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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