Ken Swanson, a member of the Metro Human Relations Commission, declined to name the council member during a public meeting and a subsequent interview. But the message the elected official relayed was clear, Swanson said.
“I received a call from a member of council who said he felt [...]
So says the Metro Pulse:
This week Gordon, 60, announced he will not run for re-election. Coming on the heels of the retirement of U.S. Rep. John Tanner, it is a double blow for Democrats. The Democrats may be able to hang onto Tanner’s seat, depending on the viability of [...]
Back in August, before the Metro Charter Commission was formed, I wrote a post about having a “frank and actionable discussion” about government. Yesterday, at Shelby Farms, I was pleased to participate in the launch of an organization whose mission is to help foster that discussion.
Rebuild Government, organized [...]
Mike Byrd is making an exception:
Mayor Dean has motivated me to do something I never thought I would do: support a referendum on an individual Metro budget item, albeit the largest capital project in Nashville history. I’m going to sign the petition that with enough signatures could leverage public [...]
Dominy announces state House run
Metro Councilman Duane Dominy has formally announced his Republican primary campaign for Democratic state Rep. Sherry Jones’ House District 59 seat.
“For a number of years, residents have asked [...]
Mayor Dean has motivated me to do something I never thought I would do: support a referendum on an individual Metro budget item, albeit the largest capital project in Nashville history. I'm going to sign the petition that with enough signatures could leverage public input' [...] Metro Councilman Duane Dominy has formally announced his Republican primary campaign for Democratic state Rep. Sherry Jones’ House District 59 seat.
“For a number of years, residents have asked me to run because I’ve been involved in the community. They’re not pleased with the representation they’ve had,” Dominy [...]
Not the best idea says Rex Noseworthy:
Compton thought twice enough about the whole thing to obfuscate on Haslam’s campaign Web site: Instead of Compton’s name being associated with his Metro Government job, it lists his professional affiliation with “TC Enterprises.”
“I said it would be inappropriate to list my name [...]
Mike Byrd with the deep thought:
Maybe one day Metro will adequately fund public schools and lobbyists will have to hold a bake sale to build a convention center.
[...]Michael Cass has the report:
A leading supporter of Nashville’s convention center plan called on an opposition group today to cease what he called “dirty tricks,” misleading advertisements and “harassing” phone calls to Metro Council members.
[...]From the Metro Pulse:
The resolution says party chair Robin Smith did not consider the rights of Carter County voters in making the decision and that it should be up to Carter County voters if Williams is to be re-elected as a Republican representative.
No worries though, that won’t apply to us:
A consultant advising Metro on the viability of a new downtown convention center wrote last year that there isn’t enough demand to satisfy every competitor in the convention industry.
Because supply exceeds demand, “cities can no longer rely on a strategy simply to [...]
The executive editor has the report:
“We have had [other] cities taking money out of our pocket,” Rayburn said. “Nashville is a brand that people want and desire to come to, he said, but only if there are attractive facilities.”
He called out another panelist, project skeptic and Metro Council member [...]
The Metro school board Tuesday approved one new charter school to open next year.
New Vision Academy will open this fall with grades fifth and sixth and eventually grow to a full middle school serving grades fifth through eighth. The school will be located in the Southeast part [...]
Bruce Barry made this observation about the Metro Finance Director's appearance on a local news media broadcast in light of the $14 million that will have to be drawn from other Metro line items to pay for the new convention center:Forbes studied eight statistical measures for the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas—including housing affordability, cost of living and commute times—to determine each area's "bang-for-the-buck" ranking. Chattanooga came in eighth.
Chattanooga's rankings for each measure are:
Housing Affordability: 37 Time Travel: 9 Real Estate Taxes: 12 Unemployment: 50 (Housing) Vacancies: 19 Job Forecast: 41 Home Price Forecast: 33 Foreclosures:' [...]
Edited To Add: Added some links to the post and to the Resource Page
Last night the Memphis/Shelby County Metropolitan Charter Commission met for the third time.
As with any new board tasked with such a huge mandate, there are still some structural and organizational issues to be decided, as well [...]
