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Toga, toga ...
- Thu, Sep 2, 2010
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Hundreds of Farragut High School students donned togas for the ceremonial first home game “Toga Night” Friday night, Aug. 27, against Oak Ridge High School. The Admirals won the contest in overtime 24-21. See Chuck Cavalaris’s story in the Sports section.
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Term limits issue moves to ballot
Heather Mays - Thu, Sep 2, 2010
Farragut residents will take up a term limits referendum on the November ballot.
Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen passed an ordinance allowing the referendum to be on the fall ballot at its meeting Thursday, Aug. 26.
And in Farragut, term limits will be defined as three terms (12 years) total with only two terms (eight years) in any one office.
“This needs to be as simple as possible,” Mayor Ralph McGill said.
The term limits would not be retroactive, meaning they wouldn’t apply to anyone who has served more than three terms before the term limits are enacted in 2014 — although that was not the original plan.
McGill tried to pass an ordinance that would make term limits retroactive, but the measure failed by a 3 to 2 vote. In order for an ordinance to make it to referendum, at least four members of the Board must vote in the affirmative.
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Farragut discount card mulled
Heather Mays - Thu, Sep 2, 2010
A Farragut business discount card may be in the works.
A subcommittee of Farragut’s Economic Development Committee met Tuesday, Aug. 24, to discuss the possible project that will ultimately be passed off to the Farragut Business Alliance, a group with many of the same members.
The discount card, similar to a Kroger or Ingles card, could be used in any participating Farragut business. The business would decide the discount or special deal.
“It’ll have to be business by business,” FBA chairman David Purvis said.
Each business would decide the discount because not all businesses can offer the same deals, say 10 percent off, and not all businesses allow “stacking” discounts or coupons.
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Response to community center survey low
Heather Mays - Thu, Sep 2, 2010
Low participation in Town surveys has led one Farragut alderman to think a community center might not be necessary — or wanted — after all.
Alderman Bob Markli questioned the need for a community center after hearing only about 90 people had participated in various surveys and public forums held to gauge local interest in a community center.
“To me, that seems almost shocking that only a handful of people would respond to something that seems to be such a big issue to the Town and of such general interest,” Markli said.
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Campbell Station repaving to begin soon
Heather Mays - Thu, Sep 2, 2010
Campbell Station Road hasn’t seen the last of construction this year.
At its meeting Thursday, Aug. 26, Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a resurfacing plan that includes Campbell Station from Parkside Drive to Interstate 40/75. That resurfacing likely would begin this fall, while the rest of Campbell Station is still under construction.
Also on the resurfacing list are Boring Road (Baldwin Park to eastern leg), the Town Hall parking lot and the McFee Road northern roundabout, near Bridgemore subdivision.
That roundabout will not only be resurfaced but also enclosed, so curbing will run around the two legs of the roundabout not currently in use.
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