Jobs. The Right Plan For Tennessee

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Dear fellow Tennesseans,

ike you, m concerned about the uture o our reat state. national recession has aected amilies all

across Tennessee, and many olks are strulin to ind jobs that will pay enouh to keep ood on the tableand a shelter over their heads. m also concerned about our schools and the uture or Tennessee students,

who rank 41st out o 50 states on national achievement tests. n 2008 alone, nearly 28,000 students dropped

out o Tennessee hih schools, and just over a ith o adult Tennesseans have a bachelors deree.

Were acin these challenes at a time when our state budet presents a bleak picture. arlier this year,

Governor Bredesen described his inal budet as the most diicult hes ever prepared. However, because o

the states current reliance on one-time money rom the ainy Day fund and ederal stimulus packae as well

as onoin low revenue projections, next years budet will be even more challenin. akin matters worse

is an dministration in Washinton determined to orce its aenda on mericans who dont want it and cant

aord it.

n spite o the challenes we ace, m optimistic because Tennessee is a resilient state with many unique

advantaes. We have many key assets like no income tax that we can leverae or job creation, and some

recent reorms and investments in education have provided a unique opportunity to transorm our schools.

m also conident that the riht overnor can take our budet challenes and turn them into an opportunity

to restructure state overnment and make it leaner and more eicient or the uture.

from the very beinnin, my campain has been ocused on listenin, learnin, and proposin real solutions

to brin jobs to Tennessee. arlier this year, my wie Crissy and spent three weeks on a statewide Jobs

Tour, meetin with small business owners and economic development proessionals all across the state.

The concerns heard most oten on the Tour and throuhout the campain involve the short supply o

properly trained and educated workers in Tennessee. n pril, crisscrossed our state aain, this time visitin

community collees, technoloy centers, and our-year institutions to learn more about what our state

should be doin to prepare workers or a 21st century economy. We then launched a concentrated ocus on

improvin K-12 education in order to make sure were raduatin more students who are prepared or colleeor a ood career.

ve spent 20 years in business and another 6 as ayor o Knoxville. ve led in ood times, and ve led in

touh times. know what it takes to run a successul oranization. g,

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. The ollowin plan contains a blueprint or how to et us there while standin up or our Tenth

mendment riht to overn our state accordin to our own priorities and ihtin to protect the values we all

hold dear. We must never oret criptures admonition aainst ainin the whole world and losin our soul.

hope youll read my plan and continue to ollow our campain as we travel all across the state discussin

my ideas or rowin jobs and makin sure Tennessee continues to be one o the best places in the country to

raise a amily. With your help, well set Tennessee on the riht path or a successul uture.

With warmest reards,

Bill Haslam


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rew up in Tennessee, raised a amily and ran

a business here. ow lead a reat Tennessee

city as ayor. understand the values that are

important to Tennesseans because share thosesame values.

m a lielon conservative who is pro-lie,

in avor o traditional marriae, and a stron

supporter o the econd mendment. met my

wie Crissy, a native o emphis, in collee on

the irst day o class. Weve been married now or 29 years and have raised three reat kids. ur oldest child,

Will, is married and lives with his wie Hannah in Knoxville. We also have two rown dauhters - nnie,

who recently raduated rom collee and works in Knoxville, and eih, who is still in school.

for 27 years, Crissy and have been members o Cedar prins Presbyterian Church (PC), and or 21 o

those years ve served as an lder. s overnor, will work to protect our values and make sure Tennessee

remains one o the best states in the country to raise a amily.

n order to protect the values that we as Tennesseans hold dear, will:

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esolution 127, which will help us create stroner protections or the unborn in our states constitution.

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s a staunch supporter o the econd mendment, believe that we each have an individual riht uaranteed

by our Constitution to keep and bear arms. s overnor, will steadastly protect Tennesseans econdmendment rihts.

s the current ayor o Knoxville, made sure that our city unlike all other major cities in Tennessee

does not impose criminal penalties on concealed carry permit holders who carry their uns in city parks.

s a member o the , understand that our econd mendment rihts are essential to our reedom and

must be protected.

n order to keep Tennessee a reat state, we must also work to provide more and better job opportunities or

Tennessee residents. n important part o that eort must be makin sure that available jobs are only oin

to individuals who are leally resident in the state.

Tennessee is payin a price or the ailure o the ederal overnment to eectively secure our nations bordersand enorce our immiration laws. s overnor, will enorce the state laws on the books and do everythin

within my authority to be sure that Tennessee does not attract illeal activity. will also:

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Be a o taxpayer dollars.

Between a sluish economy and state revenue shortalls, rapidly depletin ederal stimulus money and a

reliance on one-time money rom the states ainy Day fund, Tennessee is acin a budet crisis unlike any in

modern memory. nd Washinton is makin it worse. Tennessee needs a overnor who has manaed diicult

budets beore and who can uide us throuh this crisis.

am the only candidate or overnor who has prepared, proposed, passed and implemented a budet the

same way a overnor does.

spent years watchin every penny and makin touh calls while operatin a successul Tennessee-based,

national company. s ayor, ve tripled Knoxvilles ainy Day fund, lowered the debt by 25 percent,

submitted seven balanced budets, reduced the number o city employees, and brouht Knoxvilles property

tax rate to the lowest level in more than 50 years.

know its not oin to be easy when the next overnor takes oice, but taxes are job killers. The last thin

we should do is raise taxes on a population that is already strulin and a small business community that

has been orced to cut back. am 100 percent opposed to a state income tax, and as overnor will veto anyattempt to enact one.

Tennessee already has the hihest combined state and averae local sales tax rate in the nation and will not

allow it to et any hiher. s overnor, will make sure the state lives within its means. s the only candidate

with executive experience in business and overnment, m best prepared to orce the state to prioritize, make

diicult cuts when we have to, and manae our state budet conservatively without more taxes.


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n order to overn successully within the budet constraints we ace, will:

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identiy and eliminate waste, set priorities and establish measurable oals or those priorities and ensure

all aspects o state overnment are operatin as eiciently and eectively as possible.

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y top priority as overnor will be makinT .

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more are underemployed, Tennessee needs a overnor who understands how to create jobs. y jobs stratey

includes both short-term and lon-term eorts to attract hih quality jobs to Tennessee and to prepareTennesseans to ill those jobs.

The irst thin we must do is help people et back to work as soon as possible. mmediately upon takin

oice, will:

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toether existin market data in a user-riendly way so that every jobseeker, employer, community

oicial, hiher education institution and economic development oranization has access to timely and

accurate inormation on the current and uture economic landscape o Tennessee.

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on each community and reions industry strenths and educational

attainment levels, projected workorce needs, and the trainin and education required or hih demand

career ields as well as inormation on how it can quickly be obtained.

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to help employers, postsecondary institutions and local oicials develop strateies or helpin businesses

row and local workers receive the trainin necessary to ill new jobs.

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from fedx, the medical device industry and the TV easite in West Tennessee, to the healthcare and

entertainment industries in iddle Tennessee, to Volkswaen, T, ak ide ational aboratory and

astman Chemical in ast Tennessee, there are unique opportunities in every reion o the state to recruit to

our strenths and create hih quality jobs. s overnor, will leverae each reions existin assets in order torow jobs in every county o the state. y plan is to:

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reional resources, sta, education, labor and economic development strateies into a powerul, uniied

plan or each reion.

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solutions to each reions unique challenes.

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enhance workorce development so that local businesses can row, every reion can attract the jobs o the

uture and local workers will have access to the trainin and education necessary to perorm current and

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Two-thirds o the new jobs in this country are created by small businesses. The current administration in

Tennessee has done a ood job hittin home runs by brinin in lare investments like Hemlock, Volkswaen

and Wacker. But i we truly want to be a leader in job creation, weve ot to ocus on the sinles, doubles and

triples that homerown small businesses create or us as well. To support small businesses, will:

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small business owners to create the best possible environment or startin or

rowin a business while enhancin the states eorts to provide useul, timely

inormation and uidance to anyone seekin to start a business here. The oal

will be to make sure there is no better place in the country to start or row a

business than Tennessee.

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Works and a concentrated eort to identiy the 100 astest rowin

businesses in Tennessee and connect them to relevant small businesses or

matchmakin opportunities. Tennessee first will make technical assistance

available to relevant small businesses, and it will also utilize our reional jobsbase camps by workin to identiy areas or businesses to expand or outsource

operations within the state.

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n order to attract and retain hih quality jobs, Tennessee must maintain an environment riendly to business.

Taxes are job killers, and state overnment should be a resource, not a hindrance to job rowth. s overnor,

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everythin it can to create the best possible environment or job rowth.

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Three straiht weeks on the campain trail entirely devoted to jobs

Covered all three Grand Divisions o the state one per week

Conducted 15 small business roundtables with more than 220 small business owners

Toured 58 actories, businesses, job sites and acilities

Held seven meetins with 94 local economic development proessionals

eceived more than 168 questions, comments and idea submissions in addition to

more than 3,000 Jobs Tour video views at www.Jobs4T.com


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ducation is our best lon-term economic development stratey. ve created thousands o jobs as a business

leader, and ve recruited thousands more jobs to Knoxville as ayor. understand what it takes to row jobsin this state, and the sinle reatest hindrance to recruitin the jobs o the uture to Tennessee is the quality

o our education system. s overnor, will ocus on improvin education and workorce development so that

every Tennessean will have the opportunity to obtain a hih quality job.

s overnor, my stratey or improvin education will ocus on three key areas: the states public K-12

education system, school choice and parental involvement, and workorce development.

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Tennessees K-12 education system is at a crossroads. Today, Tennessee

students rank 41st on national tests, behind students rom the vast majority o

our neihborin states. n 2008, nearly 28,000 students dropped out o hih

school in Tennessee. However, recent reorms and investments in Tennesseeseducation system have created a unique opportunity to turn our schools around

and implement meaninul education reorm that will beneit enerations

to come. n order to take advantae o this opportunity, Tennessee needs a

overnor with executive experience and the courae to stand up or real reorm.

s overnor, will:

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to coordinate the eorts o existin principal preparation prorams. The oal o this network will be

to produce well-trained and hihly eective school leaders or every reion, school district and school

across the state. s a businessman, understand the importance o havin a hihly eective leader on-

site with the riht autonomy and accountability, and ll make sure every Tennessee school has reat

leadership.

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provide alternative paths into the proession. will expand the teacher pipeline in order to account or

the comin shortae and make sure our students receive the best possible instruction.

that raise expectations or our

students and resist any pushback that comes with a more realistic assessment o how our students and

our schools are arin.

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behind and help teachers hone their practice.

n important part o creatin a world class education system in Tennessee is makin sure parents areinvolved in the process and iven as much choice and control over their childs education as possible. Parents

understand the needs o their children better than the overnment, and as overnor will:

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supportin the removal o restrictions such as the cap on the number o charter schools allowed to

operate in the state as well as restrictions on who can enroll in charter schools.

and make sure the state isnt burdenin

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s overnor, ll work to make sure every student raduates rom hih school prepared or collee or a

ood career. However, it cant end there. Todays economy requires workers to have more education and

trainin than ever, and with Tennessees low educational attainment rates, much work remains in order

to prepare Tennesseans or a 21st century workorce. ve been travelin the state visitin community

collees, technoloy centers and our-year hiher education institutions to learn more about our workorce

development strenths and needs. s overnor, will work to replicate best practices, create innovative

partnerships and ensure every reion has a workorce development stratey. peciically, will:

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to connect employers and postsecondary institutions to orm public/private partnerships or workorce

development.

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workin with institutions to adapt to the needs o the local workorce, includin developin obile

Trainin nits at appropriate community collees and technoloy centers that can o on-site to deliver

the advanced trainin employers are requirin o their workers. ll also increase online course oerins,

look or inexpensive ways to hold classes o-campus by takin advantae o other public buildins and

oer classes at times that meet the needs o local workers and residents.


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s ayor o Knoxville, introduced measures into the citys health plan that incentivized personal

responsibility and emphasized preventive care in order to improve health and lower the citys healthcare costs.

This is the same approach will take to health care as overnor.

nortunately, Tennessee ranks near the bottom in a number o

important health cateories, includin obesity rates or children and

adults, smokin rates, adult diabetes and childhood immunizations.

Were also battlin increasin costs rom ununded ederal

mandates, raud and abuse in our TennCare system, and rivolous

lawsuits that drive up costs and orce doctors to practice deensive

medicine.

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available option in order to prevent the damain impact o ederal

healthcare leislation on our state.

in order to improve health outcomes in a cost eective

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save taxpayers money by expandin the work o the ice o

nspector General.

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costs and allow doctors to stop practicin deensive medicine.

n the positive side, Tennessee has many healthcare assets. from the medical device industry in West

Tennessee to the hospital manaement and health inormation technoloy industries in iddle Tennessee

to the insurance and pharmaceutical industries in ast Tennessee to leadin research hospitals and medical

schools across the state, ll work to build on each reions existin assets, row jobs, improve health and

reinorce Tennessees status as a leader in the healthcare industry.

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create a healthier Tennessee.


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ae neihborhoods and communities are the key to a healthy, vibrant society. s ayor, work with local

law enorcement oicials to keep the streets o Knoxville sae, and throuh this experience understand

the need or unique local solutions. s overnor, will work with sheris and other local law enorcement

oicials to combat crime and improve public saety.

we want to reduce crime in Tennessee, we have to make it a priority. s overnor, will ocus on both

short-term and lon-term solutions or crime prevention and reduction. peciically, will:

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in order to keep Tennesseans sae while

minimizin the costs to taxpayers.

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o crime. By improvin our schools and attractin more and better

jobs to Tennessee, well provide reater opportunities and reduce the

number o people enterin the criminal pipeline.

n addition to addressin crime, will also improve public saety by

workin to:

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make sure taxpayers are treated like valuable customers, the way we do in business.


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riculture accounts or nearly 11 percent o the states economy and enerates more than $51 billion in

economic activity. s overnor, g T .

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supportin existin industries and helpin them to retain and row jobs. pproximately 347,000 Tennesseanswork in ariculture, with more than 127,000 employed in

ariculture production.

have a reat appreciation or Tennessees aricultural industry

and its importance to our states economy, culture and tradition.

ve met with armers and aribusiness leaders all across the state,

and as overnor will make sure their concerns are heard and

addressed.

also respect the individual concerns and values o each

community and will support the eorts o local oicials and

community leaders to create an economic development stratey

or each reion based on each reions particular strenths, needs

and values.

n order to support Tennessees armers and the cities and towns

that are dependent upon ariculture as well as the conservation

eorts o communities across the state, will:

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the state Department o conomic and Community Development, a leadership position ocused solely

on small towns, ariculture and rural development issues that will provide armers and rural small

business owners with a direct line to the overnors oice and the commissioner o conomic and

Community Development.

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recruitin companies to Tennessee. stablishin a Director o mall Towns & ural Development will

help rural communities create their own unique strateies or economic development, which in some

areas will include conservation eorts to support the local tourism industry, protect certain areas or

huntin and ishin and maintain an overall hih quality o lie.

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issues, includin makin sure the speciic items included or not included under the state sales tax

exemption or arm-related items represent a consistent and

ood common sense policy, every reion o the state has a

lon-term stratey or accessin clean water, and supportin

a Tennessee ariculture policy that is in the best interest

o the armers in our state and uninluenced by nationalinterest roups.

s overnor, will work with my Director o mall Towns

& ural Development to make sure state aencies are bein

helpul and not a hindrance to ariculture and rural economic

development and that every small town has a resource at the state

level to aid in developin individualized strateies or economic

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n these challenin economic times, Bill Haslam stands out as a leader whose experience as a businessman

and ayor o Knoxville uniquely qualiies him to serve as the next overnor o Tennessee. s a lielon

epublican, ayor Haslam understands the need or conservative leadership durin these diicult times or

our state.

Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Bill was blessed with parents who instilled their stron aith and

work ethic in their children. s a youn man, Bill excelled in academics and sports and was a leader in student

overnment. t the ae o 13, Bill ot a job pumpin as at a amily-owned service station, and quickly

learned that runnin a small business took dilient hard work. When Bill was 16 years old, traedy struck his

amily. The sudden, unexpected death o his mother marked a turnin point in his youn lie. Bills dad pulled

the amily toether and they leaned on each other and on their aith to et throuh the touh days.

Bill entered mory niversity in 1976, and on the irst day o class, met Crissy, a youn woman rom

emphis who would later become his wie. While attendin collee in tlanta, Bill was a volunteer leader

or oun ie, a Christian ministry that reaches out to adolescents. Durin the summers, Bill volunteered or

the rassroots political campains o Howard Baker and amar lexander and ained a deep understandin

o the type o principled leadership needed to overn.

ter Bill raduated with a deree in History, Bill and Crissy married and moved to Knoxville, where Bill had

areed, at his athers urin, to work or a couple o years manain his amilys small chain o as stations.

n the early years, Bill spent lon days drivin all over the country identiyin, neotiatin and purchasin

ood locations or new truck stops. While lots o politicians talk about creatin jobsBill Haslam has

actually done it. When he irst went to work or the company, Pilot Corporation had 800 employees; today

the company has approximately 14,000 employees in 39 states. Throuhout his time at Pilot, Bill sustained

the companys rowth by allocatin resources wisely, manain the business conservatively, workin hard to

increase sales and satisy customers. t was here that Bill ained the essential hands-on knowlede that makes

the chie executive oicer o a complicated enterprise successul.

n 2003, at the urin o many riends, he ran successully or ayor o Knoxville. The skills he honed in theprivate sector have helped make him an extremely eective ayor. Bill has balanced seven consecutive city

budets and has insisted that city overnment ocus on providin key services in an eicient manner. Throuh

his conservative iscal manaement, Knoxville has its lowest property tax rates in 50 years. Because Bill

stronly believes that public oicials must be accountable or their decisions, he makes a point to reularly

visit neihborhoods on oot with a clipboard handy to take notes o citizens concerns. Two o Bills priorities

as ayor o Knoxville that he will continue to ocus on as overnor are economic development and education

reorm. Havin personally rown private businesses, he is uniquely qualiied to reconize and promote

overnment policies that encourae business rowth and attract businesses to Tennessee. Bill also understands

that providin parents and teachers with the resources they need to improve education will increase hih

school and collee raduation rates, which will provide Tennessee with the type o educated workorce needed

to attract new businesses to our state.

ll this, alon with his traditional values and commitment to preservin our econd mendment rihts,traditional marriae, and the protection o the unborn, uniquely qualiies Bill Haslam to serve as overnor o

Tennessee.

Bill and his wie Crissy have been blessed with three children: nnie, eih and Will. nnie recently

raduated rom collee and is workin in Knoxville, eih is still in school, and their oldest child Will and his

wie Hannah live and work in Knoxville. for 27 years, Bill and Crissy have been members o Cedar prins

Presbyterian Church (PC), and or 21 o those years Bill has served as an lder.


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