WHO IS ANDREW MITCHELL?
Andrew Mitchell is a proud U.S. Army veteran who served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell. After 6 years of honorable service to his country, Andrew and his wife, Melissa, made Williamson County their home nearly a decade ago. Their two children attend our wonderful county schools and the family has lived in Thompson’s Station, Spring Hill, and Franklin before falling in love with the Fairview community. The Mitchells are proud and devoted followers of Christ.
Today, Andrew continues his service on the City of Fairview’s Board of Zoning Appeals, where he has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with residents to protect the community from overzealous development and to preserve the beauty of Middle Tennessee.
A proven leader with the courage to take a stand, Andrew will never back down from fighting for Christian conservative values. He is a proud Franklin Noon Rotarian and active with the American Legion Fairview Post 248.
Andrew and Melissa are active members of the Williamson County Republican Party and the Williamson County Conservatives. Melissa is a member of Republican Women of Williamson County and active in the Republican Women of Fairview. Andrew Mitchell is the Conservative Republican choice to lead District 1 as a County Commissioner!
"Tell me with whom you consort and I will tell you who you are.”
-Von Goethe
Representative Lee Reeves
Representative Jake McCalmon
Senator Marsha Blackburn
Congressman Matt Van Epps
Senator Jack Johnson
Commissioner Don Bufalini
ON THE ISSUES
Enforce a balanced budget for Williamson County.
We shouldn’t spend money we don’t have on unnecessary services, or raise taxes on citizens before digging deep to find creative ways to fund vital programs. We will never reduce our education budgets to fund other programs.
As a military veteran, I will always put my full support behind our first responders, our sheriff and the deputies that keep us safe, and our administrative and jail staff.
I believe in the longstanding tradition of backing the blue. Our sheriff’s office needs to be adequately equipped to meet the needs of a growing citizenry. The sheriff’s office should be held to the same standard of accounting for taxpayer money as everyone else, and a full understanding of the needs of our citizens, backed by data, should dictate the future budgets for the sheriff.
We need to work with Williamson County Fire/Rescue, a non-profit that does so much for Willco, to ensure it can provide the best fire protection for the county.
As an all volunteer fire department, Williamson Fire has had trouble recruiting and maintaining enough firefighters to serve our county. We need to step up and grow our partnership with this vital community asset.
Support the revision of all Williamson County codes and regulations to modernize and simplify.
Less burdensome regulations benefit our homeowners and business owners, and streamlines our county operations. Our county regulatory boards need to work with the Commission on issues important to citizens.
Work closely with municipalities county-wide to support their Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB).
When cities annex land they take over the infrastructure and that saves the county money in the long run. UGB’s should be evaluated every 5 years to hear homeowner and business owner concerns and recommendations.
Properly fund our public schools and hold the system accountable to being good stewards of their budgets.
As a father of two children in Williamson County Schools I am committed to ensuring we have ample funding available to our students and it is used to create the best education in the state of Tennessee.
Plan for infrastructure improvements before the problems arise.
Support the addition of businesses and developments that will partner to make those improvements. We shouldn’t always hear the phrase “we needed those improvements yesterday.”
Continue supporting the Williamson 2040 plan to enforce a less dense unincorporated area with certain Planned Growth Areas (PGA).
Maintaining a one house to 5 acre land use plan will preserve the rural character of Williamson’s unincorporated areas. We should encourage fiscally responsible, high-quality growth within the areas already being developed.
Most importantly, ensure that the county is being run for the people, by the people. No more backroom deals or closed curtain politics.
Citizens shouldn’t have to guess what is going on behind closed doors, county business is the business of every homeowner and business owner in Willco! I will be transparent and honest about every vote I make.