Metro Nashville Budget Woes Again. It's a Spending Problem.

by Councilmember Courtney Johnson, Facebook, Nov. 9, 2026- We raised property taxes 27%. And we’re STILL talking about potential layoffs to make next year’s budget work?

You can’t make this stuff up!!

Metro is preparing to offer employees a voluntary retirement incentive of $1,000 per year of service, hoping to save approximately $10 MILLION in next year’s budget.

Why? Because according to Metro Finance, FY2028 is expected to be even tighter than FY2027, and they’re trying to avoid layoffs.

Let that sink in.

After a 27% property tax increase, we’re already discussing how to cut personnel costs to make ends meet.

At what point do we acknowledge that Nashville doesn’t just have a revenue problem? We have a SPENDING problem.

Our taxpayers cannot continue to be the solution to every budget shortfall.

We need to get serious about how we’re spending their money.

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