Garber: MLS, Nashville ownership discussed 'plan B' if stadium was rejected
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Friday, September 14, 2018
MLS, Nashville ownership discussed 'plan B' if stadium location and fairground giveaway was rejected.
Garber: MLS, Nashville ownership discussed 'plan B' if stadium was rejected
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Thursday, September 13, 2018
How they voted on the Fairground giveaway and who switched sides.
As everyone who cares knows already, at the last council meeting legislation was passed that approved the building of the MLS stadium and the giveaway of ten acres of fairground property to the developer. This action required the passage of several pieces of legislation. The most crucial of the votes was the vote on Substitute Bill BL2018-1289 which approved the demolition of certain buildings and structures
necessary for the construction of a new Major League Soccer Stadium and the imposing of a privilege tax on the sale of tickets to events at the new
Major League Soccer Stadium.
The reason this was the most crucial vote is because the vote on this bill was the best chance opponents of the fairground giveaway had to stop it from happening. Both provisions in this bill, the demolition and the privilege tax, required 27 positive votes to be approved. All of the other pieces of legislation only required a simple majority. On second reading the bill failed to get 27 votes. On second reading only 24 voted in favor, seven voted against, eight abstained, and one member did not vote. Since the bill required 27 votes to pass on final reading an abstention or not voting was as good as a "no" vote.
Unfortunately, between second reading and final reading some council members had their arms twisted, were somehow bought off, or were persuaded in their own mind by the preponderance of the arguments that the MLS stadium and fairground giveaway was a good deal. The final vote was 31 in favor and eight "no" votes and no abstaining votes and no one not voting.
Below is a list of those who voted "yes" in favor of the bill and third and final reading. I have highlighted in red those who were "No" votes, "abstain" votes or not voting when the bill was on second reading. In other words, these are the people who switched sides.
Yes (31):
Allen, Gilmore, Mendes, Hurt, Shulman, Hastings, Robert Swope, Scott Davis,
Withers, Anthony Davis, VanReece, Pridemore, Rhoten, Syracuse, Freeman,
Sledge, O'Connell, Roberts, Kindall, Weiner, Mina Johnson, Murphy,
Pulley, Elrod, Blalock, Vercher, Potts, Bedne, Dowell, Lee, and
Rosenberg.
Hall and Haywood were "yes" votes on second reading who switched to "No." They switch from being in favor of the fairground giveaway to opposing it. Robert Swope is the most surprising of all of those who switched side from a vote against the giveaway by voting "abstain" on second reading to a "yes" on third reading. I have asked him to explain his vote. When I get a reply, I will post it.
Here is who voted "no" on third reading, the vote that really mattered on the only bill that had a chance of stopping the fairground giveaway. No (8): John Cooper, Johnathan Hall, Brenda Haywood, Doug Pardue, Larry Hagar, Steve Glover,Holly Huezo, and Angie Henderson. These brave soles who voted "no" need a thank you. For their contact information, click on their name below the picture. For contact information of other council members, follow this link. Also, if you are unsure of which district you live in, follow this link and look to the top right of the page for the "Council District Lookup" tool.
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| John Cooper At-large |
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| Brenda Haywood District 3 |
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| Jonathan Hall District 1 |
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| Doug Pardue District 10 |
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| Larry Hagar District 11 |
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| Steve Glover District 12 |
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| Holly Huezo District 13 |
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| Angie Henderson District 34 |
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Southeast Nashville Conservatives Breakfast Meeting Saturday, Sept. 15th
Breakfast 8-9am, Meeting Called to Order at 9am
Shoney's, 407 Thompson Lane, Nashville
On the agenda are:
- 917 Society
- Americans for Prosperity
- Evann Freeman - Marsha Blackburn's Campaign
- David Birdsong - Campaign
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
United Way chapters in Nashville and Williamson County give financial support to Planned Parenthood
From 2nd Vote - United Way is the world’s largest privately funded non-profit organization and raises over $5 billion every year. Across the United States, a coalition of 1,129 United Way
chapters partner with businesses, civic organizations, educational
institutions, healthcare providers and more with many decisions made on
the local level. United Way claims neutrality on the Life issue, but many chapters have financially supported Planned Parenthood programs. According to United Way’s own admission, an estimated 5-6% of local chapters have financial ties.
In 2015, 2nd Vote created the Pro-Life Guide to United Way
to provide conservatives with a free resource that shows which chapters
do contribute to Planned Parenthood. The latest update with the most
recent publicly available financial documents show 62 United Way
affiliates donating to the abortionist. Our research team updates the
information each year and has linked the supporting documentation.
Recently, United Way updated a position statement dismissing affiliate support for Planned Parenthood as “only a small number.” Well, if a Planned Parenthood abortion costs up to $950,
the $2.7 million funneled through United Way would pay for at least
2,901 procedures in a single year. Does that sound like “only a small
number” to you?
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Rod's Comment: While the vast majority of United Way chapters do not support Planned Parenthood, the Nashville chapter, called the United Way of Middle Tennessee, and the Williamson County United Way do. The information is not current for the most recent year. Unless I have information showing that the Nashville chapter has stopped funding Planned Parenthood, I will be withholding support for United Way. To see which chapters of UW contribute to Planned Parenthood, follow this link.
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Small Business Optimism Shatters Record Set 35 Years Ago
NFIB press release, NASHVILLE, Sept. 11, 2018 — The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
soared to 108.8 in August, a new record in the survey’s 45-year
history, topping the July 1983 highwater mark of 108. The
record-breaking figure is driven by small business owners executing on
the plans they’ve put in place due to dramatic changes in the nation’s
economic policy.
The August survey showed:
- Job creation plans and unfilled job openings both set new records.
- The percentage of small business owners saying it is a good time to expand tied the May 2018 all-time high.
- Inventory investment plans were the strongest since 2005 and capital spending plans the highest since 2007.
“Today’s
groundbreaking numbers are demonstrative of what I’m hearing every day
from small business owners – that business is booming. As the tax and
regulatory landscape changed, so did small business expectations and
plans,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan.
“We’re now seeing the tangible results of those plans as small
businesses report historically high, if not rerecord-breaking levels of
increased sales, investment, earnings, and hiring.”
State-specific data is unavailable, but NFIB State Director Jim Brown
said, “When small-business owners feel good about the direction of the
economy, they are more likely to invest in new equipment and new
employees.”
A
net 10 percent of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reported higher
nominal sales in the past three months compared to the prior three
months, up two points. August is the ninth consecutive strong month of
reported sales gains after years of low or negative numbers. The net
percent of owners planning to build inventories rose six points to a
record net 10 percent, the 14th positive reading in the past
22 months. The frequency of reports of positive profit trends rose two
points to a net one percent reporting quarter on quarter profit
improvements, the second highest reading in the survey’s 45-year
history.
“At
the beginning of this historic run, Index gains were dominated by
expectations: good time to expand, expected real sales, inventory
satisfaction, expected credit conditions, and expected business
conditions,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “Now
the Index is dominated by real business activity that makes GDP grow:
job creation plans, job openings, strong capital spending plans, record
inventory investment plans, and earnings. Small business is clearly
helping to drive that four percent growth in the domestic economy.”
As reported in last week’s NFIB’s monthly jobs report,
a seasonally-adjusted net 26 percent of owners plan to create new jobs
and 38 percent of owners reported job openings they could not fill in
the current period, both survey highs. Sixty-two percent of owners
reported trying to hire, with 89 percent of those owners reporting few
or no qualified applications for their open positions. A record 25
percent of owners cited the difficulty of finding qualified workers as
their Single Most Important Business Problem, up two points from last month.
The
report concludes, “As a leading indicator of economic activity, the
Index turned up sharply late in November 2016 and headed to readings in
the top 5 percent of the Index history in December, never looking back.
Three months later, economic activity soared, rising from 1.5 percent
GDP growth to over 3 percent. Profits are driving the stock indices for
‘small’ firms to record levels, mirroring the record levels of profit
gains for NFIB firms.”
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