Weaver’s resolution affirming Tennessee’s sovereignty passes in the House

March 4, 2020
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A resolution reaffirming Tennessee’s Constitutional status as a sovereign state as well as the General Assembly’s authority as a separate and independent branch of state government passed the House Chamber 75-25 on March 2.

State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver, R-Lancaster, sponsored HJR741 which reaffirms the constitutional duty and exclusive authority and power of the Tennessee General Assembly to appropriate taxpayer dollars and balance the state budget.

Weaver filed her resolution after the governor announced in December he would allow refugees to resettle in Tennessee. That decision follows an executive order by President Donald Trump to allow states and local governments to opt-in on whether they would resettle refugees.

“I applaud the General Assembly for strongly supporting this legislation,” Weaver said. “This resolution sends a clear message that we object to the governor’s actions which violates the constitutional duty and power of the legislature. This is an involuntary transfer of federal costs that creates a coerced expenditure of state dollars without approval of the General Assembly.”

Tennessee in 2017 became one of the first states in the nation to sue the federal government for compelling the state to pay for a federal program like refugee resettlement. The lawsuit cites a violation of the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“A federal program should be 100 percent funded by the federal government,” Weaver said.

March 3, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden won their respective Presidential Preference Primaries in Tennessee and DeKalb County on Super Tuesday.

Trump carried every DeKalb County precinct in the GOP Primary for a total of 939 votes. His only Republican rival Bill Weld received just 3 votes in DeKalb County.

Biden won the Democratic Primary in DeKalb County with 447 votes followed by Bernie Sanders with 203 votes and Michael Bloomberg with 165 votes. Elizabeth Warren received 74 votes and Tulsi Gabbard had 6 votes.

Biden carried all 15 precincts in DeKalb County but he and Bloomberg each had 92 votes to lead the pack in early voting and absentees.

A total of 1,958 people cast ballots on Super Tuesday in DeKalb County including 1,258 on election day and 700 during early voting or by absentee.

March 3, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County Democrats Tuesday chose their nominees for the offices of Property Assessor and Constable for the August General Election.

There were no surprises.

Tom R. Duggin was unopposed to become the Democratic nominee for Assessor of Property and received a total of 760 complimentary votes. Duggin will face Incumbent Assessor and Republican nominee Shannon Cantrell in the August Election. Cantrell was nominated for re-election by the DeKalb County Republican Party by caucus in December.

All six Democrats running for constable in their districts were unopposed Tuesday and will be without opposition in August.

The Tuesday election results for those candidates are as follows:

First District: Waylon Kyle-76 votes
Second District: Darrell Johnson-105 Votes
Fourth District: Paul Cantrell-140 votes
Fifth District: Mark Milam-100 votes
Sixth District: Jason Brown-84 votes
Seventh District: Johnny King-93 votes.

There is no Democratic candidate for Constable in the Third District but Republican nominee Travis Bryant will be unopposed for the seat in August. Bryant is actually the incumbent Third District Constable and has served for the last four years as a Democrat but he switched parties in December and was nominated at that time by the DeKalb County Republican Party to run in August as a GOP candidate.

Meanwhile, Criminal Court Judge Wesley Bray received 666 DeKalb County votes in the 13th Judicial District GOP Primary to serve out the last two years of former Judge David Patterson’s unexpired term. Patterson stepped down from the bench last year. Bray will be unopposed in August as there is no Democratic candidate.

A total of 1,958 people cast ballots on Super Tuesday in DeKalb County including 1,258 on election day and 700 during early voting or by absentee.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden won their respective Presidential Preference Primaries in Tennessee and DeKalb County on Super Tuesday.

Trump carried every DeKalb County precinct in the GOP Primary for a total of 939 votes. His only Republican rival Bill Weld received just 3 votes in DeKalb County.

Biden won the Democratic Primary in DeKalb County with 447 votes followed by Bernie Sanders with 203 votes and Michael Bloomberg with 165 votes. Elizabeth Warren received 74 votes and Tulsi Gabbard had 6 votes.

Biden carried all 15 precincts in DeKalb County but he and Bloomberg each had 92 votes to lead the pack in early voting and absentees.

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