Remembering Commissioners Smithson, Chalfant and the Way Forward

Since my last newsletter, we have lost two remarkable public servants with the passing of Regina Smithson and Bert Chalfant. I am profoundly grateful to have had the pleasure of knowing both, and will miss them each. There is no “replacing” Commissioner Smithson, but as a commission we are tasked with finding someone to fill the unexpired remainder of her…

February 2022 — Replacing Brentwood Middle, Improved Roads and other Brentwood News

When I sat down to put this together, it was a somewhat different world. We were watching the Olympics and talking a lot about NCAA Basketball. Now my thoughts are often in Eastern Europe, and I’m praying for the military and civilians caught in a war I wouldn’t have thought possible. While this goes on, I’m going to take the…

Old Smyrna Road 2021

Elections, Vaccinations, Tax Dollars and Trains

View this email in your browser As vaccinations are rolling out and most people are eligible to receive them, I’m glad to see our community getting back to a more-familiar feel. The storms over the weekend were quite severe. I hope you and your family made it through alright. The City of Brentwood has a process to assess storm damage and…