Day: February 18, 2017

Nolensville Business Fires 18 People Who Skipped Work on ‘A Day Without Immigrants’

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A small business in Nolensville, Tennessee facing production deadlines fired 18 employees who failed to show up for work on Thursday’s ‘A Day Without Immigrants.’ “Bradley Coatings, Incorporated (BCI) is a family-owned, Nashville-based business that provides commercial painting services to its clients on a very demanding schedule,” Robert Peal, the company’s attorney, said in a statement released on Friday. “This past Wednesday night, certain employees of BCI informed their leadership that they would not be at work the following day. Because of the time-sensitive nature of the jobs these employees were assigned to, all employees were told that they would need to show up for work or they would be terminated,” Peal said. “On Thursday, the majority of BCI’s employees fulfilled their obligations to our clients, but eighteen employees did not,” Peal noted, adding: Regretfully, and consistent with its prior communication to all its employees, BCI had no choice but to terminate these individuals. The reason these employees missed work—to engage in peaceful demonstrations—had nothing to do with BCI’s decision to terminate them. BCI regrets this situation, but it has contracted with its clients to complete work on a schedule set by the client’s general contractor. The company has been…

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WWTN Callers Blast State Senate Majority Leader Norris for Weak Response to Protesters

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State Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville) was interviewed by Ralph Bristol on 99.7 FM WWTN’s  Nashville’s Morning News on Friday about the shouting down of State Sen. Mae Beavers and State Rep. Mark Pody by protesters at the Capitol earlier this week. Norris’s response to those protesters was panned by irate listeners who called in to Bristol’s program in the ensuing two hour on-air town hall that broke out over the airwaves. Appearing on Bristol’s program a day earlier, Beavers said she wanted to see action taken against the protesters. “What if anything needs to be done about it?” Bristol asked of the aggressiveness of the protesters towards Beavers and Pody. “I think we need to be sensitive to… whether its her concerns or a constituents concerns . . .we need to be sensitive to her concerns and whether when having a press conference of that nature folks should follow people into their office,” Norris responded. “But we all, including Sen. Beavers are, for the right to assemblage and open government, and a lot of the best stuff that gets done happens when we have that kind of open consideration,” he continued. “There’s sometimes a fine line between free…

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Commentary: President Trump’s Epic Beatdown of the Media Elite

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Reprinted with permission from ConservativeHQ.com. By CHQ Staff February 17, 2017 According to post-election poll conducted by Suffolk University and USA Today the top four things voters wanted President Donald Trump to do after he was sworn-in were; create and preserve jobs, fight terrorism and ISIS, build a wall and deport illegal immigrants, and change Washington. When the pundits and talking heads assess President Trump’s first 100 days they are likely to concentrate on how he did on the first three and completely ignore #4, which actually ranked above “build the wall” in the poll Trump Press Conference(17% vs 15%). However, in ways large and small President Trump is slowly inch-by-inch changing Washington, and one of the most profound changes is the relationship between the establishment media and the American people. That change was on full display yesterday at the President’s press conference, and it was epic. Said the President: Unfortunately, much of the media in Washington, D.C., along with New York, Los Angeles in particular, speaks not for the people, but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system. The press has become so dishonest that if we don’t talk about, we…

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BREAKING: Gov. Haslam Claims ‘There Have Not Been Any Other Alternatives Proposed’ To His Gas Tax Increase

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“Gov. Bill Haslam did not acknowledge the multiple alternatives to his proposed gas tax increase that legislators have introduced in the statehouse during an interview with Knoxville media Friday,” WBIR TV reports. “There have not been any other alternatives proposed. No one else has laid out a plan and said ‘This is how we’re going to pay for it,’” WBIR reports Haslam stated when asked about alternative plans to fund road construction, such as The Hawk Plan, which would provide that funding by reallocating 0.25 percent of the current sales tax. “He’s very aware of other plans,” State Rep. David Hawk (R-Greeneville), author of The Hawk Plan, told WBIR: Hawk said he has discussed his plan with Haslam of taking one-quarter of one percent of sales tax revenue to create a recurring dedicated fund to address transportation needs long-term. Rep. Jason Zachary of Knoxville said his constituents are pushing him to find an alternative to a tax increase by pointing out the state is sitting on a $1 billion dollar budget surplus and another $1 billion surplus is projected for this year. He has proposed allocating a quarter of any state surplus money over $5 million each month to TDOT.…

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