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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:26:44 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Do Lebanon&#039;s elected officials need term limits? Tell us what you think</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:46:23 -0600</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[City councilman Haywood Barry will introduce a resolution Tuesday night to limit the terms of city elected officials.<br />
This populist vision of electorate control has been debated since the founders formed our government as Mr. Barry already suggested.]]></description>
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			<title>Cooper didn’t pass the baton; he passed the buck</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:51:47 -0600</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With his vote in favor of government-run health care on Saturday, Rep. Jim Cooper let down not just his constituents here in Middle Tennessee, but undermined what until recently had been a career as a &ldquo;deficit hawk.&rdquo;<br />]]></description>
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			<title>It’s time for a county commission with a spine</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[<span dir="ltr">Back in July, by a split of 13-11, county commissioners voted to ultimately spend $100,000 on a special referendum to the voters to decide whether a new Lebanon High School and property for a new Watertown High School was worth a $25 wheel tax increase.  </span>]]></description>
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			<title>Where in the world are Reps. Gordon, Cooper?</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:19:59 -0500</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nearly a week into Congress' annual August recess, U.S. Reps. Bart Gordon and Jim Cooper, both of whom represent parts of Wilson County, have yet to release an appearance schedule &ndash; or even schedule when they are going to release a schedule.]]></description>
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