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THE CHRONICLE
of Mt. Juliet
The Largest Circulation in Wilson County
Celebrating our 28th year as the leading newspaper in Mt. Juliet and West Wilson County
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Volume 29 July 15, 2009 Number 27
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Elderly MJwoman lockedin ‘dangerous’driveway
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New judge sworn in,
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In what she’s calling“the biggest mess ever was,”one elderly Mt. Juliet womanis having a heck of a timegetting in and out of her owndriveway since the Bender’sFerry traf
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c light has beeninstalled.Doris Davis, 82, haslived at 10,000 LebanonRoad for 60 years. She losther son, Gary Davis, inMarch of this year, she said,and has no other family inthe area, so she runs herown errands and still drivesduring the daytime. Sincethe new traf
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c light wasinstalled at Bender’s Ferryand the Curd Road extensionproviding access to the newHigh School Davis
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cult and dangerous topull out of her driveway,especially since there is aturning lane directly acrossfrom it.“It’s a bad place,” saidDavis, leaning on her walkerin the shady backyard of herhome. I’m almost 83 yearsold, and I need to drive, butthere’s heavy traf
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c, and it’sdif
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cult for me.”Davis said if the lightis red traf
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c backs up pasther drive, and she has to wait until other drivers “havesome mercy” and allow herto pull out. The situationis made more dangerousand dif
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cult because of the turning lane for traf
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ctraveling east and needing toturn left. If Davis is traveling west and needs to turn intoher drive she cannot wait inthat turning lane since it isa double yellow line, and herneed to turn into her drive,she said, backs traf
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c upconsiderably down LebanonRoad.“I talked to one of the sheriff’s boys one dayover at the church,” Davissaid, gesturing towardneighboring Silver SpringsBaptist Church. “He said Icouldn’t wait in that turninglane, and that if backedtraf
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c up I just backed traf
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cup, no matter how far.”Davis said City of Mt. Juliet of
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cials told her at thetime the new road was beingconstructed that they wouldmake a drive for her off CurdRoad, but instead there is agravel culvert a few dozenfeet long which she is waryto drive over.Davis said shehad not contacted citycommissioners yet about herproblem and had plannedon “making a meeting,” butthat would mean drivingafter dark.”“I’ve almost been hittrying to get in and out somany times during the day,I don’t want to think about what could happen afterdark,” she shook her head.Davis said herproperty is currently for salebecause developers were“banging down her door”and making substantiallylow offers for her homeand surrounding property,including area behind theadjoining Silver SpringsChurch. In order to protectherself and her propertyshe enlisted a Realtor torepresent her. She addedthat City of
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cials told herthat they “weren’t going tospend any money on it if it’sfor sale.’ Mt. Juliet CityManager Randy Robertsonsaid Monday that he hadnot heard from Mrs. Davis.Mt. Juliet Police Department
Elderly MJ woman faces ‘dangerous, difficult’ situation in her own driveway
Doris Davis, in the silver car, attempts to leave her driveway onMonday. Traffic backs up considerably at this intersection duringpeak traffic hours, and Davis says she worries about the even heaviertraffic that the high school will bring in August, when she turns 83years old. ~
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A new Mt. Juliet city judge was sworn in Monday,but the mayor wasn’t happyabout how he got the job.Andy Wright, whoalso serves as city attorneyfor Lebanon, was hired as Mt. Juliet’s newest municipal judge on Monday, July 6,during a special called citycommission meeting whichMt. Juliet Mayor LindaElam did not attend. Atthe commission’s regularlyscheduled meeting Mondaynight, July 13, Elam saidshe was “disappointed inthe commission and thecity manager” in regards tothe functioning of the citycourt.“No one has theauthority to interfere withthe operation of the citycourt,” Elam said to Mt. Juliet City Manager RandyRobertson. “As a lawyer I amoffended at the way this hasbeen handled. The city courtshould be separate.”Elam continued tosay that it was “decided ina group meeting” to sign off on Wright’s hire, and thatRobertson and the other citycommissioners knew aheadof time that she could notattend the July 6 meeting tovote on a new judge. She saidshe was told that the othercommissioners “insisted” onholding the meeting on July6, adding that she thoughtthat as “chairman” of thecommission she should bepart of such an importantdecision. Robertson and theother four commissioners – District 1 Ted Floyd, District2 and Vice Mayor Will Sellers,District 3 Ed Hagerty, andDistrict 4 Jim Bradshaw – held the meeting on July 6,however, and hired Wright without Elam’s input.Elam said shefound what had “occurredthe last few weeks whollyunacceptable” and that therest of the commission andthe city manager shouldhave either waited untilthe regularly scheduledcommission meeting thenext week or cancel thespecial meeting.“I
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nd thecommission’s performanceunacceptable and showing alack of courtesy,” Elam saidat the table. “This boardhas never acted in such anarbitrary manner.”The mayor addedthat there “was no harmdone, and it’s water underthe bridge.”Robertson, however,disagreed.“I have absolutelynothing to do with thehiring or
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ring of the city judge,” he retorted. “It is thecommission’s decision.”He added that whatthe mayor had “indicatedis wrong, there were noconversations (betweenthem) and I am disappointedabout it.”And so Wrightstepped forward and wassworn in by former longtimeMt. Juliet judge John Gwin.For more information onevents leading up to Wright’shire see the July 8 edition of the
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or visit www.thechronicleofmtjuliet.comand view the July 8 and May13, 2009, editions.During his allottedtime for comments, Floydappealed to his constituentsand all Mt. Juliet residentsto contact commissionersregarding an upcomingordinance to opt out of arecently approved Statelaw prohibiting guns inparks. He said he wants hisconstituents to contact himto “tell me how to vote.”Sellers said as thecommission’s representativeof the City Parks andRecreation Board he couldsay that everyone on thatboard “is totally in favor of opting out of the no guns inparks law” for Mt. Juliet.“There’s nocompelling reason whyanyone would go to a littleleague game carrying anine-millimeter,” Sellerscommented. “Maybe in theircar, but not in their jacket.”Commissionersdiscussed a recent error insewer billing for many Mt. Juliet businesses in whichWest Wilson Utility Districtmeters underchargedbusinesses since 2006,totaling around $71,000in back sewer chargesowed to the City of Mt. Juliet by the businesses.While WWUD forgave theback water charges, Cityof
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Chronicle
.)Floyd referenceda meeting held betweenbusiness owners in recent weeks to discuss the issueand said that “nearly 100percent left (that meeting)feeling the businessesshouldn’t have to pay atall.” He added that he heardthe Mt. Juliet MorningRotary Club also feels thebusinesses shouldn’t haveto pay.“The people aretelling me – 80 to 90 people – you guys need to relievethese people,” Floyd toldcommissioners. “The taxdollars they are paying is
Wright sworn in, mayor speaks out
A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocraticalgovernment only that requires ignorance for its support.-Thomas Paine,
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