State of Tennessee versus Nashville, Tennessee
Running a thriving, IT city like Nashville can cause one to feel more powerful than one really is. The Metropolitan Nashville Council, currently 40 members strong, could be feeling humble right now. Davidson County has a consolidated metropolitan government, as do Middle Tennessee counties Trousdale (Hartsville) and Moore (Lynchburg). Trousdale and Moore are considerably smaller and are much different from Metro Nashville. But at the end of the day, Metropolitan Nashville stands no higher than the governments of Metropolitan Hartsville and Metropolitan Lynchburg. The state legislature, known in our state as the General Assembly, has power over all Tennessee municipalities, counties, and metro governments. Perhaps our council momentarily forgot that last year when it voted down a proposal to pitch Nashville to host the 2024 Republican National Convention. I don't recall the reasons provided for this vote, but it matters not: The council, while not officially partisan, is predominan...