Franklin TDA 07-31-2012 Continuation Meeting

**11.45pm** Here is the video of the meeting: **6.50pm** Here is the audio of the meeting: Download MP3 The Franklin Tourism Development Authority (TDA) will have a continuation meeting on Tuesday July 31, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Town Hall Boardroom, 95 East Main Street, Franklin, NC. The main object of this meeting will be to determine if the organizers of the Smoky Mountain Rumble motorcycle rally have finally comlied...

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Sunset

This is an interpretation of Thursday's sunset, a photo of which is below. (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); ...

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The Summer Meeting of the Macon County Republican Party

The Macon County Republican Party held it's summer meeting last night at the Boiler Room restaurant in Franklin, NC. Please visit their website to find out how you can become involved. After the meal, Roger West presented Wayne Carringer with a Bataan Survivor Medallion from the Macon County Republican Party. More information on Wayne Carringer's experiences in World War II, including his eyewitness account of the detonation of an atomic bomb...

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Mark Meadows at the Macon GOP Summer Meeting

Mark Meadows and his son Blake at the Macon County GOP summer meeting in Franklin, NC. Video will be forthcoming after he speaks. (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); ...

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Special Called Meeting of the Franklin TDA July 24, 2012

**6:30am** Here is the video of the meeting: And here is the audio of the meeting: Download MP3 The Franklin TDA is having a special called meeting to discuss the Smoky Mountain Motorcycle Rally. My "nearly live" coverage can be found on Google Plus. The agenda is below and I will be uploading the audio and video as soon as I can after the meeting. Special Called TDA Meeting Agenda (function() { var po = document.createElement('script');...

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Franklin ABC Store Loan Denied by BB&T

Sam Greenwood, the Franklin Town Manager, sent out a memo to Town Aldermen and members of the press that indicated the loan on the new ABC Store had been denied by BB&T. I have embedded a copy of it below. The ABC Store has generated a lot of controversy recently, with many in the town feeling that there was no consultation with the public on the need for a new ABC Store or where such a building should be placed. The video of the recent meetings...

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Scenes from the Battle of Frogtown

During the annual Franklin Folk Festival, Civil War reenactors create a fictional Battle of Frogtown that is inspired by a skirmish that took place in the Iotla Community near where the present day Iotla bridge crosses the Little Tennessee River. In the real battle, if reports are to be believed, only one Union soldier died. The local home guard, composed of men too old for war and boys too young to run off and join it, managed to fend off an...

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Fire Apparatus Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Franklin Fire-Rescue During 9th Annual Folk Festival

Video and photos taken during the Fire Apparatus Parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of Franklin Fire-Resuce during the 9th annual Franklin Folk Festival in Franklin, NC. (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); ...

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Macon County Planning Board 07-19-2012

Here is the video of tonight's meeting of the Macon County Planning Board, the first since the death of long time member Al Slagle.  I am still trying to get the board to send me an electronic copy of the agenda when it meets. So far, I have been unsuccessful. **Note** I missed the previous meeting of this board due to a misunderstand of the time on my part. I apologize for that error. Copy of the obituary for Al Slagle as provided by...

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Peter Robinson Interviews George W Bush

Here is an interview Peter Robinson recently conducted with President George W. Bush on life after the White House. Source: Uncommon Knowledge (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); ...

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Mark Meadows Wins Runoff Election Margin of Victory 76.32% to 23.68%

Precinct-level map of last night's results (larger image) **note** Thanks to Jason Chappell for notifying me of a grievous error in the map. Mark Meadows won the second primary in the US House of Representatives race in the 11th Congressional district yesterday by a very wide margin, taking 15 of the 17 counties. Those number are below: Unofficial tally of the Meadows vs Patterson race (larger image) Vance Patterson conceded the race early,...

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Today is the Second Primary Get Out and Vote

Today is the second primary for several races in North Carolina. If you know where your polling place is, get out and vote. The only candidate that I'm endorsing is Mark Meadows for Congress in the NC-11 Republican Primary. The only candidate I'm anti-endorsing is Richard Morgan in the Insurance Commissioner race. Vote for Mike Causey just because he isn't Richard Morgan. Who is Richard Morgan, you ask? Publius 2013 has the answer. ...

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Macon County Commissioners 07-10-2012

**6.30am** Here is video of the meeting and photos of the power of the summary of the "Compensation and Classification Study" by John Anzivino and Stephanie Davis with Springsted, Inc. Here is a slide show of the power point summary of the Compensation Study. You can press the square button to stop the slide show and advance the photos one at a time by pressing the arrow buttons. You may view the indidual photos by clicking here. Once on...

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StreetFest 2012: July 13th Edition

Venture Local Franklin and local merchants are hosting a StreetFest (one of three planned for the season) this Friday night on Main Street in Franklin, NC. The event will feature shopping, music by two bands (The Unawarewulves and The Arrogant Americans), dining indoors and outdoors on Main Street followed by a showing of the movie Ghostbusters on a 26 foot screen outdoors at Town Hall. Bring a lawn chair and/or a blanket for the movie, which...

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