Personal responsibility, family values, tightfisted government and an aversion to taxes drive politics here. The majority view, county GOP Chairman Hugh DuPree says, is that we'll spend our own money, thanks, and "why do we need more government?"
Democrats and independents dominated the area 25 years ago. Party-switchers and an influx of young Republican families have turned it two-thirds GOP. Democrats hold no county offices and have no permanent headquarters.
Franklin's tax base is growing so fast that taxes have been cut five times since 1989.
Hmmm...wonder what one can attribute that to?[/sarcasm]