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« Rep. Pruitt Faces More Fraud Allegations | Main | Addressing Illegal Immigration » August 29, 2006Nashville Tax Revolt UpdateA Tennessean story today looks at whether allowing voters in Nashville to vote on property tax increases is allowed under the state constitution. The story contains this bizarre paragraph: Critics of the ballot initiative say the Tennessee Constitution specifically vests the General Assembly with the authority to determine how property tax rates are to be approved. The constitution does not permit lawmakers to vest property-taxing authority in voters, they argue.Ah, but that's not what the ballot initiative would do if voters approve it. What the ballot initiative would do is amend the Metro Charter. Lawmakers would not be vesting taxing authority in voters - the people of Nashville would be vesting that power in themselves. The ballot initiative is the essence of democracy itself, the people deciding how they wish to be governed. At any rate, if voters approve the Metro Charter change - which I expect they will do by a large margin - and then the Metro Council or the mayor's office or some other part of the government takes it to court to try to overturn the expressed will of the people, all hell is going to break loose, politically speaking, in Nashville. Posted in Nashville
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hurry--before they dig the Little Cumberland Posted by: mark r at August 29, 2006 11:39 AMPost a comment
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