by allison | Sep 25, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Public service starts with meeting people where they are I’m not used to people chasing me down to give me money. That happened Saturday in Possum Creek. I was walking a stretch of road between houses when a man drove past me in a truck, pulled over, lowered his...
by allison | Sep 17, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Watching the fallout from Tennessee’s abortion ban I was standing at the south end of the Walnut Street Bridge last week when a young man walked up to me and asked, “Can we talk?” I recognized him from the rallies. “Sure,” I said. He said he’d been misled and...
by allison | Sep 11, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
I got nothing. I was writing my weekly email when a friend texted me this tweet from my opponent. I tossed that email and started writing a new one. Then I tossed that one. If my opponent didn’t know that most people would find this offensive, he does now....
by allison | Sep 9, 2024 | From the 2024 Campaign Trail
Two governments tackle public health In May I knocked the door of a hospital administrator who travels the country studying best practices in public health. One government that’s doing it right, she said, is the Cherokee Nation in northeastern Oklahoma. Cobbling...
by allison | Sep 5, 2024 | Public Education
Let’s play connect the dots. Dot 1: Tennessee’s public schools are chronically underfunded. We ranked 41st, the last I checked. Dot 2: Tennessee ranks 42nd for K–12 teacher pay. In Hamilton County, the average pay for a public school teacher with a master’s degree is...
