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.

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“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.

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.

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

Congratulations to Buck!!!!!

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.


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