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Sixth Circuit Court Reverses FCC Action on Municipal Broadband Municipal Electrics Dealt Another Blow 6,250 subscribers www.TML1.org Volume 67, Number 13 August 22, 2016 Gallatin Police help prepare students for new school year BY KATE COIL TML Communications Specialist As children prepared to head back to school, members of the Gallatin Police Department were on hand to make sure their local stu- Most incumbents prevail in August primaries dents had everything they needed to make the year successful. BY CAROLE GRAVES Congressional races were in House Officer Janelle Wilson with the TML Communications Director Districts 4, 6, and 8. Gallatin Police Department said the In the 4th District, U.S. Rep. police force works throughout the With the exception of two state Scott DesJarlais defeated political year to collect supplies. House seats, incumbent lawmakers newcomer Grant Starrett 52 percent “We do fundraisers throughout prevailed over their challengers in to 43 percent in the GOP primary. In the year to help raise money and the Aug. 4 primary. the 6th District primary, U.S. Rep. to collect school supplies,” Wilson Those who lost include Rep. Diane Black trounced challenger Joe said. “We hold a golf tournament Curry Todd in House District 95, Carr, with 64 percent of the votes. every year that helps raise funds to who lost to newcomer Mark Lovell. In the 8th District, 13 candidates purchase book bags and supplies. Lovell, a small business owner, won vied for the open seat left vacant by We also collect supplies all year the primary with 56 percent of the retiring U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher. long. We’ve been doing it for sev- votes to Todd’s 18.8 percent. Todd In the end, former U.S. attorney Da- eral years now.” has held that seat for 18 years. vid Kustoff won with 27.5 percent of The donations are usually given Also unseated was Rep. Jeremy the votes. out each year to mark the National Durham in House District 65, who Night Out Against Crime held in has been at the center of a sexual (The following election results only early August, before the school year harassment scandal. Sam Whitson, list those primaries with opponents.) starts. a retired Army colonel, won the pri- US House District 1 (GOP) This year, the department col- mary with 79.5 percent of the votes. Roe, Phil (i) 34,2772 lected 200 backpacks and was able Other closely watched House Tribble, Clint 7,310 to give them all away. Wilson said races include House District 61, U.S. House District 3 (Dem) that it is more than were collected where incumbent Rep. Charles Sar- Shekari, Melody 8,651 last year. Additionally, the local gent was challenged by Steve Gaw- Friedman, Michael 5,319 probation department collects and U.S. House District 3 (GOP) rys for the second time – in 2014 and Fleischmann, Chuck (i) 31,940 packs school supplies for students again this year. Sargent, a 20-year Smith, Geoffery 3,069 in need. veteran lawmaker and chairman of U.S. House District 4 (GOP) The department partners with the House Finance Ways and Means DesJarlais, Scott (i) 24,207 the West Eastland Church of Christ Committee, easily won the primary Starrett, Grant 20,131 and the Ramsey Closet to host the with 65.5 percent of the votes. U.S. House District 5 (GOP) event. Wilson said officers cook hot Snyder, Stacy 7,647 dogs and provide chips and drinks In House District 18, Rep. Mar- Smith, John 4,285 tin Daniel was challenged by former U.S. House District 6 (DEM) for students and their families as Rep. Steve Hall, who was fighting to Kent, David 7,548 part of the event. take back his old seat. Daniel pre- Matheson, Flo 3,712 “We partner with a local church vailed with 39 percent of the vote. U.S. House District 6 (GOP) that we do a lot of outreach work Gallatin Police Department Chief Don Bandy, left, gives donated In the Senate, Education Chair- Black, Diane (i) 33,210 with,” she said. “The church has a school supplies to children at the West Eastland Church of Christ in man Dolores Gresham narrowly Carr, Joe 16,662 lot of people donating clothing to Gallatin. The department collected and distributed 200 backpacks to US House District 8 (DEM) it during the year. They give away held on to her seat against Savannah Hobson, Rickey 7,773 local students. Mayor Bob Shutt. Gresham won Frye, Gregory 6,412 clothes at this event for free so the with 52.8 percent to Shutt’s 47.2 US House District 8 (GOP) kids can have something new to munity closer together. us as good people, and that we are percent. Kustoff, David 16,886 wear to school.” “A lot of people can’t afford there for good reasons. It shows them Sen. Steve Dickerson defeated Flinn, George 14,197 Wilson said the giveaway helps these things,” she said. “We want to that the community supports them as fellow physician Ron McDow in a Luttrell, Mark 10,878 bring the department and the com- be there for the kids. They need to see they are heading back to school.” hard-fought primary in Senate Dis- Kelsey, Brian 7,941 U.S. House District 9 (DEM) trict 20, while Sen. Doug Overbey Cohen, Steve (i) 35,628 defeated challenger Scott Williams Ford, Justin 4,164 AltShop concept spurs rural development 61 percent to 39 percent in Senate Senate District 2 (GOP) District 2. Overbey, Doug (i) 7,349 Rep. Jon Lundberg handily won Williams, Scott 4,719 Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey’s open seat in Senate District 4 (GOP) Lundberg, Jon 7.018 Senate District 4 in a four-person Shipley, Tony 2,684 primary race. Lundberg received 55 Senate District 10 (DEM) percent of the vote. Wilkinson, Khristy 2,662 On the Democratic side, Sen. Wilkinson, Nick 2,111 Sara Kyle deflected a challenge by Senate District 14 (GOP) former Sen. Beverly Marrero in Tracy, Jim (I) 10,816 District 30. Lane, Steve 1,681 The most closely watched See ELECTIONS on Page 4 Sixth Circuit Court reverses FCC action on Municipal Broadband Municipal Electrics dealt another blow BY CAROLE GRAVES said the regulatory agency has “un- Based on an microeconomic concept designed to bring new business into Memphis neighborhoods, the lawfully inserted itself” between the AltShop program is helping small businesses find their footing in rural communities. Bolivar and Somerville Municipal electric companies state and its municipalities, and that are participating in the pilot program, and five businesses have opened in the two communities. The program interested in providing broadband the suit was about states’ rights and helps small business owners learn the skills they need to be successful. service to underserved areas out- not about broadband access. side their regular service areas were Most speculated that litigation BY KATE COIL Shop concept began with the city of the state. The program—funded handed yet another setback. A fed- could take months, if not years, to Memphis and eventually came under through the United States Depart- eral appeals court on Aug. 10 struck resolve. And in the meantime, the A small business pilot program the jurisdiction of Communities Un- ment of Housing and Urban Devel- down the Federal Communications large telecom providers would con- that has proven successful in Mem- limited, a nonprofit organization that opment (HUD)—is aimed at helping Commission’s 2015 order that tinue to block broadband expansion phis is now helping rural Tennessee works with small businesses. businesses that have five or fewer would have allowed public utilities from city-owned providers on both communities find new ways to en- “We started piloting the urban employees expand. to expand their high-speed broad- the federal and state levels. courage economic development. model in Memphis in 2012 and “We are still in the process of band services beyond their utility State Sen. Janice Bowling of Small businesses are often the called it MemShop,” Norwood retooling the urban model,” Nor- footprints. Tullahoma and Rep. Kevin Brooks backbone of a community and are said. “We started in inner-city wood said. “We took the model we The FCC ruled in February of Cleveland sponsored legislation major players in keeping commer- neighborhoods – which are usually were using for the inner-city urban 2015 to overturn state laws in Ten- during the 2016 legislative session cial areas successful and vibrant. low-wealth areas – and did this neighborhoods. In the urban model, nessee and North Carolina, stating that would revise the existing legisla- The AltShop Program is a type of six-month incubator model. Our we identified particular neighbor- that such state restrictions presented tion to remove territory restrictions. economic development known as partner and funder was the city of hoods while in the rural setting we barriers to broadband deployment, But due to lack of support in the microenterprises – small businesses Memphis who had received funds identified two communities to start investment, economic development, Tennessee General Assembly, the with less than six employees and from a Bloomberg grant to develop this program together. You have to and competition. bill sponsors pulled their legislation. often a sole proprietor. innovative strategies.” develop a partnership with that com- The 2015 order was welcomed Both lawmakers have said they will Usually beginning with a small After seeing the success of the munity or town.” news to the municipal systems and will file legislation again in the 2017 amount of investment capital and a AltShop program in an urban setting, Norwood said Communities their neighborhing communities session. small number of employees, micro- officials with the Tennessee chapter Unlimited had already done some that still do not have access to broad- Bowling represents the city of enterprises have taken off during the of the USDA Rural Development work with rural communities before band.
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