor like Franklin did. Mr. Slow
Growth has sped it up, for all his friends in
the building trade. Also don't vote in a Real
Estate person as alderman or town attorney.
Ask anybody in Franklin and they will agree.

(5) No more Munchkin Land houses for
Nolensville. We have had enough of these
developers calling the shots. It is time for
the mayor to be accountable to the folks
that put him there.

(6) I moved here to Nolensville to ENJOY
the beautiful countryside. I am opposed
to the PUD model: these plans CRAM too
many houses into a small area. The land
owners, developers, and local government
get richer while the residents suffer from
the congested traffic, poor infrastructure,
and loss of beauty to our town.

(7) I hear (and read) from the community,
our mayor is NOT responding to our con-
cerns and opinions. A FIGUREHEAD we
do notneed. He is to serve our community
and implement our instructions. He is NOT
acting with best for OURCOMMUNITY.
Is it possible he is receiving kickbacks from
developers and real estate moguls? How
could we investigate/prove this theory. I'll
be back.....

(8) Well done friend. Thank you for the truth
at last. Please don't stop the "blog" it's the
only way we have of getting the facts.

(9). I for one find what has been said (on the
blog) to be very informative and have noticed
only the facts reported about mayor's perfor-
mance. Thank you for not allowing personal
attacks on this website.

(10) The information that we get on this blog
is GREAT! If it can get folks out and be a part
of the democratic process, even better. To sit
by, and let a few make major decisions without
welcoming a public voice is nothing short of un-
American! Its the American way of doing things
by making the folks that are in office account-
able to those who put them in the position of
trust. EXAMPLE: What part of NO MORE
PUDS from the people of Nolensville does the
city hall not understand? We are concerned
with the cost of fast growth and lack of infra-
structure. Folks you have a voice use it!

(11) We are proud to be a part of this town. I
think they (city hall) are gettting the message
that regular folks like us have the right to
have a voice in our future. This town is not
for sale....MR. MOON.

(12) Yes, we could call for a open, public meet-
ing to discuss our concerns with mayor and
aldermen. (doubt mayor would come?) My
impression is that if the mayor did show he
would just tell you how he wants to demand
greater control, but is powerless when it comes
to developers. Thank you for your votes on
last thurs. nite 2/2/06. 2 aldermen for and
2 against..motion is dead. Maybe the mayor
can miss more meetings.

(13) I am a Mom of 2 boys in local school. I
came with neighbors on thursday nite (2/2/6)
to my first town hall meeting. The mayor was
absent, so vice-mayor conducted the meeting.
I was astounded at the poor way the meeting
was carried out. First each ordinance is listed
on agenda with numbers like #52-03 with no
description or location of the property involved.
It was impossible for anyone in the audience
to know anything about it. Second, the town
planner stood up to point out locations on a
map that no one in the audience could see?
This presentation is disgraceful--no one in
the audience could make any kind of a decision.
And yet, the board approved one ordinance
after another right in front of local residents
totally in the dark. Gentlemen, this farce will
not even pass in my son's grade school...he
would FLUNK on the spot with such a poor
presentation. Get a grip on this meeting...
because we are coming back to ask questions.
Wake up..this is 2006 there is software and
projectors that you should be using. If you
don't know how get a 14 year old to help.

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CONGRATULATIONS MR. LARRY FELTS & DR. JOE CURTSINGER FOR YOUR TIE VOTES!

During the Town Hall Meeting Thurs.
2/2/06 of Mayor & Aldermen on #14
Second & Final Reading of Ordinance
#05-34 to rezone property currently
Estate Residential (One & Half Acres)
to Suburban Residential (One acre) on
Rocky Fork Rd. the four aldermen pre-
sent (Mayor absent) voted a tie. This
means the Ordinance cannot be voted
on again until one year later.

This is a terrific example of how to over-
come the Mayor's guaranteed majority
vote and how to protect the city against
higher density home developments.
There is no solid guarantee that if the
developer had been approved to rezone
from ER to SR that overtime the SR
wouldn't become a PUD. This is a very
big victory for what the people of our
city want to happen--please just say NO
to high density developers. No thank you!

Please send your congratulations to these
two aldermen they deserve a big thank
you from all of our local residents.

Mr. Larry Felts, 615-776-5635 and Email
eagle1016@united.net the EAGLE HAS
LANDED...WELCOME BACK LARRY!

Dr. Joe Curtsinger 615-776-1262 and Email
jccurtsinger@united.net

More to come on the town hall meeting later.
Send in your comments and emails ASAP.

ACCOUNTING 101: ACTUAL NEW HOMES VS:MAYOR'S CRISIS BUDGET DEMANDS?

HINT USE THESE FIGURES TO
QUESTION MAYOR THURS. 2/2/06
CITY HALL MEETING.

How to twist the figures to support an
imaginary City Hall Budget for 2006.

In the 1/26/06 Special Kidd Rd. Annexation
meeting the Mayor painfully presented the
following figures to support his premise that
city MUST ANNEX KIDD RD AREA A.S.A.P?

He quoted 3,143 new homes in Nolensville that
would generate 3 million dollars? Of course,
the total was questioned by several in the
audience as being inaccurate? Which is true!!!

What is the accurate figure and how does
the Mayor attempt to twist the figures to fit
his imaginary budget for 2006. Well hang
on here comes the unvarnished truth with
absolutely NO SPIN FROM CITY HALL.

Let's start with approved home develop-
ments in Nolensville and what does that
include?

There are 9 approved developments that
include Balinger Farms, McFarlin Woods,
Nolen Park, Bent Creek PUD & Reserve,
Bennington, Sunset Park, Winterset Woods
and Brittain Downs. These total 1,900 homes
of which 169 are completed or almost done.

Actual approved homes ==1,900 X's $1.00/sq.
ft.on 2,000 sq. ft. homes equals 3 Million 800
thousand dollars. This assumes city is paid on
homes approved and not on homes completed.
NO MONEYFOR ROAD REPAIRS.... UPKEEP
....PERIOD!

1,900 approved homes leaves the following 1,243
UNAPPROVED HOMES ON NON-ANNEXED
ACRES THAT THE MAYOR INCLUDES IN HIS
2006 BUDGET WITH NO MONEY FOR ROAD
REPAIRS....UPKEEP, ETC.....NOTHING!

Unapproved homes on non/annexed acres
include the following York Estates (York Rd.),
Silver Stream (RockyFork), McFarlin Dev.
(Kidd Rd.), Burkitt Place (Kidd Rd.) total
1,243 unapproved homes.

SURPRISE! these 1,243 unapproved homes
on non-annexed acres are included in the
Mayor's 2006 budget in order to arrive at
3,143 homes.

Now we all know why the Mayor is in such a
hurry to approve and annex these 1,243 homes
...he needs the money for his imaginary 2006
budget. Forget any money for roads and other
expenses---let the next Mayor deal with it!
Even better let the local residents pay for the
added expenses just levy a higher property tax
...who cares? The Mayor doesn't...why should you?
Everything is fine in Disneyland...small houses,
small streets, tiny yards...can't cost that much..
.why worry?
Send in your comments and emails...ASAP.