Bryant Frankford is running for Hamblen County Commission, District 12. Combining technical expertise with community leadership to solve real problems for Morristown.
Also live on this site: Budget Books, Project Aegis, Quantum Chess & more. Explore the apps →
Chair, Hamblen County Democratic Party
10+ Years in Software & Operations — try his apps ↓
Morristown West Class of 2007
Boots on the Ground
Parades, cleanups, chats over coffee — this is what showing up for District 12 looks like.
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Meet the Candidate
Bryant Frankford is a dedicated community leader and software developer with deep roots in Morristown. A graduate of Morristown Hamblen High School West (Class of 2007) and Walters State Community College, Bryant has spent his career bridging the gap between technology and practical business solutions.
Currently serving as the Chair of the Hamblen County Democratic Party, Bryant has proven executive leadership skills. He manages strategic operations, oversees financial budgeting, and coordinates public outreach efforts to engage citizens in the democratic process.
His professional journey includes over a decade of experience in software development and data analysis for local businesses like B.K. Graphics and Cherokee Health Systems. This background in analyzing complex data and optimizing workflows makes him uniquely qualified to tackle the budgetary and logistical challenges facing the County Commission.
Bryant believes in a government that works for everyone—championing anti-poverty measures, civil rights, and smart economic growth that benefits District 12 and beyond. And he builds what he believes in: from Budget Books, his budgeting app, to the free games and tools hosted on this very site.
Alpha & Cedar Hill
District 12 is a vital part of Hamblen County. Bryant is committed to representing the families of Alpha and Cedar Hill with transparency and accountability.
District 12 encompasses the following precincts. Bryant understands the unique needs of these neighborhoods, from infrastructure to school support.
As your Commissioner, Bryant will focus on the core responsibilities that affect your daily life:
The Plan
Real solutions for health, economy, and civil rights.
Advocating for comprehensive coverage for all Tennesseans. Reducing costs through preventive care and negotiation.
Closing tax loopholes, raising the minimum wage, and supporting local small businesses and unions.
Reforming cannabis laws to generate revenue for schools and protecting civil rights for all citizens.
Built by Bryant · Shipped from this domain
Bryant doesn't just talk about solving problems with technology — he ships. Every app, game, and tool below was designed, coded, and launched by your District 12 candidate. Open one and see for yourself.
Every dollar, in its place.
thebudgetbooks.comA calm, passwordless budgeting app for households and small businesses. Keep every account in one ledger, tick recurring bills off a monthly checklist that posts entries for you, send and track invoices, set category budgets with sub-categories, and let the cash-flow forecast warn you before you'd ever dip below zero. Net worth, reports, bank CSV import, and full PDF/CSV/JSON export — your data is always yours.
No card required to start · Pro is $14.99/mo · Cancel anytime
Private communication with no one in the middle.
bryantfrankford.com/aegisA decentralized, peer-to-peer encrypted messaging platform written in Go. Nodes discover each other over a gossip protocol and form a serverless mesh; your identity is an ED25519 keypair locked behind your master password; hybrid logical clocks keep messages in exact order across devices; and voice and video calls travel the mesh over WebRTC. Stuck behind a strict firewall? An optional cloud relay bridges peers while verifying every packet's signature — and even moderation is serverless, with cryptographic bans, shadow bans, and message tombstones.
Interactive architecture walkthrough · Desktop node + optional headless relay
Your shield is the weapon.
store.steampowered.comA 2D top-down roguelite arena where defense is offense: block, parry, and ricochet enemy fire, then charge your shield into devastating energy bursts. Four modes including Boss Rush, local co-op with the Echo Clone mechanic, deep ability synergies, 31 achievements, and New Game+.
Get it on Steam — $1.99Schrödinger's board. Alternate timelines. Total war.
/quantumChessChess where a piece can exist on two squares at once. Split into superposition, force reality to collapse on capture, spend limited tachyon charges to rewrite the last five moves, and track every divergent reality on the multiverse map. Five game modes, three AI difficulties, or challenge a friend with a room code.
Play Quantum ChessTurn Democracy 4 into a party game.
/democracyRandomA multiplayer companion for Discord game nights around the video game Democracy 4: the host streams as Speaker while every minister draws a political role with a secret win condition. Then policy gets made the hard way — motions, seconds, floor debate, and AYE/NAY votes, all tracked in a full parliamentary log.
Convene ParliamentQR codes with zero strings attached.
/qrGenerateA standards-compliant QR code generator (ISO/IEC 18004, versions 1–40) that runs entirely in your browser — no servers, no libraries, no tracking. Tune error correction, size, quiet zone, and colors, then download a crisp PNG or SVG. Perfect for flyers, menus, and small-business signage.
Make a QR codeMath you can walk around.
/spacialCalculatorA scientific calculator that builds your math in 3D. Type an expression or graph y = f(x) and watch the answer rise as a live landscape of blocks, complete with animated wave and pulse presets. A great way to make functions click for students — or just to play.
Open the calculatorSee why money has to move.
/basicEconAn interactive flowchart of the economic cycle. Click any stage to see how dollars circulating through a community — wages, spending, local business, public investment — build shared prosperity, and what happens when money gets stuck instead. Pairs with Bryant's Economic Justice platform below.
Explore the cycleWhat if your home got the tax cut?
/taxIdeaBryant's answer to the recent Hamblen County tax hike: cut the effective county rate on primary residences from 0.44% to 0.30%, then recover the revenue from large investment portfolios along an S-curve that caps at 3.15%. Enter your own properties into the built-in calculator and compare your bill under the current flat rate versus the progressive plan.
Run your numbersEvery web tool above runs right here on bryantfrankford.com — free, no installs, no ads, no tracking.
Look It Up
Reports, directories, and ways to plug in.
Make It Happen
Every yard sign, every mailer, every mile on the trail starts with neighbors like you.