October 31, 2005

Sounds Stadium Proposal to a Referendum?

More from the political grapevine (rumour mill galore this weekend)...

Some Council members are a bit antsy about the $17 million in special property tax financing and $500,000 price for maintenance that the proposed downtown Sounds stadium would require. Hence, there may be an unusual confederation of right and left Metro Council members (for different political reasons) to ask that the proposal be placed on a balloted referendum so the citizens of Nashville can decide if they want to move forward with this project.

Of course, this may also relate to my earlier post as I'm sure that Mayor Purcell would rather the vote go to the people instead of him having another expensive, taxpayer funded project with questionable benefits move forward under his watch.

Maybe the property tax referendum that Tennessee Tax Revolt is pushing can be placed on the same ballot. We shall see.

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