property tax increases

The City Paper reports.....

Anti-tax group keeping tabs on Convention Center financing

The city fathers need to be careful how they fund the new convention center:

It may be a technicality, and it may be short-lived, but anything that makes English Only less likely to become law is a good thing, in my opinion:

Kudos to the legal eagle Greg Ramos who seems to have found a violation of Metro law in Eric Crafton's bid to place the anti-immigrant ordinance on the ballot on November 4th; 1 year and 362 days after the petition driven charter amendment to give Nashville voters approval over property tax increases.

A few years ago, the city council in Spring Hill, Tennessee, a fast-growing suburb of Nashville, voted to enact a local "Taxpayers Bill of Rights," which prevented property tax increases without a referendum.

Bill Hobbs points out that the scenario that played out in Spring Hill resulting in a property tax hike cannot happen in Nashville:

Bill Hobbs will concede that the Metro Charter amendment passed by the voters in 2006 to give them final say over property tax increases is of ambiguous constitutional muster, however, for Mayor Karl Dean to challenge it, as the City

The City Paper urges Nashville Mayor Karl Dean to try to overturn the will of the people by challenging the city charter provision that requires public ap

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an article on rising property taxes and guess what two Tennessee cities made the article?  Oak Ridge and Memphis, two cities that already have the distinguished honor of being two of the highest taxed cities in the state.

From the Journal:

Let's say you had two local governments, side by side. One was well-organized, generally efficient, with characteristics that led to lower taxes, better services, and equitable processes for the redress of grievances.