Tennessee Conservative
A Second Lawsuit Has Been Filed Challenging A New State Law That Makes It Easier To Gain Metro Council Approval For A New Racetrack At The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
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The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Construction Still Has No Final Price Tag But Legislation Filed For A First Reading From Nashville’s Metropolitan Council Potentially On July 6 Shows $120 Million In Public Funding Could Be Used For The Project.
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Metro Nashville’s Legal Department Filed A Lawsuit To Block A New State Law Making It Easier For The Metro Council To Approve A New Racetrack At The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Has Signed A Bill To Block Metro Nashville’s Requirement For A Council Supermajority Vote On Demolition At The Fairgrounds Speedway.
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The Tennessee House Is Expected To Vote On A Bill That Would Prevent Metro Nashville From Requiring A Supermajority Vote To Approve Demolition To Build A New Fairgrounds Speedway.
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Nashville’s Fair Board Narrowly Approved A Deal That Will Now Head To The Metro Nashville Council To Rebuild The Fairgrounds Speedway For A Price That Has Not Been Finalized.
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The Metro Nashville Mayor’s Office Is Completing What It Is Calling The Definitive Documents For A New Deal On A $2.2 Billion Tennessee Titans Stadium And Plan To Present The Final Documents To Metro’s Council By March.
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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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1 – Tennessee Economic Development Agency Wants $202.5M In Additional Funds Mainly For Incentives
2 – Nashville Mayor’s Office Announces Tax Deal for $75M Fairgrounds Speedway Renovation
Bonus: Tax Fund Wouldn’t Pay For $116.3M In Tennessee Race Track’s Bonds
3 – Amazon Continues To Flake On Promised Returns For Taxpayer Money
4 -Tennessee’s Department Of Education Looking For $350M Budget Increase
5 – Attorney For Parents’ Choice Argues That Tennessee “Divisive Concepts” Appeals Process Is Biased
6 – Vanderbilt Ranks In Top Ten Of Most Fascist Universities In America
7 – Senator Richard Briggs Waffles On Commitment To Tennessee’s Anti-Abortion Law
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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