ELECTION NIGHT ADDRESS BY BUCK DOZIER
AUGUST 2, 2007
"THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I'VE ALWAYS ADHERED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST…WE SHOULD GIVE IT OUR ALL…AND ALONG THE WAY WE SHOULD RESPECT THOSE WE COME IN CONTACT WITH.
I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WE PUT THAT PRINCIPLE TO THE TEST IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WE DID OUR BEST. WE GAVE IT OUR ALL. AND WE SHOWED RESPECT TO THOSE WE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ALONG THE WAY.
TO MY FELLOW MAYORAL CANDIDATES – HOWARD, BOB, KARL, DAVID AND KENNETH…IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO STAND WITH YOU BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY TO DEBATE AND DISCUSS WHAT WE EACH BROUGHT TO THIS RACE. I APPRECIATE YOUR GRACIOUSNESS IN BATTLE AND UNDER FIRE. THE EXPERIENCE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP IS SOMETHING I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH.
TO THE HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO POURED YOUR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO KNOCKING ON DOORS, ANSWERING AND MAKING PHONE CALLS, STUFFING ENVELOPES AND WORKING THE POLLS…I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN.
THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
TO MY FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS – MY METRO COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND OTHER METRO LEADERS…IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU…WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALWAYS AGREED ON EVERY ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT WHEN WE PUT ASIDE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND PERSONAL AGENDAS FOR THE COMMON GOOD, GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN FOR OUR CITY.
TO MY FAMILY WHO HAS STOOD BY MY SIDE FOR SO MANY YEARS…ENCOURAGING ME, TOLERATING ME, AND LOVING ME WITH ALL MY FAULTS…I TOO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THAT I LOVE YOU.
I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR ME IN THE NEXT PHASE OF MY LIFE…FRANKLY THE UNKNOWN IS WHAT CAN MAKE LIFE SO RICH AND REWARDING.
BUT I WILL DO WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS DONE WHEN ONE LIFE CHAPTER ENDS….I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN GOD TO LET HIS WILL BE DONE AS THE NEXT LIFE CHAPTER UNFOLDS.
GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU."
From Bloggers for Buck, God Bless you as well.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Didn't make the vote.
I am sorry to say that Buck Dozier didn't get enough votes to win the race. Money usually rules and Clement and Dean have enough of it. It doesn't matter that you are endorsed by police and firefighters and why? Because people like you. You don't get those types of endorsements. Not too many people want to stick their neck out endorsing people because then the candidate comes out of the closet with something and endorsers are publicly embarrassed. Not so with Dozier, a straight up man with no skeletons in is closet.
We will keep up blogging for Buck just in case he wants to run again. We will show you without a doubt of his good works and things he will do as a civilian in the coming years.
We will keep up blogging for Buck just in case he wants to run again. We will show you without a doubt of his good works and things he will do as a civilian in the coming years.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 2, 2007
DOZIER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO SECURE LOCAL OWNERSHIP OF THE PREDATORS; URGES FELLOW NASHVILLIANS TO KEEP BUYING SEASON TICKETS
DOZIER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS TO SECURE LOCAL OWNERSHIP OF THE PREDATORS; URGES FELLOW NASHVILLIANS TO KEEP BUYING SEASON TICKETS
Buck Dozier, candidate for Mayor and a long-time Predator season ticket holder, today pledged to support efforts by the local group seeking to secure ownership of the team and he urged fellow Nashvillians to show their support by securing season tickets. “Once again we find ourselves in the national spotlight as the NHL and sports fans everywhere watch closely the efforts underway to keep the Predators in Nashville,” said Dozier.
“I know the local group seeking ownership of the team will likely want to make some changes to the current lease arrangement on the facility. As our next Mayor, I will pledge to work with the local owners in crafting an arrangement that is a benefit to both the team and to our city.”
Dozier added that “We must show a united front behind the efforts of local business leaders to secure local ownership of the team, and we must step up the push to sell tickets locally.” Dozier, a season ticket holder and avid hockey fan since the Predators came to Nashville, has been an outspoken advocate for keeping the Predators in Nashville.
Dozier has said repeatedly in the course of the current Mayor’s race that he would use the Mayor’s office as a bully pulpit to champion efforts to sell tickets to Predator games, and would show strong support when needed of local efforts to secure ownership of the team.
“The Predators are a Nashville team and we want them to stay,” said Dozier.
Nashville has benefited greatly from its prominence as a city with two professional sports teams, he said.
“Having NHL and NFL teams here have helped to enhance Nashville’s profile as an entertainment and cultural center, which has supported our efforts at attracting tourists,” said Dozier.
“More tourists mean more sales tax revenue is collected to fund vital city services while helping hold the line on local property taxes.”
To learn about Buck Dozier go to his Web site at:
Monday, July 30, 2007
Get out August 2nd to Vote for Buck
Early voting has ended but the next vote will be August 2nd. Buck is running behind the other candidates so those of you who haven't voted please get out and do so on August 2nd.
To find out where to vote by address please click below
http://www.nashville.gov/vote/address-lookup.asp
To find out where to vote by address please click below
http://www.nashville.gov/vote/address-lookup.asp
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
GET YOUR BUCK T-SHIRTS NOW!!!!!
Time is running out and we need your support now. Don't get caught without your Buck apparel. Visit the official Dozier website to see everything new that is going on.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The Urban Plunge is Done!!!!
The mayoral candidates took the urban plunge we reported about a few days ago. I myself wanted to come down to interview Buck Dozier but wasn't able to. According to the Tennessean he stated he didn't even get the chance to sleep. I am not sure what it means to not get the chance, I just know that I wouldn't have been able to sleep period!!!! If you're not really homeless you really can even fathom what it feels like.
They did get first hand knowledge of where they sleep on a regular basis, where they go to the bathroom, meeting them, seeing who they are, they're people just like me and you-not some aliens or lower life form ect. This experience I am sure did open some eyes though and probably very humbling. Also know that you can't save everyone and not everyone wants to be saved.
It has been reported by several sources that there are 1000-1500 homeless people in the city of Nashville. However not everyone is there because of circumstances. Some are there by choice. They don't want responsibilities. I myself have thought because of certain stresses that it might just be easier. When you can't keep up with the Jones people look down on you but when you sit on a city park bench they feel sorry for you. I wonder which one would be the better.
Folks I know were just waiting to see if these men would really do it. Did you really expect them not to? The Urban Plunge was broadcast everywhere. They were obligated to do it. I think when looking for a candidate to vote for you should look at the things they've done when no one was looking. This is their true character.
They did get first hand knowledge of where they sleep on a regular basis, where they go to the bathroom, meeting them, seeing who they are, they're people just like me and you-not some aliens or lower life form ect. This experience I am sure did open some eyes though and probably very humbling. Also know that you can't save everyone and not everyone wants to be saved.
It has been reported by several sources that there are 1000-1500 homeless people in the city of Nashville. However not everyone is there because of circumstances. Some are there by choice. They don't want responsibilities. I myself have thought because of certain stresses that it might just be easier. When you can't keep up with the Jones people look down on you but when you sit on a city park bench they feel sorry for you. I wonder which one would be the better.
Folks I know were just waiting to see if these men would really do it. Did you really expect them not to? The Urban Plunge was broadcast everywhere. They were obligated to do it. I think when looking for a candidate to vote for you should look at the things they've done when no one was looking. This is their true character.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Truman Bean's Take on Scene's Hostility towards religion
The Nashville's Scene "Church of Christ" Hostilities
Never a big fan of the Nashville's Scene writings on all things conservatively religious (aka spirituality that actually requires sacrifice, submission and service to the Lord), it is always telling to read their hostility in tone and content on costly Christianity.
Candidates for public office, need not run or shy away from their religious groundings and foundations, it is the salt that flavors their judgments and emotions. A good thing to share with their electorate, not out of piety or proud, but an important part of their decision matrix in which they will base their votes and agendas.
The Nashville Scene should be as critically cynical in their columns on the advocates the of gay lifestyle acceptance, the producers of pornography, or name your permissive "me centered" religiosity.Oh that's right... it is only a pedestrian / simple mindset, when one bases their foundations on the inspired scriptures of Yahweh, not he deep teachings of self that the Scene serves up weekly.However, I do recommend this read.
Forewarned in how other's think and speak about ones beliefs, helps one know how to best defend, explain, and stand-up to their criticisms.Not our of arrogance and hostility, but in a positively persuasive manner in order to best illustrate your convicted love for both man and God.We are commanded to be the "salt in a world" that ignorantly subsist in a state without the seasoning needed to preserve it for eternity.
Below is an article that appeared in The Scene.
Christers at the Gate
Church of Christ members aim for electoral top
With JFK, it was the Catholic question. With Mitt Romney, it’s about Mormons. Now Nashville is facing a different twist on the political/religious conundrum.
Buck Dozier, who is running for mayor, and Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, who wants to be vice mayor, both belong to the Church of Christ—that quirky collection of rigid fundamentalists that’s a little squirrelly even for much of the rest of the Christian right.
It is a loose network of independent churches with no creed, so it’s hard to generalize about its beliefs. But in addition to the standard conservative Christian articles of faith, the typical Christer thinks a church piano is the devil’s instrument, it’s wrong to celebrate Christmas as Jesus’ birth—and, oh yes, everyone but members of the Church of Christ is going to spend eternity in hell. Some church members dispute that last tenet as a mite judgmental, so we asked Dozier to explain.
“That isn’t true” that the Church of Christ thinks everyone except its own members is going to hell, Dozier says. “Probably years ago there were some who may have said that, unfortunately. They’re all dead, I think.
We don’t believe that now.”
That’s good, because heaven would be a sparsely populated place if only Church of Christ members went. There aren’t many in the world—something less than 2 million. Nashville, though, has been blessed or cursed with a lot, depending on your point of view.
About 30,000 of voting age attend 110 congregations in the city, according to church statisticians. So they could easily make a difference in the Aug. 2 elections if they went for one candidate. That’s especially true in the mayoral contest, where five candidates are splitting up votes. They might not mean as much in the vice mayor’s race, which has only two candidates—Tucker and another at-large council member, Diane Neighbors. Only 100,000 people altogether are expected to cast ballots.
Nashville has had at least one Church of Christ mayor in its history, Ben West, who held the office from 1951-63. But the issue of his religious affiliation “never came up,” says his son, former Vice Mayor Jay West, who is Methodist himself.
Dozier and Tucker, both at-large council members, are different. They often talk about their faith in public. Dozier is an elder in his congregation, sort of like a chief in an Indian tribe, and Tucker teaches Sunday school class in hers. (Women aren’t allowed to hold leadership positions in the Church of Christ.)
They are viable as political candidates at least partly because of their affiliation with the Church of Christ. Despite that, they insist their church membership shouldn’t matter in the election. As Dozier puts it, “A pothole is neither liberal nor conservative, Democrat nor Republican, Baptist nor Church of Christ.”
The problem with that argument is that the mayor and vice mayor do more than fill potholes. What their faith might say about their judgment is a legitimate concern for voters.
With other Christian conservatives, they have been most prominent in opposition to gay rights. Tucker, a former public school teacher and principal, passionately opposed a 2003 ordinance outlawing employment discrimination based on sexual orientation within city government, including schools. When it was defeated, she called it “a victory for Nashville, a victory for the children, a victory for the Lord.... I am sure it will raise its ugly head again, and I’m sure we will have to deal with this again. But if it’s the Lord’s will, we will prevail.”
Dozier, a former church youth minister, ran for council in part on opposing gay rights. Once elected, he participated in the public humiliation of a lead sponsor of that anti-discrimination measure, former Metro Council member Eileen Beehan. Dozier joined 16 colleagues in abstaining from voting on her nomination to the Metro Traffic and Parking Commission, leaving her without enough support.
Dozier told reporters at the time, “...we don’t want [the anti-discrimination proposal] to come back up this term, and she was the symbol of that.” Interestingly, Dozier now denies he was sending an anti-gay message. “That had to do with the gay issue?” he asks, feigning ignorance. Instead, the former Metro fire chief says Beehan had offended him in some way because of “something dealing with the Fire Department,” though he won’t talk about what it was.
Tucker, who joined the council in 1999, has also been instrumental in opposing funding for the arts in Nashville. Apparently it stems from her outrage that the statue at the Music Row Roundabout features nudes.
The dancing figures were privately funded, but the Metro Arts Commission is guilty in Tucker’s mind for technically approving the design.
Although Dozier acknowledges he wouldn’t support any gay rights proposal, he insists he wouldn’t push a conservative Christian agenda as mayor. “All religions have their strengths and weaknesses and blind spots,” he says. “It’s true that the Church of Christ has been narrow-minded probably in the past. But it’s changed a lot. My faith-based heritage helps me. I do believe that the quality of an individual is enhanced by faith, and I will always support that. But my faith has never gotten in the way of my judgment in elected office and it shouldn’t.”
Tucker, who is known for singing in a quavery falsetto to voters at the polls, is less reassuring. Asked a series of questions about her faith and her politics, she replies with Bible verses. “The Bible says when the righteous rule, the people rejoice,” she says, her voice rising with passion.Then she pauses and adds matter-of-factly, “Be sure to put in your story that I want everybody’s vote.”So saith the council member. Let us all pray for deliverance.
Never a big fan of the Nashville's Scene writings on all things conservatively religious (aka spirituality that actually requires sacrifice, submission and service to the Lord), it is always telling to read their hostility in tone and content on costly Christianity.
Candidates for public office, need not run or shy away from their religious groundings and foundations, it is the salt that flavors their judgments and emotions. A good thing to share with their electorate, not out of piety or proud, but an important part of their decision matrix in which they will base their votes and agendas.
The Nashville Scene should be as critically cynical in their columns on the advocates the of gay lifestyle acceptance, the producers of pornography, or name your permissive "me centered" religiosity.Oh that's right... it is only a pedestrian / simple mindset, when one bases their foundations on the inspired scriptures of Yahweh, not he deep teachings of self that the Scene serves up weekly.However, I do recommend this read.
Forewarned in how other's think and speak about ones beliefs, helps one know how to best defend, explain, and stand-up to their criticisms.Not our of arrogance and hostility, but in a positively persuasive manner in order to best illustrate your convicted love for both man and God.We are commanded to be the "salt in a world" that ignorantly subsist in a state without the seasoning needed to preserve it for eternity.
Below is an article that appeared in The Scene.
Christers at the Gate
Church of Christ members aim for electoral top
With JFK, it was the Catholic question. With Mitt Romney, it’s about Mormons. Now Nashville is facing a different twist on the political/religious conundrum.
Buck Dozier, who is running for mayor, and Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, who wants to be vice mayor, both belong to the Church of Christ—that quirky collection of rigid fundamentalists that’s a little squirrelly even for much of the rest of the Christian right.
It is a loose network of independent churches with no creed, so it’s hard to generalize about its beliefs. But in addition to the standard conservative Christian articles of faith, the typical Christer thinks a church piano is the devil’s instrument, it’s wrong to celebrate Christmas as Jesus’ birth—and, oh yes, everyone but members of the Church of Christ is going to spend eternity in hell. Some church members dispute that last tenet as a mite judgmental, so we asked Dozier to explain.
“That isn’t true” that the Church of Christ thinks everyone except its own members is going to hell, Dozier says. “Probably years ago there were some who may have said that, unfortunately. They’re all dead, I think.
We don’t believe that now.”
That’s good, because heaven would be a sparsely populated place if only Church of Christ members went. There aren’t many in the world—something less than 2 million. Nashville, though, has been blessed or cursed with a lot, depending on your point of view.
About 30,000 of voting age attend 110 congregations in the city, according to church statisticians. So they could easily make a difference in the Aug. 2 elections if they went for one candidate. That’s especially true in the mayoral contest, where five candidates are splitting up votes. They might not mean as much in the vice mayor’s race, which has only two candidates—Tucker and another at-large council member, Diane Neighbors. Only 100,000 people altogether are expected to cast ballots.
Nashville has had at least one Church of Christ mayor in its history, Ben West, who held the office from 1951-63. But the issue of his religious affiliation “never came up,” says his son, former Vice Mayor Jay West, who is Methodist himself.
Dozier and Tucker, both at-large council members, are different. They often talk about their faith in public. Dozier is an elder in his congregation, sort of like a chief in an Indian tribe, and Tucker teaches Sunday school class in hers. (Women aren’t allowed to hold leadership positions in the Church of Christ.)
They are viable as political candidates at least partly because of their affiliation with the Church of Christ. Despite that, they insist their church membership shouldn’t matter in the election. As Dozier puts it, “A pothole is neither liberal nor conservative, Democrat nor Republican, Baptist nor Church of Christ.”
The problem with that argument is that the mayor and vice mayor do more than fill potholes. What their faith might say about their judgment is a legitimate concern for voters.
With other Christian conservatives, they have been most prominent in opposition to gay rights. Tucker, a former public school teacher and principal, passionately opposed a 2003 ordinance outlawing employment discrimination based on sexual orientation within city government, including schools. When it was defeated, she called it “a victory for Nashville, a victory for the children, a victory for the Lord.... I am sure it will raise its ugly head again, and I’m sure we will have to deal with this again. But if it’s the Lord’s will, we will prevail.”
Dozier, a former church youth minister, ran for council in part on opposing gay rights. Once elected, he participated in the public humiliation of a lead sponsor of that anti-discrimination measure, former Metro Council member Eileen Beehan. Dozier joined 16 colleagues in abstaining from voting on her nomination to the Metro Traffic and Parking Commission, leaving her without enough support.
Dozier told reporters at the time, “...we don’t want [the anti-discrimination proposal] to come back up this term, and she was the symbol of that.” Interestingly, Dozier now denies he was sending an anti-gay message. “That had to do with the gay issue?” he asks, feigning ignorance. Instead, the former Metro fire chief says Beehan had offended him in some way because of “something dealing with the Fire Department,” though he won’t talk about what it was.
Tucker, who joined the council in 1999, has also been instrumental in opposing funding for the arts in Nashville. Apparently it stems from her outrage that the statue at the Music Row Roundabout features nudes.
The dancing figures were privately funded, but the Metro Arts Commission is guilty in Tucker’s mind for technically approving the design.
Although Dozier acknowledges he wouldn’t support any gay rights proposal, he insists he wouldn’t push a conservative Christian agenda as mayor. “All religions have their strengths and weaknesses and blind spots,” he says. “It’s true that the Church of Christ has been narrow-minded probably in the past. But it’s changed a lot. My faith-based heritage helps me. I do believe that the quality of an individual is enhanced by faith, and I will always support that. But my faith has never gotten in the way of my judgment in elected office and it shouldn’t.”
Tucker, who is known for singing in a quavery falsetto to voters at the polls, is less reassuring. Asked a series of questions about her faith and her politics, she replies with Bible verses. “The Bible says when the righteous rule, the people rejoice,” she says, her voice rising with passion.Then she pauses and adds matter-of-factly, “Be sure to put in your story that I want everybody’s vote.”So saith the council member. Let us all pray for deliverance.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Meet the Candidates
Nashville are Chamber of Commerce is hosting a meet the candidates and debate.
For more info...........
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
Humbled
I am sure these candidates will find this to be a very humbling experience. Is Buck Dozier up to the challenge? I think so.
A 1/2 a Paycheck Away-My Story
I can't exactly say I have been homeless, but close to it. I have had to sleep in hotels because I couldn't find a place to live. Looking for affordable places is even harder. I always looked for two bedroom places. Myself, husband and three children. Two bedrooms is all we could afford and most landlords won't rent two bedrooms for a family of five. So what were we to do. Finally we just had to break down and lie and say we just had 2 and then we could get in.
These days it's even harder to get into a place. Landlords will now do a credit check before they will rent to you. If you have had a hard time paying your bills then your credit will be blemished. For some, its no fault of there own and some its not. But for those that it's no fault of their own it's truly not fair.
For the working poor we are just a 1/2 a paycheck away from being in the streets.
These days it's even harder to get into a place. Landlords will now do a credit check before they will rent to you. If you have had a hard time paying your bills then your credit will be blemished. For some, its no fault of there own and some its not. But for those that it's no fault of their own it's truly not fair.
For the working poor we are just a 1/2 a paycheck away from being in the streets.
One Man's Story
I'll See Your One Night, and Raise You
As David Briley, Buck Dozier, and Howard Gentry get ready to take the "urban plunge" (a night where people of privledge experience a little of what its like to be homeless), one candidate for At Large says he's been there, done that.
I have gone through this before already and remember it well. I was 18 years old in 1982 right out of high school and put out on the street. I would travel up and down the streets in downtown Knoxville during the 1982 World's Fair. I slept @ a Krystals, Continental Trailways bus station and even would sneak into the back of the carnival games at the fair and sleep on the stuffed animals. My food consisted of a spoon and jar a peanut butter. When I came back to Nashville, I was working at Steak & Ale in Rivergate. To save money for a place to live, I slept on the front sidewalk of the restaurant nights and get up early, enter with morning crew and bathe in the sink. So, you can see, even though I am not homeless now, I was and understand the meaning of wanting a home. If you think this would suffice for the night on the streets, I would be glad to talk to anyone about my ordeals. This would also include being beaten up by 2 men in Knoxville and robbed of my shoes, wallet and $0.01 I had to my name.
Who is the lucky (or unlucky) candidate? J. Gower Mills. Now a prison guard with a roof over his head, Mills experienced the "loneliness and hopelessness of being homeless and hungry" in ways no person can in one night.
Source: http://seanbraisted.blogspot.com/2007/06/ill-see-your-one-night-and-raise-you.html
As David Briley, Buck Dozier, and Howard Gentry get ready to take the "urban plunge" (a night where people of privledge experience a little of what its like to be homeless), one candidate for At Large says he's been there, done that.
I have gone through this before already and remember it well. I was 18 years old in 1982 right out of high school and put out on the street. I would travel up and down the streets in downtown Knoxville during the 1982 World's Fair. I slept @ a Krystals, Continental Trailways bus station and even would sneak into the back of the carnival games at the fair and sleep on the stuffed animals. My food consisted of a spoon and jar a peanut butter. When I came back to Nashville, I was working at Steak & Ale in Rivergate. To save money for a place to live, I slept on the front sidewalk of the restaurant nights and get up early, enter with morning crew and bathe in the sink. So, you can see, even though I am not homeless now, I was and understand the meaning of wanting a home. If you think this would suffice for the night on the streets, I would be glad to talk to anyone about my ordeals. This would also include being beaten up by 2 men in Knoxville and robbed of my shoes, wallet and $0.01 I had to my name.
Who is the lucky (or unlucky) candidate? J. Gower Mills. Now a prison guard with a roof over his head, Mills experienced the "loneliness and hopelessness of being homeless and hungry" in ways no person can in one night.
Source: http://seanbraisted.blogspot.com/2007/06/ill-see-your-one-night-and-raise-you.html
The Urban Plunge
Briley, Dozier & Gentry to Take the “Urban Plunge”
Breaking news from the Nashville Homeless Power Project
David Briley, Buck Dozier, and Howard Gentry will be the first to do the “Urban Plunge” a.k.a. “A Night on the Streets.
An “Urban Plunge” is when economically‑privileged people dress down, empty their wallets, and spend time on the streets as “poor” people. The Mayoral Urban Plunge in Nashville is the first of it’s kinds according to the National Coalition for the Homeless.
The 6 Candidates for Nashville Mayor have committed to spending 10 hours (10pm – 8am) out on the streets of Nashville.
There will be a post plunge press conference at 7:30am on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007, location tba, where all candidates will converge at a location to be determined and respond to questions from the homeless community and the media.
The purpose of the plunge is to provide the candidates with first hand and direct experience of being homeless so they can fully understand the impact of public policy decision will have on those who are on the streets. The Power Project has set forth goals for the candidate during their time including:
To find a legal place to sleep outdoors
Sleep on a bench for 20 minutes or so.
Enter a restaurant and ask if you can sweep the sidewalk or do other work for a sandwich.
Find a place to eat breakfast
Ask for Money/panhandle in a place where you are least likely to be recognized.
According to the Michael Stoops, Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, “Economically-privileged people across the country have done urban plunges as a way to better understand homelessness.
It is the most effective way we have learned for people to understand this reality. 10 hours is not nearly enough and the suggested minimum PLUNGE is 48 hours but we are thankful that they are willing to do this night on the street. Having said that, as far as I know, the National Coalition for the Homeless has never heard of any other city in this country in which political candidates have agreed to do the Urban Plunge. While this should be part of every candidates campaign unfortunately this is a rarity and is truly historic.”
For more information contact Matthew Leber, Organizer, Nashville Homeless Power Project, 42 The Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, (615) 733-0633, (615) 977-5098 or 414-3788, or email matt@homelesspower.org.
Source: http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/14/briley-dozier-gentry-to-take-the-urban-plunge/
Breaking news from the Nashville Homeless Power Project
David Briley, Buck Dozier, and Howard Gentry will be the first to do the “Urban Plunge” a.k.a. “A Night on the Streets.
An “Urban Plunge” is when economically‑privileged people dress down, empty their wallets, and spend time on the streets as “poor” people. The Mayoral Urban Plunge in Nashville is the first of it’s kinds according to the National Coalition for the Homeless.
The 6 Candidates for Nashville Mayor have committed to spending 10 hours (10pm – 8am) out on the streets of Nashville.
There will be a post plunge press conference at 7:30am on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007, location tba, where all candidates will converge at a location to be determined and respond to questions from the homeless community and the media.
The purpose of the plunge is to provide the candidates with first hand and direct experience of being homeless so they can fully understand the impact of public policy decision will have on those who are on the streets. The Power Project has set forth goals for the candidate during their time including:
To find a legal place to sleep outdoors
Sleep on a bench for 20 minutes or so.
Enter a restaurant and ask if you can sweep the sidewalk or do other work for a sandwich.
Find a place to eat breakfast
Ask for Money/panhandle in a place where you are least likely to be recognized.
According to the Michael Stoops, Executive Director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, “Economically-privileged people across the country have done urban plunges as a way to better understand homelessness.
It is the most effective way we have learned for people to understand this reality. 10 hours is not nearly enough and the suggested minimum PLUNGE is 48 hours but we are thankful that they are willing to do this night on the street. Having said that, as far as I know, the National Coalition for the Homeless has never heard of any other city in this country in which political candidates have agreed to do the Urban Plunge. While this should be part of every candidates campaign unfortunately this is a rarity and is truly historic.”
For more information contact Matthew Leber, Organizer, Nashville Homeless Power Project, 42 The Arcade, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, (615) 733-0633, (615) 977-5098 or 414-3788, or email matt@homelesspower.org.
Source: http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/14/briley-dozier-gentry-to-take-the-urban-plunge/
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
BUCK DOZIER WINS!!!!!!
Congratulations for the small victory at the Republican mayoral straw poll. He got a whooping 53.6 % over second place Bob Clement. It's a small victory over a big race but a victory none the less.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
The issues and plans
Our blog is going to compile some of the issues that Buck Dozier has commented on.
Calls On The August 2007 Local Elections To Be A Referendum On Education
Nashville Mayoral candidate Buck Dozier today announced a comprehensive education agenda focused on making Nashville “The Athens Of Education In America.” Dozier called on other candidates running for office to join him in an open, public dialogue to
make education “a central issue” in the August 2007 elections.
“More than any other local issue we face, the education of our children has the broadest impact on families, on neighborhoods, on public safety, on our economy and on our future,” said Dozier. “That’s why I intend to use my political capital and campaign bully pulpit over the next nine months to turn this local election into what should be a referendum on education. I would encourage all candidates on the ballot to commit to
engaging in a public dialogue on ways to improve our system.”
Dozier said all candidates running next year will declare that they are “pro-education.”
He added that “what will distinguish one from the other will be what each candidate really means when they say they are pro-education.”
“I want this campaign cycle to be remembered not for clever slogans or slick TV ads, but as the moment when we as a community – and we as candidates for public office –
agreed to begin a real dialogue on education, with no sacred cows and no ideas too smallor too big to consider,” Dozier said.
Dozier said that Nashville in the 1800s was dubbed the Athens of the South because “we were home to progressive thinkers, home to numerous institutions of higher learning, and because, like ancient Greece, thinking and learning were held in high regard.”
“I advocate bringing the Athens theme back and focusing it on education,” Dozier said.
“We have the resources and we have the great thinkers. It’s time.”
Dozier said his education agenda for Nashville – designed to help Metro reach the goal of being “The Athens Of Education In America” – includes:
• More of an education activist’s role for the Mayor and the Mayor’s Office;
• Incorporating best practices throughout our education system;
• Creating more learning environment options for children;
• Ensuring safer learning environments for students and children;
• Forging stronger, more defined partnerships among resources in our community to support public education;
• Encouraging more outside-the-box thinking when it comes to instructional activities in learning environments;
• Working to secure a fairer share of federal and state funds to support public education locally; and
• Issuing an unprecedented challenge to all citizens.
http://buckdozier.blogspot.com
“The unprecedented challenge to all citizens,” Dozier explained, “is for all of us to work toward raising a $1 billion endowment over the next 10 years to support the introduction of innovative instructional activities in our public schools.” Dozier said a $1 billion endowment will generate an estimated $75 million each year in perpetuity for education, without ever touching the principal balance of the endowment.
“If we all agree that Nashville should be ‘The Athens Of Education In America,’ then each of us will have to think big and think outside the box on multiple fronts,” Dozier said.
Dozier said his proposed agenda “is an effort to take bold steps to bring other resources to the table, to seek out best practices wherever they are, and to look beyond our own inner circle for new ideas and a new way of teaching our children.”
To read Dozier’s full address on education, go to his campaign Web site at
www.dozierformayor.com.
Calls On The August 2007 Local Elections To Be A Referendum On Education
Nashville Mayoral candidate Buck Dozier today announced a comprehensive education agenda focused on making Nashville “The Athens Of Education In America.” Dozier called on other candidates running for office to join him in an open, public dialogue to
make education “a central issue” in the August 2007 elections.
“More than any other local issue we face, the education of our children has the broadest impact on families, on neighborhoods, on public safety, on our economy and on our future,” said Dozier. “That’s why I intend to use my political capital and campaign bully pulpit over the next nine months to turn this local election into what should be a referendum on education. I would encourage all candidates on the ballot to commit to
engaging in a public dialogue on ways to improve our system.”
Dozier said all candidates running next year will declare that they are “pro-education.”
He added that “what will distinguish one from the other will be what each candidate really means when they say they are pro-education.”
“I want this campaign cycle to be remembered not for clever slogans or slick TV ads, but as the moment when we as a community – and we as candidates for public office –
agreed to begin a real dialogue on education, with no sacred cows and no ideas too smallor too big to consider,” Dozier said.
Dozier said that Nashville in the 1800s was dubbed the Athens of the South because “we were home to progressive thinkers, home to numerous institutions of higher learning, and because, like ancient Greece, thinking and learning were held in high regard.”
“I advocate bringing the Athens theme back and focusing it on education,” Dozier said.
“We have the resources and we have the great thinkers. It’s time.”
Dozier said his education agenda for Nashville – designed to help Metro reach the goal of being “The Athens Of Education In America” – includes:
• More of an education activist’s role for the Mayor and the Mayor’s Office;
• Incorporating best practices throughout our education system;
• Creating more learning environment options for children;
• Ensuring safer learning environments for students and children;
• Forging stronger, more defined partnerships among resources in our community to support public education;
• Encouraging more outside-the-box thinking when it comes to instructional activities in learning environments;
• Working to secure a fairer share of federal and state funds to support public education locally; and
• Issuing an unprecedented challenge to all citizens.
http://buckdozier.blogspot.com
“The unprecedented challenge to all citizens,” Dozier explained, “is for all of us to work toward raising a $1 billion endowment over the next 10 years to support the introduction of innovative instructional activities in our public schools.” Dozier said a $1 billion endowment will generate an estimated $75 million each year in perpetuity for education, without ever touching the principal balance of the endowment.
“If we all agree that Nashville should be ‘The Athens Of Education In America,’ then each of us will have to think big and think outside the box on multiple fronts,” Dozier said.
Dozier said his proposed agenda “is an effort to take bold steps to bring other resources to the table, to seek out best practices wherever they are, and to look beyond our own inner circle for new ideas and a new way of teaching our children.”
To read Dozier’s full address on education, go to his campaign Web site at
www.dozierformayor.com.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Too Morally Rigid
The Nashville Scene had a story of who Adam Dread is supporting for mayor and here is what he said about Buck Dozier.
Yet when it comes to Decision ’07, Adam Dread, who’s introduced himself as a “man of leisure” for the better part of a decade, has a weakness for fellow at-large Metro Council member Buck Dozier, a church of Christ patrician who counts reading theological literature among his favorite pastimes.
A match made in heaven? Probably not. But Dread says it was born out of loyalty. “When I was first running for office, Buck Dozier was the fire chief in 1999,” Dread recalls. “Buck took two hours, took more time than any other department head, to answer questions. I will never forget that.”
Dread says his support of Dozier—apparently Dozier’s first public commitment from a fellow council member to date—isn’t as odd as it might seem. They both point to business and public safety as key issues. “Buck really gets it when it comes to tourism,” Dread says.
Also in the Scene on Buck Dozier that he may be "too morally rigid" for Nashville's next mayor.
Too morally rigid? If that's the worst that's being said, the man's got my vote.
Yet when it comes to Decision ’07, Adam Dread, who’s introduced himself as a “man of leisure” for the better part of a decade, has a weakness for fellow at-large Metro Council member Buck Dozier, a church of Christ patrician who counts reading theological literature among his favorite pastimes.
A match made in heaven? Probably not. But Dread says it was born out of loyalty. “When I was first running for office, Buck Dozier was the fire chief in 1999,” Dread recalls. “Buck took two hours, took more time than any other department head, to answer questions. I will never forget that.”
Dread says his support of Dozier—apparently Dozier’s first public commitment from a fellow council member to date—isn’t as odd as it might seem. They both point to business and public safety as key issues. “Buck really gets it when it comes to tourism,” Dread says.
Also in the Scene on Buck Dozier that he may be "too morally rigid" for Nashville's next mayor.
Too morally rigid? If that's the worst that's being said, the man's got my vote.
Reposted from TennEconomics-Legislative Report
The City Paper discussed the emergence of education in the Nashville mayoral race.
If a casual observer were to listen to the collective political pitches of the Metro mayoral field they might mistake this summer’s election as an old-fashioned school superintendent campaign.
Clement, Dean, Gentry, Briley and the rest offer up the usual…
… smaller class sizes, higher teacher pay, public-private partnerships etc. In other words, they want to spend more money. Dean doesn’t want to “throw money at the problem of low-performing schools.” He wants to “wisely invest it.” Whatever.
Buck Dozier’s plan though is substantially and qualitatively different. His Athens Project will seek to raise $1 billion for an endowment to help fund education. That is bold and ambitious. Here is why I think the Athens Project can be successful - Dozier’s plan is far more comprehensive.
It embraces genuine reform. As such it has the potential to capture the imagination of those with the ability to contribute.
“A key success to learning starts with parental buy-in to their child’s education. One way I see to ensure greater buy-in is to give parents real options for schooling,” Dozier said in a speech last December.
He’s right. Parental involvement is crucial. Dedicated and well-trained teachers who teach smaller classes aren’t enough. The best way to get parents involved is by providing them options.
“I am 100 percent behind choice; charter schools, home schooling are some of the … aspects of choice in our community. … I welcome quality alternatives to public education. I don’t see them as a threat to public education at all. They actually enhance the learning environment in Nashville,” he said this week.
Choice in education is not a conservative idea. It is not a liberal idea. It represents a systemic reform that is missing from all the other candidates’ plans. Good teachers should embrace it (expect the teachers’ unions to howl in protest). Parents should embrace it. The business community and interested citizens without children should embrace enhanced opportunity through expanded choice (don’t expect the Tennessean to embrace it but the City Paper might).
There are over 70,000 children in Metro schools, half of whom are “at-risk.” Any policy that does not include enhanced choice is not worth the paper it is written on.
If a casual observer were to listen to the collective political pitches of the Metro mayoral field they might mistake this summer’s election as an old-fashioned school superintendent campaign.
Clement, Dean, Gentry, Briley and the rest offer up the usual…
… smaller class sizes, higher teacher pay, public-private partnerships etc. In other words, they want to spend more money. Dean doesn’t want to “throw money at the problem of low-performing schools.” He wants to “wisely invest it.” Whatever.
Buck Dozier’s plan though is substantially and qualitatively different. His Athens Project will seek to raise $1 billion for an endowment to help fund education. That is bold and ambitious. Here is why I think the Athens Project can be successful - Dozier’s plan is far more comprehensive.
It embraces genuine reform. As such it has the potential to capture the imagination of those with the ability to contribute.
“A key success to learning starts with parental buy-in to their child’s education. One way I see to ensure greater buy-in is to give parents real options for schooling,” Dozier said in a speech last December.
He’s right. Parental involvement is crucial. Dedicated and well-trained teachers who teach smaller classes aren’t enough. The best way to get parents involved is by providing them options.
“I am 100 percent behind choice; charter schools, home schooling are some of the … aspects of choice in our community. … I welcome quality alternatives to public education. I don’t see them as a threat to public education at all. They actually enhance the learning environment in Nashville,” he said this week.
Choice in education is not a conservative idea. It is not a liberal idea. It represents a systemic reform that is missing from all the other candidates’ plans. Good teachers should embrace it (expect the teachers’ unions to howl in protest). Parents should embrace it. The business community and interested citizens without children should embrace enhanced opportunity through expanded choice (don’t expect the Tennessean to embrace it but the City Paper might).
There are over 70,000 children in Metro schools, half of whom are “at-risk.” Any policy that does not include enhanced choice is not worth the paper it is written on.
May 10th on Buck Dozier's website
It's with great pride that I announce the birth of a new Dozier granddaughter – Greer Elizabeth Huffine – born Wednesday morning, May 9th at Baptist Hospital here in Nashville.
There is nothing more precious in life than to celebrate the birth of a child. I'm happy to report that my daughter Shannon and the baby are healthy and are heading home this week to begin to experience what I pray will be a lifetime of cherished memories.
When folks ask why I continue to want to work as a public servant, I give them what may seem like a tired old line about wanting to do what I can to leave this world in better shape for future generations. I do feel that way though, and my desire to serve becomes even more important to me when I am privileged to spend time with a young family, with children, or when I learn of a baby's birth.
Thank you for allowing me to share this joyous news with you.
Sincerely,
Buck
There is nothing more precious in life than to celebrate the birth of a child. I'm happy to report that my daughter Shannon and the baby are healthy and are heading home this week to begin to experience what I pray will be a lifetime of cherished memories.
When folks ask why I continue to want to work as a public servant, I give them what may seem like a tired old line about wanting to do what I can to leave this world in better shape for future generations. I do feel that way though, and my desire to serve becomes even more important to me when I am privileged to spend time with a young family, with children, or when I learn of a baby's birth.
Thank you for allowing me to share this joyous news with you.
Sincerely,
Buck
Congratulations to Buck!!!!!
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Let's give them something to talk about!
Buck's on my space however there seems to be some concern over why he hasn't let anyone see how many friends he has.
I am not sure why this matters and has anything to do with this election.
I am more concerned over what's going on with education "in which my space has become ridiculed and the subject of controversy concerning students in high school which was reported in the Chattanooga Free Press this year," and how we are going to make Nashville the safest city.
Focus!!!
I am not sure why this matters and has anything to do with this election.
I am more concerned over what's going on with education "in which my space has become ridiculed and the subject of controversy concerning students in high school which was reported in the Chattanooga Free Press this year," and how we are going to make Nashville the safest city.
Focus!!!
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Transparency
Council member Buck Dozier put out a news release saying "total transparency from day one" if he's elected mayor. He says he'd make all meetings in the mayor's office open to the media and public."In my opinion, what occurs in the mayor's office is the people's business, and as such there should be no hidden agendas," Dozier says.
The Nashville Scene in reporting the press release said, "Sounds like a great idea," until you read the fine print. The fine print says that there would be an exception for anyone meeting with the mayor who doesn't want anyone else to know what's said; thus the meeting would be closed. The Scene also said that Buck Dozier is more transparent than he thinks?
Was this last comment meant to be derogatory against the councilman? In my opinion just because your an elected official does not mean you control the world. Buck Dozier is reaching out to the public as much as he can. Even taking this step is a good one on his part. If someone requests a private meeting would it not be right for him to oblige? Think about this in a personal way. Would you want everything known about your life? Should it be any different for anyone else? Don't you think that the media reporting all of the things that go on in the world hurts America sometimes? Sensitive issues? Security? If the bad guy knows were coming then we're not doing our job the way it's suppose to be done.
I just think there are things that would be good for us not hear. Do we really want to know everything? Do we really need to know everything?
The Nashville Scene in reporting the press release said, "Sounds like a great idea," until you read the fine print. The fine print says that there would be an exception for anyone meeting with the mayor who doesn't want anyone else to know what's said; thus the meeting would be closed. The Scene also said that Buck Dozier is more transparent than he thinks?
Was this last comment meant to be derogatory against the councilman? In my opinion just because your an elected official does not mean you control the world. Buck Dozier is reaching out to the public as much as he can. Even taking this step is a good one on his part. If someone requests a private meeting would it not be right for him to oblige? Think about this in a personal way. Would you want everything known about your life? Should it be any different for anyone else? Don't you think that the media reporting all of the things that go on in the world hurts America sometimes? Sensitive issues? Security? If the bad guy knows were coming then we're not doing our job the way it's suppose to be done.
I just think there are things that would be good for us not hear. Do we really want to know everything? Do we really need to know everything?
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Recap of Volunteer Meeting-April 29, 2007
Volunteers lined up at the Kountry Kitchen last Sunday April 29, 2007. Kountry Kitchen formally owned by Laurie Morgan now owned by Stan Marlar. The restaurant is located at Old Hickory Blvd and I 24 near White House, TN.
The meeting was centered around what Councilman-At-Large mayor elect Norman "Buck" Dozier would like to see happen in Nashville, TN as well as what volunteers could do to get involved.
Some of the first words spoken were education! He said that Davidson county schools were in disarray; the system is broken. By the time youngsters reach the 7th grade their parents are putting them in private schools or moving to surrounding counties.
One of the points covered concerning our schools is he remembers a time when police wasn't needed in Davidson County schools and would like to do something about that. Raising kids in a good and moral environment is key. The kids are running the show he says.
Buck wants to make Nashville, TN "SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA." Some of the issues talked about were preparedness: a fully-staffed police & fire, joint & seemless police/fire/sheriff/OEM team communication, private business partnerships.
Also safety on a different level by way of prevention: curbing illegal immigration, furthering after school programs, education endowment providing music & health programs for public schools whereby deterring juvenile crime, etc.
One other comment I would like to post is he said that truth is missing in government. Political correctness is always used and he would like for truth to be heard for a change.
"Some of the best lessons we ever learn, we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future."
The meeting was centered around what Councilman-At-Large mayor elect Norman "Buck" Dozier would like to see happen in Nashville, TN as well as what volunteers could do to get involved.
Some of the first words spoken were education! He said that Davidson county schools were in disarray; the system is broken. By the time youngsters reach the 7th grade their parents are putting them in private schools or moving to surrounding counties.
One of the points covered concerning our schools is he remembers a time when police wasn't needed in Davidson County schools and would like to do something about that. Raising kids in a good and moral environment is key. The kids are running the show he says.
Buck wants to make Nashville, TN "SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA." Some of the issues talked about were preparedness: a fully-staffed police & fire, joint & seemless police/fire/sheriff/OEM team communication, private business partnerships.
Also safety on a different level by way of prevention: curbing illegal immigration, furthering after school programs, education endowment providing music & health programs for public schools whereby deterring juvenile crime, etc.
One other comment I would like to post is he said that truth is missing in government. Political correctness is always used and he would like for truth to be heard for a change.
"Some of the best lessons we ever learn, we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future."
Monday, April 30, 2007
Introducing Mayor Candidate Buck Dozier of Nashville, TN
Norman “Buck” Dozier, Jr.
Most Nashvillians know Buck Dozier as the former Chief of the Metro Nashville Fire Department, where he served with distinction for 7 years. Under Chief Dozier’s leadership, the department was the first major metropolitan area fire department to achieve national accreditation.
Councilman Dozier is serving his third term as Councilman-At-Large. He is presently a Vice-President with Prime Mortgage.
His public service credentials extend far beyond holding public office. Under former Mayor Phil Bredesen, he served as special assistant for legislative affairs. Significant to his own growth and development, Councilman Dozier’s early career included teaching and coaching at David Lipscomb High School. From there, he went on to serve as the Family Life and Youth Minister at Madison Church of Christ for 14 years.
Councilman Dozier’s civic contributions are too numerous to mention in entirety. He has served on the Y-Cap Advisory Board, the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s Board of Directors, the Salvation Army Advisory Board, while also serving as President of the Tennessee Christian Medical Center Advisory Board. Dozier was part of the Leadership Nashville class of 1995 and then was elected to serve as the group’s Alumni Association President.
The respect that he has earned from his fellow council members is embodied in his election as Pro-Tem of the Metro Council this last fiscal year. His experience in the field of public safety and emergency preparedness make him a perfect choice as this year’s Public Safety Chairman.
Buck attended Cohn High School and went on to get his B.S. Degree from Lipscomb University. He is married to Sandra Anderson of Nashville. They have two children, Sean and Shannon, who have begun their own families. Councilman Dozier is an elder at the Madison Church of Christ.
At a glance:
Occupation
Vice President, Prime Mortgage
Education
B.S. degree, David Lipscomb University
Cohn High School
Family
Wife, Sandra
One son and one daughter
Two grandchildren
Organizations
President of Nashville Fire Buffs
Member of Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association
Advisory board of the Tennessee Christian Medical Center
Most Nashvillians know Buck Dozier as the former Chief of the Metro Nashville Fire Department, where he served with distinction for 7 years. Under Chief Dozier’s leadership, the department was the first major metropolitan area fire department to achieve national accreditation.
Councilman Dozier is serving his third term as Councilman-At-Large. He is presently a Vice-President with Prime Mortgage.
His public service credentials extend far beyond holding public office. Under former Mayor Phil Bredesen, he served as special assistant for legislative affairs. Significant to his own growth and development, Councilman Dozier’s early career included teaching and coaching at David Lipscomb High School. From there, he went on to serve as the Family Life and Youth Minister at Madison Church of Christ for 14 years.
Councilman Dozier’s civic contributions are too numerous to mention in entirety. He has served on the Y-Cap Advisory Board, the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s Board of Directors, the Salvation Army Advisory Board, while also serving as President of the Tennessee Christian Medical Center Advisory Board. Dozier was part of the Leadership Nashville class of 1995 and then was elected to serve as the group’s Alumni Association President.
The respect that he has earned from his fellow council members is embodied in his election as Pro-Tem of the Metro Council this last fiscal year. His experience in the field of public safety and emergency preparedness make him a perfect choice as this year’s Public Safety Chairman.
Buck attended Cohn High School and went on to get his B.S. Degree from Lipscomb University. He is married to Sandra Anderson of Nashville. They have two children, Sean and Shannon, who have begun their own families. Councilman Dozier is an elder at the Madison Church of Christ.
At a glance:
Occupation
Vice President, Prime Mortgage
Education
B.S. degree, David Lipscomb University
Cohn High School
Family
Wife, Sandra
One son and one daughter
Two grandchildren
Organizations
President of Nashville Fire Buffs
Member of Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association
Advisory board of the Tennessee Christian Medical Center
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