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see 17 years I was a
commissioner in 15 months of that I was
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the mayor of
Franklin and
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then in
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2010 I well 11 was the end of my term as
a mayor and I was out of City
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Commissioner for eight
years so I came back back in
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2018 and I've been here ever since so
that's completing my commission out have
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26 years in city
government I'm from Franklin I've been
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here all my life I was
raised up 307 Breen rid Street in
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Franklin I went to linol high school
graduated from Lincoln High School
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1959 from there I went to Western trade
school while working at uh M drug
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store I went to school at night so from
there I went to PM brunfield worked
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there 12 years left went to Bowling
Green worked at the crane company up
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there for six years and it closed down
and come back to pars and work 17 more
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years so I had 29 29 years in at part
brunville community means pretty much
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everything to me because I never
left and I've
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always wanted to have some input not to
run the community but just be a a team
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player in the community and send
what's best for the
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community because we as they used to say
Franklin is small enough to know you and
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that's my I said that I guess that's my
motto being small enough to know people
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the fact
that
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everybody that's been around as long as
I have they either know them or they
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know their family and I think that's
pretty neat because respect is what you
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hope to have and if people know you they
know they know your attitudes and the
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fact that you are tried to treat people
like you want to be treated that's in
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the olden days we had we had bowling
alleys we had movie theaters and all
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those type of things here and some young
people don't even know that you know and
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I would like to see see something to
that
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nature come back to Franklin I think
that would keep a lot of people that
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would be productive in this community if
we had that to
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offer I think what we do have the
growth has
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improved but you know
uh in areas you know it's some things
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that you know the growth the W Forest
work here work places prod you know
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that's pretty much as as well to be
expected for this size of town but
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there's other things just like I said
you know we have churches we have
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schools and we want the best for the
children in this community as far as the
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school system and uh those are things
that you that I look at that I never see
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but it would be good for the
future the mayor and the city manager
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has and the Commissioners have tried to
make it better for for the workforce
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here and uh and speaking of the
workforce I think the city has tried to
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the Commissioners have tried to make the
the
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workers that that uh I guess you would
say the workers that's out on the the
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streets doing the water and the all that
type of thing I think uh there's always
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room for improvement
there I would like for the working
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conditions for the people that try to
make things better in this community to
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have what they need and be respected for
what they
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doing and uh that's I think think if you
know that would work if you can work
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together you can get you know you can
get things done and I think the city as
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a whole the people in the
communities if they've been around as
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long as I have they realize that uh
things have been made better and there's
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but there's always room for
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improvement