4 Good Governmentâs 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
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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 yearâs property tax increase.
âItâs a shitshow on steroids,â he said.
Thatâs 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 thatâs already been filed against them, and to determine what parts of 4 Good Governmentâs charter amendment petition might actually be constitutional enough to put on the ballot. The last time this played out in the fall, a court found that significant parts of a petition werenât legal and could not be placed on the ballot.