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Nashville judge strikes down anti-tax referendum – Tennessee Lookout

How the Tennessee Titans would be affected by proposed Metro charter amendment – Tennessee Lookout

The Tennessee Titans would be negatively impacted by several provisions of the proposed Metro charter amendment, charges a business group.

Family of man who shot, injured MNPD officer saying police shared 'inaccurate information'

The family of Salman Mohamed, the man who Metro Police officials say made a false 9-1-1 call that led to him shooting and injuring an officer and taking his own life, released a statement saying he was suffering from mental health issues.

4 Good Government's Latest Attempt to Repeal Property Tax Increase Is a Mess

4 Good Government’s Latest Attempt to Repeal Property Tax Increase Is a Mess Metropolitik: The election commission is trying to determine if the charter amendment petition is constitutional Tweet Share I rang up a longtime observer of Metro politics to see what he thought about the latest attempt by anti-tax advocates to get a charter amendment before voters that would repeal last year’s property tax increase. “It’s a shitshow on steroids,” he said. That’s an apt description. For two solid weeks, the Davidson County Election Commission has been able to do little more than hold one paralyzed meeting after another as they try to figure out how not to get sued and what to do with the lawsuit that’s already been filed against them, and to determine what parts of 4 Good Government’s charter amendment petition might actually be constitutional enough to put on the ballot. The last time this played out in the fall,

Election commission agrees on number of signatures needed to trigger referendum

A referendum effort by 4 Good Government to limit Metro’s ability to raise property taxes is not dead yet. Davidson County election commissioners determined Saturday that 12,142 voter signatures — a number determined by the August election, not the November election — are needed to place the 4 Good Government petition on a ballot. Election commission staff have verified 12,398 petition signatures were submitted, according to Administrator of Elections Jeff Roberts. The commission has yet to vote that sufficient signatures have been submitted, or to vote on whether to send the matter to voters in a referendum election. According to Nashville’s Metro Charter, a charter amendment may go to voters in a referendum election if a petition is submitted with voter signatures equal to 10% of participation in the last municipal general election.