Nashville/Davidson County voters will be voting on November 5th on a referendum to increase the sales tax for "transit." The problem: This tax increase is unfair and unnecessary and if the Mayor and his allies push it through, it will never go away. PLEASE GET INVOLVED!!! If you don't live in Davidson County, I expect that you have friends that do. PLEASE forward this email to each of them. We CANNOT let this go through!!!
Website: NoTransitTax.com
How can you help? Go to the website and request your FREE YARD SIGN. We will deliver and place the sign in your yard. You don't even have to be home
Why are we fighting so hard to defeat this tax:
1- The ACTUAL Total Cost is MORE THAN TWICE the amount that will appear on the ballot. Yep, you read that right, the ballot language is a LIE! The total cost is NOT $3.1 billion, The actual total cost is $6.9 billion. See Channel 5 News Report here. This $6.9 billion represents a cost of almost $40,000 for a family of four in Davidson County.
2- NEST Zoning - This "transit" plan is the NEXT STEP towards SUPER HIGH density NEST zoning which will change Nashville forever. Nashvillians have spoken loud and clear about their opposition to NEST zoning.
3- Property Tax Hike coming ALSO - Mayor Freddie O'Connell has promised to get "back on the track" with a property tax increase in May 2025 after homes are reappraised. Some experts estimate that he will try for AT LEAST a 20% property tax hike. See video where the Mayor Commits to 2025 Property Tax Hike.
4- Nashville will become EVEN MORE UN-AFFORDABLE if 1-the transit tax passes and 2- the Mayor raises property taxes next year. AMAZING FACT: 48% of Metro Nashville Government employees live OUTSIDE Davidson County. If the Mayor gets his two tax hikes Davidson County will be even MORE UNaffordable.
5- UnFair - It is a Regressive sales tax which burdens those least able to pay.
6- UnSafe - Transit in Nashville, and nationally, has a huge crime problem which will continue to make transit UnSafe and keep ridership VERY LOW.
7- UnNecessary - Transit accounts for less than 1% of Nashville area commuters. Even if by some miracle transit ridership doubled it would not affect traffic congestion because transit is such a tiny part of passenger miles. And, there are many ways to reduce traffic congestion without burdening taxpayers with a $6.9 billion tax bill.
GRATEFUL TO BEN CUNNINGHAM AND OTHERS WHO ARE GUIDING THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT:
We are Nashvillians who are working together to oppose this UnFair and burdensome tax increase that would make Nashville even more unaffordable. If you are concerned about this tax and would like to help us defeat it at the polls on November 5, 2024 we hope you will contact us to get a FREE YARD SIGN delivered to you and placed in your yard. We need your help.
See recent news reports about how and why our group was formed:
Political group has formed to oppose transportation plan.
The Transit Referendum to Nowhere.
Group Opposed to Nashville Transit Referendum Argues Pitch Uses ‘Most Regressive Tax’ to Bus System ‘Plagued by Crime’.
AND THERE IS MORE - a Property Tax:
AND THIS DANGEROUS BEAT GOES ON:
Tennessee Attorney General Applauds Appeals Court for Rejecting Challenge to State Law Banning Public Drag Shows
September 25, 2024 Kaitlin Housler
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti applauded the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to reject a full circuit review of the Friends of George’s, Inc. v. Steven Mulroy case which challenges Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act.
The Adult Entertainment Act, which was signed into law last year by Governor Bill Lee, prohibits “adult-oriented performances that are harmful to minors,” from being performed in public or areas accessible to children.
“Adult cabaret entertainment” is defined by the law as performances that feature “topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators, or similar entertainers.”
Upon challenged in court by the Memphis-based LGBTQ theater company called Friends of George’s, the law was briefly barred from being enforced in Shelby County; however, in July, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s ruling and allowed the law to take effect.
The plaintiffs in the case, Friends of George’s, soon after filed a petition for rehearing with the Court of Appeals, which was formally rejected on Friday.
“The original panel has reviewed the petition for rehearing and concludes that the issues raised in the petition were fully considered upon the original submission and decision of the case,” Friday’s notice from the Court said.
Skrmetti applauded the decision by the Court of Appeals, saying, “We fought hard to defend Tennessee’s Adult Entertainment Act, and I am glad that the entire Court of Appeals unanimously declined to rehear the case, preserving Tennessee’s win.”
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