The numbers

Town of Smyrna Municipal Election

MAYOR
4,528 votes: Tony Dover
2,495 votes: Ben Johnson
1,100 votes: Steve Townley

COUNCIL(Vote for three)

5,072 votes: Marc Adkins
4,770 votes: H.G. Cole Jr.
4,405 votes: Lance Lee
3,695 votes: Carolyn Peebles
2,420 votes: Richard P. Garvin
(48 of 48 precincts reporting)

..and the winners are

Mayor Tony Dover(55%)
Council members Cole(23%), Lee(21%), and Adkins(24%)

In our local race for the 49th state district Mike Sparks won with 57% of the votes.

I was horribly disappointed that Haslsam won due to his flip-flopping on certain issues in the last day.

Dianne Black(66%) now represents us in the 6th congressional district.

Well that's it for tonight.

Question of the day 5

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce have posted online questions and the answers from 4 candidates for council and 2 candidates for mayor certain questions. There are no posted answers from Lance Lee and Ben Johnson.

Question 5
What do you feel is the #1 issue facing the Town of Smyrna in the next 5 years, and how do you intend to address said issue?

The answer can be found on their website on this PDF page. Why PDF? No idea.

Question of the day 4

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce have posted online questions and the answers from 4 candidates for council and 2 candidates for mayor certain questions. There are no posted answers from Lance Lee and Ben Johnson.

Question 4
What is your vision for the Town of Smyrna in 10 years?

The answer can be found on their website on this PDF page. Why PDF? No idea.

Question of the day 3

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce have posted online questions and the answers from 4 candidates for council and 2 candidates for mayor certain questions. There are no posted answers from Lance Lee and Ben Johnson.

Question 3
If elected, what would you like to see accomplished while in office?

The answer can be found on their website on this PDF page. Why PDF? No idea.

Question of the day 2

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce have posted online questions and the answers from 4 candidates for council and 2 candidates for mayor certain questions. There are no posted answers from Lance Lee and Ben Johnson.

Question 2
What experience qualifies you for your position?

The answer can be found on their website on this PDF page. Why PDF? No idea.

Question of the day 1

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce have posted online questions and the answers from 4 candidates for council and 2 candidates for mayor certain questions. There are no posted answers from Lance Lee and Ben Johnson.

Question 1
Why are you running for office?

The answer can be found on their website on this PDF page. Why PDF? No idea.

Event reminder

Candidate forum

The candidate for Smyrna political office will be part of a forum held by the Smyrna AM this coming Monday at the Smyrna Town Centre.

The forum, which will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Smyrna Town Centre, will offer candidates a chance to answer a series of questions from Smyrna A.M. Editor Taylor Loyal, who will moderate the event. Smyrna A.M. is a weekly publication distributed to Smyrna residents on Wednesdays inside The Daily News Journal and The Tennessean.
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The forum will give candidates an opportunity to share their opinions on a variety of issues and explain their reasons for running.

This will be televised so you can watch it at home.

A mayoral meet and greet

Event reminder

Today is the kickoff for Marc Adkins election run for the Smyrna Town Council.

Please join us for our campaign vist and fellowship at Gregory Mill Park on September 28th, on a Tuesday evening from 5-7. Very laid back. Enjoy seeing some of your Smyrna friends and neighbors! Meet and greet!

Enjoy the gathering.

Event reminder

Today is the scheduled meet and greet with Lance Lee for the 2010 election.

You are invited to attend our Meet n Greet on Saturday, September 25th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Rockin' Chair Cafe located at 208 Jefferson Pike (in Gil's Shopping Center). Please bring your friends and neighbors.

Bring a friend.

Event reminder

Today is the meet and greet for H.G. Cole for the 2010 election and you are all invited.

H.G. will be hosting a “meet and greet” at Gregory Mill Park on September 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM. Join him for food and refreshments and be entertained by recording artist Declan McGarry. Residents new and old are invited to attend. All are welcome and encouraged to bring a friend.

Lance Lee campaign kickoff

Incumbent Lance Lee is having a meet and greet for his campaign and you are invited.

Lance Lee, who is running for re-election to the Smyrna Town Council, is hosting a meet and greet on Saturday, Sept. 25 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rockin’ Chair Café located at 208 Jefferson Pike (in Gil’s Shopping Center).
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“Please join me and my family as we visit with friends, past and present," Lee said. "If you are new to Smyrna, I welcome the opportunity to meet you.”

This is an indoor event so inclimate weather should not be an issue.

Marc Adkins campaign kickoff

Marc Adkins is having his first big 'meet and greet' of the 2010 election year for the Smyrna town council and everyone interested in invited.

Marc Adkins is hosting his Smyrna Town Council campaign kickoff on Tuesday, Sept. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Gregory Mill Park on Enon Springs Road.
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Adkins has been very active in his volunteer service to the Town of Smyrna over the past 15 years. He has served on many of the town's boards and committees that include the Smyrna Planning Commission, Historic Zoning Commission, Industrial Development Board, and the Board of Zoning Appeals. He was the designated Smyrna representative for the Metropolitan Study Committee done for Rutherford
County. Adkins has served as Smyrna Town Councilman since 2009. He and his family are 40-year residents of Smyrna.

Marc stepped up in 2009 to fill the position that Tony Dover opened when he took over the Mayoral seat due to the illness of Mayor Bob Spivey.

H.G. Cole Campaign Kickoff

H.G. Cole will be having his first big meet and greet at Gregory mill park on the 23rd and you are invited.

MEET AND GREET SEPTEMBER 23rd (5:30)
H.G. will be hosting a “meet and greet” at Gregory Mill Park on September 23, 2010 at 5:30 PM. Join him for food and refreshments and be entertained by recording artist Declan McGarry. Residents new and old are invited to attend. All are welcome and encouraged to bring a friend. H.G. is looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and being afforded the opportunity to even make some new ones.

This week is truly busy with election gatherings and more are planned.

County forum III

Sheriff Jones did not make the forum and while writting my column for next week I found this by accident. I'll let this stand as his public forum.



Note the 'humor' tag before you try to kill me people. This video was put on youtube 4 years ago so even then people did not like the man.

Of course the two sheriff candidates that did show up are here for your viewing needs.



Enjoy

County forum II

While videos of the 2010 Candidate Forums are online they had not posted videos for district 9 and 11. On Facebook Rhonda Allen posted the following.

All candidates running for the County Commission were invited by the League of Women Voters to a televised forum on Tuesday. I was prepped and ready to go. My opposition did not attend the event, so unfortunately District 11 was not represented. A "majority" of the candidates had to attend, or else you could not participate. Very disappointing for Smyrna voters.

Now in District 9 Steve Sandlin is running unopposed, but in district 11 we have the following running.

RHONDA P. ALLEN
CHRIS DEAL
TERRY L. WARD

Since Mike Sparks is stepping down as he is running for the position currently held by state Rep. Kent Coleman I really would have liked to hear the candidates speak. More so as I live in this district.

County forum I

The 2010 Candidate Forum was recently held and here online is the first batch for your viewing pleasure for county seats.
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WILL JORDAN
JAKE ROBINSON


10
TONY CAMPBELL
ANTHONY JOHNSON
BRAD TURNER

12
RICK HALL
ROBERT NEW
ROBERT STEVENS

Incumbents all in a row

The three incumbents in the November election have all picked up petitions to run for their respective seats.

Mayor:
ANTHONY M DOVER 2010-05-28
Council:
MARCUM G ADKINS 2010-05-21
HENRY G COLE 2010-06-01
LANCE S LEE 2010-06-03

The election is still far away and I'm still making wild guesses to friends and family on who I think might run and likely will win, but the lack of early filers for contenders surprised me. I was thinking there might be a few that would jump in early.

I plan later this summer to ask those who submit filled petitions with the Rutherford County Election Commission if they wish to do a guest column on our website. I think that our few readers might like to see what their possible representatives think in their own words.