MA loses and East Tennessee gains - Smith & Wesson moving HQ to TN - UPDATE page 3 - GLPer published Op-Ed piece local paper

Local stuff is the ONLY stuff sometimes! Thanks but no worries if it is not readily to hand now.

a link to Harry is good, maybe. You can listen on the computer if you aren't right here.
what is his site?

they build the funny Cirrus aircraft there. I am so lucky to be in this safe, safe spot.

hope you live in an equally safe spot nowadays

Found it

Satire/Humor: You might be a Blount County Commissioner:

1. If you work for the county, are retired from the county, or have spouses or relatives that work for the county: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
2. If you think that “citizen’s input” is a nuisance and a waste of time: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
3. If you can’t tolerate the sound of applause from citizens that disagree with you: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
4. If you want to keep your electorate in the dark by canceling the Video TV coverage of meetings: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
5. If you ran for office mainly to advance you and your family’s benefits from the county: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
6. If you think your job is to “keep the citizens restrained and under your control” rather than “to protect citizen’s freedoms and liberty”: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
7. If you reward fellow commissioners with job advancement and pay raises, after flagrant misconduct such as taking his senior High School class to Hardees for breakfast, on a school bus, just prior to the election in which the very same students are to be eligible to vote: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
8. If you don’t really know or understand what the PBA does, but sure don’t want the public to know: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
9. If you will “sign off” on any loan documents your “Buddy” brings you, even without supporting documents, without reading it, and then let him set his own fee for services: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
10. If you refuse to stop the process of sedating and poisoning the voters and residents by adding Hydroflourosalicic acid to the public water supply: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
11. If you are intimidated by the County Sheriff: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
12. If you believe the federal government’s financial “house of cards” borrowing scheme is GREAT, and you do your best to imitate it at the county level- and without a printing press: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
13. If you believe that number juggling, draining the rainy day fund, and using one time grants to pay for continuous, ongoing expenses, is how to balance a budget: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
14. If you think it is better to raise taxes on property owners rather than to require county employees to contribute to their own health insurance, just as employees of other counties do: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
15. If you believe that all federal grants are fantastic, no matter what strings are attached: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
16. If you believe that a Blount County Threat Fusion Center is a good thing: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
17. If you have a complete disregard for the Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, or the Constitution of Tennessee, and think you can make any rules, regulations or laws that suit you: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
18. If you believe the second amendment “right to bear arms” does not apply in Blount County if you say it doesn’t: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
19. If you believe that you have the power to take over responsibilities and powers of the Mayor if you want to: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.
20. If you have never heard of Agenda 21 or Codex Alimentarius, but you will vote to implement any United Nations mandate that includes the words “sustainable”, “regional”, “safety” or “health”: you might be a Blount County Commissioner.

Local Stuff.

I work in Maryville. Love the area, but good luck finding housing right now.


And, locals pronounce it Mur-uh-vul

You can always tell if the people that film the commercials for this area are from here by the way they pronounce the city name.

holy cow, that is amazing! I am near MV too

yep, it is a tell. how they say it.

And on another note I read where Ford Motor
is investing around one billion in Tennessee
and Kentucky in the near future.
Should mean more jobs !

I'm retired Army and moved to Ohio after the Army. We'll be going down that way in a couple of days. I'll walk the grandsons down some trails without a ruck like I did at one time though.
Who knows I may move back. I'll bet home prices are getting ridiculous with the Yankees and Californians moving in. Maybe S&W will scare them away. :)

it sounds very nice, what you are planning... for him and for you.

i lived in Cuyahoga Falls AGES ago - like in the Dark Ages?

Ohio is fine, but the light here, the amazing light, the blue mountains all around, the sounds of happy calm people for the most part.... it is wonderful.
Housing has been going up here, but maybe not as much as in Ohio....

May add this one?

https://imgur.com/a/Aj1bcsy

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yippee!

Blue bleeds

Red leads...


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Smith & Wesson, the gun manufacturer that has been based in Springfield, Massachusetts since before the Civil War, announced Thursday that it plans to move its headquarters to Tennessee, costing the region hundreds of jobs.

In a conference call with reporters and stock analysts, company President and CEO Mark Smith cited legislation pending on Beacon Hill that would, if passed, prohibit the manufacturing of certain firearms in the state as the key reason for the move.

"While we are certainly hopeful this arbitrary and damaging legislation will be defeated in this session, these products made up over 60 percent of our revenue last year," he said. "And the unfortunate likelihood that such restrictions would be raised again, led to a review of the best path forward for Smith & Wesson."



The Exodus from Libtardia continues...

sorry i can't reply PM i don't have a paid account. i would have bet money it was Heather Conn (youtube, The Kneady Homesteader). i can't find the pic now... LOL. maybe a twin? double?

TN makes much better sense