Tennessee Conservative
Nashville Mayor John Cooper Filed Legislation With The Metro Council Last Week, Seeking Their Approval On His Final Agreement With The Tennessee Titans For The Construction Of A $2.1 Billion Dome Stadium.
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Nashville Mayor John Cooper Sent Letters To Both The Republican And Democratic Parties Expressing Interest In The City Playing Host To The 2028 National Political Conventions.
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Nashville Mayor John Cooper Has Created The New Position Of Director Of Nightlife To Help Deal With The City’s Vast Array Of Activities That Take Place After Dark.
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Metro Nashville Council Member Bob Mendes Proposed A Resolution Asking The City’s Council To Decline $50 Million Of The Promised $500 Million From Tennessee For A New Covered Tennessee Titans Stadium And Instead Have That Funding Diverted To Tennessee’s Department Of Children’s Services.
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The Nashville Mayor’s Office Is Asking The Fair Board To Approve A Deal With Bristol Speedway To Rebuild The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Without A Final Price Tag.
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As Metro Nashville Starts The Process Of Closing Homeless Encampments, Individuals At The Brookmeade Park Encampment On Charlotte Pike Have Been Notified Of Additional Housing.
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The Murder Rate In Davidson County Continues To Rise This Year, But Mayor John Cooper Is Not Pointing To Those Pulling The Trigger As The Problem. Instead, He Is Turning The Blame To Gun Accessibility.
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The Nashville Mayor’s Office Paid Inner Circle Sports $120,000 Over A Six-Month Period For Consulting Services Related To Negotiating The $2.1 Billion Stadium Deal Between The Office And The Tennessee Titans.
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In Many Of The Cases, Rather Than Using Direct Funding Methods From City Or State Coffers, Tennessee Has Now Opted To Have A Portion Of Funding For The Bonds On Building Stadiums To Come From Sales Tax Zones. Those Funds Are Often Termed By Those Proposing Deals As User Fees. But Economists Say That Doesn’t Show The Full Impact.
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Metro Nashville’s Mayor’s Office Announced A Deal To Renovate Or Rebuild Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway To The City’s Fair Board Without A Final Price Tag. An Analysis Showed That The Planned Funding For A $116.3 Million Project Would Fall Short Of Its Payments. The Deal Was Previously Termed A $75 Million Project But Construction Costs Later Increased To Make It More Than $100 Million.
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