TUESDAY NIGHT: MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD (but it won't make a difference)

From The Davidson County Republican Party, June 17,2025-  

Metro Council is planning another property tax hike and time is running out to stop it.

If you live in Davidson County, this matters. Rising costs are already squeezing families, renters, and homeowners. Now they want even more.

� Nashville Metro Courthouse

� Tuesday, June 17

� Arrive by 6PM – Meeting starts at 6:30PM

We need every concerned citizen in that room. To show up. To speak up. To remind council members that they work for the people and NOT special interests.

� NO NEW TAXES

� SHOW UP. SPEAK OUT.

� FIGHT FOR YOUR FUTURE

Rod's Comment: I would like to see an outpouring of opposition to the proposed tax increase, but it would have to be massive to make a difference. It would have to be so big, that members of the Council would work around the clock to create a new budget.  

It is not simply a matter of persuading councilmembers to vote "no." The Council would have to develop and pass an alternative budget. If the Council does not pass a budget by June 30th, the mayor's budget becomes the city budget by default. Persuading a member of the Council to vote "no" on the budget is actually persuading them to cast a vote the effect of which is a vote for the mayor's budget. The only budget before the Council is the mayor's budget and the substitute budget developed by the Budget and Finance Committee. There is no chance one of those budgets will not be the budget of the city. The substitute budget could be tweaked and even have the price tag reduced, but it is highly unlikely to happen. 

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