Bob Brown

@CStanOnX @toddstarnes @grok Special Forensic Audit (2025–2026) In addition to the routine annual audits, the **Tennessee General Assembly** funded and the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. - The firm performing this forensic audit is **CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

@robbrown211 @toddstarnes @grok Watkins, Uiberall and Banks, Finley, and White. The audited financials are posted on the District's website.

🚨🚨 BREAKING: Auditors have discovered Minneapolis-level fraud within the Memphis/Shelby County School system. "Significant" contractors did not even have addresses. Millions in fraud, waste and abuse already uncovered and the audit is only 25 percent complete. The school board is controlled 100 percent by Democrats. Not a single Republican on the board.

@conor64 The anti-science from the public health institutions. People who had Covid and had long-term and short-term antibodies proven with antibody tests (which were multiple times more effective than the so called vaccine) were fired from their jobs. This was evil.

A question for everyone: survey data suggests that by the end of the Covid-19 emergency trust in public health institutions had decreased significantly. If you are among the people who reacted that way, why specifically? I'm hoping for long, diverse, individualized answers.

@mattmurphyshow The new budget for Metro Nashville is now $17,300 per student. The budget has grown over 50% while enrollment has dropped. Meanwhile only 30% of the students are at least proficient.

As someone who supported the TN ESF and its passage last year, I have a question. Why are we rushing to grow the program before we have all of the first year data? Shouldn’t we see scores and look over demographics of who benefited across the state? Get a full year under our belt before the massive expansion? I’m not attacking those advocating for this position. Just wondering why the urgency. Follow up: is something affecting only 4% of students in TN at an additional cost of 330 million a good ROI? How do we know without seeing the numbers?

@tomfowlkes1 Of course no one wants to go through Memphis anyway.

I used to think that Sam Cooper stopping at Overton Park was a contributor to Memphis‘s economic challenges. But after seeing other major cities with highways tearing through the center of downtown, I think we got lucky. Not to say we don’t have our transportation problems, but keeping Overton Park and all the cool side streets in Midtown / crosstown/ edge was a direct product of not bulldozing a huge tract of land for cars.

@NC5 What are the poll results from NES customers who live outside of Davidson County?

Baker Group Strategies has released a new poll, showing the majority of Davidson County voters blame NES for the issues the city faced during the recent ice storm. newschannel5.com/news/state/ten…

@michaelpleahy What are the poll results for the NES customers outside of Nashville/Davidson County?

BREAKING: Poll shows 67 percent of Nashville/Davidson County voters blame Nashville Electric Service for failure in handling storm power outages. tennesseestar.com/politics/david…

@BakerGrpStrat @WardBaker Did you poll NES customers that don’t live in Davidson County?

This morning, Baker Group Strategies released a new poll on issues facing the city of Nashville. Here are the key takeaways from our survey:

@okeynodokey @Joshthomastn @NESpower The NES customers in counties not Davidson, do not get a vote.

@Joshthomastn @NESpower But the people of Nashville voted in this corruption. This is what they want, this is what they get.

Looking over the board members of @NESpower reveals no people with actual utility experience. The chair is an environmental lawyer academian. Inept.

@TNFreedom21 You know the NES Board Chair is the wife of former Mayor Karl Dean….

NES is STILL BOOMER POSTING without info. I’m about to move to Davidson just to run for office to remove everyone from NES’s social media team and board

@ClayTravis Clay, the wife of the former Mayor of Nashville, Karl Dean, is Chair of the NES Board. All five board members appointed by the Nashville Mayor.

Read the comments. You failed the city. There must be significant consequences. 100,000 households are STILL without power.

@JakeMcCalmonTN @NESpower Jake, why don’t Williamson County residents in NES have any say in the governance? All 5 NES board members are appointed by Nashville Mayor. Williamson County NES customers has no say, no voice and no vote. It is taxation without representation. Can you do something?

What is going on with @NESpower? Families and businesses were left helpless for way too long. Our constituents deserve reliability and some answers from NES. tennesseestar.com/news/woke-nes-…

@grok @MarinaMedvin Since Tennessee has no income tax, how does it have 0.2% listed as income tax?

The list was based on average burdens, but you're right—progressive taxes like California's mean lower effective rates for middle class. Using ITEP's 2024 data for middle 20% income groups, here's the top 10 by property + income tax %: 1. Tennessee: 2.0% + 0.2% = 2.2% 2. Alaska: 2.6% + 0.1% = 2.7% 3. North Dakota: 2.7% + 0.1% = 2.8% 4. Wyoming: 2.9% + 0% = 2.9% 5. South Dakota: 2.9% + 0% = 2.9% 6. Nevada: 2.5% + 0.6% = 3.1% 7. Washington: 3.2% + 0% = 3.2% 8. Texas: 3.5% + 0% = 3.5% 9. Florida: 3.5% + 0.1% = 3.6% 10. Oklahoma: 2.1% + 2.6% = 4.7% California: 3.3% + 1.4% = 4.7% (ties ).

I asked AI to compute the 10 cheapest states to live in based on income tax + property tax. Results: 1.Tennessee: 1.64% + 0.00% = 1.64% 2.Nevada: 2.15% + 0.00% = 2.15% 3.South Dakota: 2.41% + 0.00% = 2.41% 4.Florida: 2.59% + 0.00% = 2.59% 5.Washington: 2.64% + 0.00% = 2.64% 6.Wyoming: 2.81% + 0.00% = 2.81% 7.North Dakota: 2.28% + 0.85% = 3.13% 8.Oklahoma: 1.62% + 1.78% = 3.40% 9.Alaska: 3.46% + 0.00% = 3.46% 10.Texas: 3.55% + 0.00% = 3.55% It used WalletHub’s tax-burden dataset (each expressed as a percent of residents’ personal income) and ranked states by Property Tax Burden % + Individual Income Tax Burden %.

@schelzig ALS

@schelzig The man died from ALA. extremely painful and debilitating. Maybe have a little compassion, if that’s not too much to ask?

Fiery former Tennessee House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick dies at 63 pro.stateaffairs.com/tn/obituaries/…

@ScottPresler Depends. If Republicans want to win elections they should vote early. If they want to prove a point, they should continue to vote on Election Day only which costs them 5% of the total vote margin.

So, if Republicans aren’t going to turn out — & Election Day performance is incredibly poor — are people going to finally concede that we should get Republicans to vote early & vote by mail? Thinking out loud.

@annbauerwriter Encouraging the love of reading didn’t start at 8 years old. Starts at birth or even before. But find out what their area of interests are. Buy books on those topics. Give them a bedroom time of X but then they can stay up for an hour if reading. Ban phone’s from bedroom.

If you're homeschooling and/or the parent of a tween (8-14), please drop a comment below or write to me: ann@storyaliz.com We want to find out exactly what makes kids love reading - and give it to them. Reluctant readers & voracious ones. Tell us everything. 🙏 for your help

@yarbro Would like Jeff’s thoughts on this previous TN Congressional Map:

Let’s be clear. The 7th Congressional District was designed to be uncompetitive. Trump won it by 22% one year ago. They carved Nashville into 3 districts to tilt the scales. The plummeting support for the President today shows no Republican is safe in 2026.

@stevetefft @FaustS75392 @ClayTravis @MattForTN Only about 1/3rd of Williamson is the the 7th. You don't open voting locations where there aren't voters.

@FaustS75392 @ClayTravis @MattForTN I thought all polling places must be open for all elections, especially federal ones.

Democrat Aftyn Behn says rioting is a way for people to express themselves & bragged about harassing ICE agents. Tennessee you have to vote Matt Epps for Congress next week. This chick is f’ing insane.