One group that is speaking out includes 35 Nashville business and community leaders who signed a letter sent to GOP legislative leaders this week opposing the anti-Nashville legislation in no uncertain terms. Will privately talking to GOP lawmakers be enough to make a difference? The fear is, restricting Nashville/Davidson County, could open the door for bills to limit the size of county legislative bodies across the state However, if the County Services organization is opposed to the anti-Nashville legislation, I have not seen any evidence the group is speaking out publicly or in the media. There is no size limit on county legislative bodies (and interestingly, many GOP lawmakers have legislative bodies in their districts larger than 20 members). They are concerned Nashville is not only a city and metropolitan government, it is also a county government. I have been told the board of the Tennessee County Services Association has voted in opposition to the Council reduction bill. Maybe that is because of that old political saying: “First one that goes over the wall, gets shot.” So far it appears few government-related associations or others have been willing to step up and defend the Metro. It didn’t change the outcome, but with all the many other anti-Nashville bills that are littering the Hill, not moving forward this week, is there still a chance a truce or peace can be found? That occurred even as the first GOP legislator spoke out and voted against the bill in committee.
The ill-conceived efforts by the Republican Super Majority in the Legislature, to seek revenge on the Metro Council for opposing Nashville hosting the 2024 Republican National Convention, continues to move ahead.Ī bill to cut the size of the city’s legislative body in half, from 40 to 20 members (with local voters having no voice in the matter), passed through yet another Senate committee (State & Local Government) on Tuesday. THE WAR ON METRO CONTINUES ON CAPITOL HILL EVEN AS OPPOSITION EMERGES FROM SOME NASHVILLE BUSINESS LEADERS, AND EVEN THE FIRST GOP OPPOSITION SURFACES Believe it or not, toilet paper is even being rationed. Meanwhile, Ben Hall reports that conditions in DCS are increasingly desperate for kids staying in offices and employees being forced to take extra shifts to watch them.
But that budget won’t be approved until later in the spring and the funding won’t be available until July 1 st. Governor Lee put more money in DCS’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Lawmakers were quick to hold hearings and pledge more money to hire additional case workers and pay them better.
Brian nolan capitol records series#
Remember how outraged people were across the state after a series of audits and investigations, including those by Ben Hall of NEWSCHANNEL 5 INVESTIGATES, found at- risk children in the care of the Tennessee Department of Children Services, were having to sleep on the floors in state offices because there were no foster homes to place them? THE MESS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN SERVICES REMAINS BAD AND MAY BE GETTING WORSE Meanwhile those who help put on annual “Pride” celebrations across the state are trying to adjust to what may be a new reality. Lawsuits to stop the new laws are being considered and may soon be filed. This time the newly passed bills ban gender-affirming care for youngsters under 18, while another measure would criminalize certain public cabaret and drag performances. The Governor will no doubt do so, as Tennessee seems to lead the nation such punitive measures. With all but final floor actions on Thursday in the Legislature, the 113 th Tennessee General Assembly continues to fill up the desk of Governor Bill Lee with new anti-trans and anti-LBGTQ legislation for him to sign. THE REPUBLICAN SUPER MAJORITY CONTINUES ITS WAR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE TRANS AND LBGTQ COMMUNITIES THE REPUBLICAN SUPER MAJORITY CONTINUES ITS WAR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE TRANS AND LBGTQ COMMUNITIES THE MESS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN SERVICES REMAINS BAD AND MAY BE GETTING WORSE THE WAR ON METRO CONTINUES ON CAPITOL HILL EVEN AS OPPOSITION EMERGES FROM SOME NASHVILLE BUSINESS LEADERS, AND EVEN THE FIRST GOP OPPOSITION SURFACES NASHVILLE AREA CONGRESSMAN ANDY OGLES NOMINATED TO BE IN THE “GEORGE SANTOS CAUCUS” HIGHLY CRITICAL STATE AUDIT ON TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY CREATES LOTS OF ISSUES ANOTHER WEEK OF WHO IS RUNNING FOR NASHVILLE MAYOR AND WHO ISN’T INSIDE POLITICS TAKES A TOO EARLY(?) LOOK AT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE A POSTSCRIPT By Pat Nolan, NEWSCHANNEL5 Political Analyst
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