Doin' things correctly

I try to be positive and get two comments!! Where are all those people who have criticized me for being negative? Now’s the time to spread your goodness and let EVERYONE know what a wonderful little town New Johnsonville, TN is! Sure I’m guilty of “stirring the pot” from time to time. Have you ever cooked a pot of soup and not stirred it? Stirring can make a huge difference and keep crap from sticking to the bottom and sides. But, some of you wanted a positive twist, oh my last post wasn’t sugar-coated or sickening sweet, but it surely made intelligent people wonder about some things and it was insulting to anyone. However, that’s just it, you want insulting! You want to be able to insult me mostly, but you also seem to enjoy bashing city officials and members of the NJPD. C’mon, the bashing may be true and hey, it may even be fun, but it accomplishes absolutely nothing! Of course, if your goal is sit at your computer and bitch, gripe, whine, complain and ALLOW your little town to get worse than it is or has ever been . . . continue on the path you’re following.


Moving along, have you visited the City of New Johnsonville’s website lately? It shows this as “NEWS” -

SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOL ZONE & SURROUNDING AREAS.

POLICE OFFICERS WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE SCHOOL ZONE

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL UNLESS THEY HAVE

AN URGENT CALL.



Isn’t school out for the summer or at least close to being out? Were police officers ALWAYS in the school zone before and after school?

More from the website -

ELECTION DAY IS HISTORY AND THE CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN..

And when was the city election, August 2012?? But you know, there is no current “New Johnsonville News”! There is no mention of street repairs, water outages, even trivial things like when garbage is picked up or information for new residents. Why? And are all those named in the various departments still city employees?

Ladies and gentlemen, people do visit the websites of places they consider visiting. Each of you do realize that www on the address line is a shortened version of worldwide web, right? In fact, this blog is viewed by folks from all around the globe. For me it is a disgrace and an injustice to the citizens and taxpayers of New Johnsonville, TN to have such an obvious disregard for the upkeep of such a valuable tool in bringing visitors to your town. Allow me to explain, visitors means money being spent, taxes collected and directly going into the operation of New Johnsonville.

God bless our senior citizens and while I am still having a few slight concerns about the “Senior Citizen Center”, that could be explained if someone “in the know” would take the time to do so, I am thrilled this place exists. However, I’m just a little confused on a few things. According to the “New Johnsonville Senior Center News”, in the current News-Democrat, they have games of bingo every Thursday morning and it appears these games/bingo has been a success. Great! Right?? Oh but wait, the center will be closed on Thursday for a TVA Retiree lunch! What? Yes it is petty, but the day the center has a structured activity and TVA retirees decide to choose that day for their lunch. Is this fair to seniors who did NOT retire from TVA? Again, who “owns” the Senior Center? How is it being funded? And why, if everything is on the up and up is there secrecy? Maybe not secrecy, but newspaper accounts have been vague, why not be open and upfront? One other issue, breakfast on Monday and Tuesday. This sounds like a wonderful idea, but sometimes wonderful ideas need some “i’s” dotted and “t’s” crossed to satisfy certain requirements. First, since there is cooking on the premises is the kitchen required to be inspected by the state? Second, donations are mentioned in the News-Democrat column, donations for what exactly? Is the lady who cooks being paid or is she donating her time? Then there’s the food and if someone goes in to eat, do they pay for their breakfast? Yes, I am pleased New Johnsonville has a Senior Center, but I do hope all angles have been examined and EVERYTHING is being done exactly as the law and legal requirements intend.    


O'Malley out -