Archive for December, 2009

“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.“  - Jesus Christ, in Matthew 10:16 (KJV)
AGENDA JANUARY 5, 2010 – 9:00 A.M.
GEORGE A. SMITH MEETING ROOM
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I.        CALL TO ORDER.
II.       INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG.
          (COUNCIL MEMBER ERNEST BROOKS)
III.      ROLL CALL.
IV.      APPROVAL… »

I received this morning some rather alarming news about our city audit which came to me in the form of a letter from Alexander Thompson Arnold PLLC.
December 8, 2009
Honorable Jerry Gist, Mayor
Members of the Council
City of Jackson, Tennessee
We have completed our audit of the City of Jackson, Tennessee, and have submitted our report thereon. In… »

A “Committee to Recall U.S. Senator Robert Menendez,” sponsored by the Sussex County Tea Party has announced plans to launch an effort to recall Senator Robert Menendez from his position in office. Helping to lead the charge is New Jersey Tea Parties United, the state’s grass-roots coalition of county and regional Tea Party groups representing… »

Friday, Mayor Jerry Gist released his report to the council on areas important to city and its well being. My remarks are included.
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Financial:
December sales tax receipts (October, 2009) are running 2.9% above 2008 within the city.  Madison County receipts are down 0.7%.
(Remember that 2008 was not a particularly good year for sales tax receipts)
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Property… »

As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams. On July 4, 1837, he spoke these words:
“Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? … Is it not that,… »

It is the near the end of 2009 and this has been a tough year, but this is my time to take a few days off to celebrate the holidays with family and friends and unless it is something very local I will be out of the fray till December 29th, 2009. Our next city… »

The regular meeting of the Madison County Board of Commissioners will Ag center on Airways this morning at 8:30 A.M. One of the more important items on the agenda is:
CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE REDEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND, PURSUANT TO SECTION 21 OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1998.
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This would be the agreement to allow… »

On the Enviroment
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry today said Congress will prove the naysayers wrong and pass climate change legislation next year. Speaking at global climate talks in Denmark, Kerry said, “With a successful deal here in Copenhagen, next year, the United States Congress — House and Senate — will pass comprehensive energy-climate… »

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Press release from late yesterday. Typical case where man shoots a woman with the intent to kill her, leaving her crippled for life, and he could be out in 6 years… don’t you love it.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION
JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT
DATE: December 15, 2009
BY: Chief Gill Kendrick
Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Shooting
Corey Lamont Hennings, 33, of… »

The Federal Government has announced it will proceed with controversial plans to censor the internet after Government-commissioned trials found filtering a blacklist of banned sites was accurate and would not slow down the internet.
But critics, including the online users’ lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia and the Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam, said the trial results… »