Commissioners Debate Refugee Resolution

Brad Jones January 14, 2020 Featured, News 1 Comment 478 Views

The Roane County Commission met Monday night at The Courthouse in Kingston for their first meeting of the new year and it was filled with persons wishing to speak about a resolution to keep out refugees from Roane County.  Local officials were taking a stand against Governor Bill Lee’s willingness to open up Tennessee to foreign refugees.
There was a Roane County Commission resolution stating, “Roane County does not want to be forced into participating in the federal refugee resettlement program due to either Governor Lee’s consent and/or being within the permissible placement radius of a resettlement agency office,”

Last month Lee announced his consent to refugee resettlement in Tennessee. After about 12 persons spoke from both sides of this hot topic, the commissioners began to debate the issue for nearly an hour. Commissioner Junior Hendrickson (the sponsor of the resolution made a motion seconded by commissioner Meadows to get it on the floor for discussion, only to see it be withdrawn after Commissioner Ben Wilson asked that it be taken off the agenda, which passed 8 to 6. Whether or not the resolution will come up again was not immediately decided by anyone speaking to that last night.

About Brad Jones

BBB Communications Owner/Operator Brad Jones has been part of the company since August 1996. A graduate of Coalfield High School in 1987, Brad later earned his degree from the University of Tennessee College of Communications in 1995, where he was honored with the 1995 Broadcast Production Student of the Year Award. Brad began his broadcasting career while still attending college, working at Shop at Home, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. He later worked at Via TV (RSTV, Inc.) from 1995 to 1996 before doing freelance production work in Nashville. In August 1996, he joined the staff at BBB Communications, where he has remained ever since. In 2001, Brad also spent a short time working as a news photographer for WVLT-TV while continuing his role at BBB TV. In addition to his work in local broadcasting, Brad also works part-time at Jewelry Television and works with Packman Productions on “Rivalry Thursday” during football season. Brad is married to Nicole Jenkins Jones, a 1990 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. Nicole works at Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates. Together they have three children: Trevor Bogard, Chandler Jones, and Naomi Jones, along with three grandchildren: Carter Bogard, Lucas Hayward, and Adalynn Reece Bogard.

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One comment

  1. Kenny Allred
    January 15, 2020 at 10:42 am

    Many of the “refugees” are being detained on an island and have been denied entry to Australia for several years. Many have mental health problems that will require costly treatment and are from countries banned from travel to America over terrorism concerns. Gov Lee should withdraw his approval of resettlement in Tennessee.
    https://tennesseestar.com/2020/01/13/gov-bill-lee-silent-on-report-his-decision-allows-federal-government-to-send-dangerous-refugees-to-tennessee-that-australia-has-refused/

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