WCC PAC lashes out at the WCRP, using the Harpeth Conservancy as a political weapon. Their goal? Undermine the grassroots board voters chose. But voters see through the noise—because protecting water isn’t woke. It’s responsible.
By TruthWire News
The Williamson County Conservatives PAC—once a slate of failed candidates, now a flailing political committee—is back to its usual game of manufactured outrage. This time, they’ve targeted the Harpeth Conservancy and its CEO, Grace Stranch, who recently spoke at the WCRP’s May Mix and Mingle. But make no mistake: their attack isn’t really about the Harpeth Conservancy. It’s about undermining the grassroots-led Williamson County Republican Party.
Stranch was invited to speak about a topic of universal importance: water quality. Specifically, the health of the Harpeth River, which provides water to much of Williamson County. But in WCC PAC’s alternate universe, a conversation about water becomes a covert socialist plot because Stranch has personal political affiliations they disapprove of.
They published a breathless post claiming the Republican Party had been infiltrated by the far left—an accusation so detached from reality it would be laughable if it weren’t so transparently self-serving. Stranch wasn’t there to advocate for progressive policies—she was there to discuss the very river our residents depend on.
What makes this episode all the more absurd is the fact that the WCC PAC continues to idolize Jack Johnson and Marsha Blackburn—figures who are featured in nearly every other post on their social media feeds. Yet both Johnson and Blackburn have historically, actively, and continue to support and participate in Harpeth Conservancy events. Johnson and his wife, Deanna a Williamson County Judge, as well as Senator Marsha Blackburn are even listed as financial donors. In 2019, Johnson co-presented a formal state proclamation recognizing the organization’s decades of conservation work.
So what changed? Not the Harpeth Conservancy. Not the issue of clean water.
What changed is who hosted the event.
Ever since losing their bid to control the WCRP, the WCC PAC has made it their mission to discredit the new leadership—no matter how thin the justification. The Mix and Mingle was a success. The room was full. The topic was timely. The crowd was engaged. And that’s the real problem for WCC PAC: it wasn’t their event.
This is the same pattern we’ve seen from them time and again:
- Invent a “scandal.”
- Smear whoever didn’t toe the establishment line.
- Wrap it all in empty cries of “conservative betrayal.”
They’re not defending conservatism. They’re defending their relevance. And they’re losing.
The grassroots-led WCRP is engaging with real issues—like school policy, parental rights, and yes, infrastructure like water. In contrast, the WCC PAC offers nothing but purity tests and power plays. They scream “woke” at anything they don’t control and call it strategy.
But water isn’t partisan. It’s fundamental. And for a county that at times in it's past, has had a dangerously low water table (Williamson County Government having no contingency plan for that, incidentally), the idea that discussing river conservation is somehow leftist lunacy isn’t just dishonest—it’s irresponsible.
The fact is, this entire controversy is manufactured to justify another smear campaign against the people the grassroots of Williamson County elected. If the PAC’s concern is that Stranch has a history of voting Democrat, or supporting progressive causes, they might want to explain why they consistently glorify Republican officials who’ve worked with her and supported the very organization she now leads.
This isn’t about environmentalism. It’s about power. And the WCC PAC is using the Harpeth Conservancy as a scapegoat to claw back control of a party that has moved on without them.
They lost. They continue to lose. And instead of doing the hard work of rebuilding trust and articulating a vision, they’ve chosen instead to lob grenades from the sidelines in hopes that voters don’t notice how empty their platform really is.
Williamson County deserves better than this performance politics. It deserves truth. It deserves leadership that confronts issues head-on—not through Facebook meltdowns but through real engagement.
So let’s be honest about what’s really happening here:
- A grassroots-led WCRP held a successful event.
- A respected nonprofit addressed a pressing local issue.
- And a fading PAC, with nothing left to offer but outrage, decided to launch a political hit job out of desperation.
If the WCC PAC thinks water is too “woke” to care about, they’re welcome to make that their campaign platform. The rest of us will be over here doing the actual work.
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