And somewhere my friend Julie Lamb is saying to herself, “Are you happy now, Bellevue?”
I live in one of Nashville’s slightly conservative enclaves (and isn’t it cool to have a major metropolitan city that actually has a few?). I knew English Only was going to fail, based on observations of the opinions of my neighbors.
I voted against the measure, because (if you can’t tell) I’ve had a long-standing animosity toward Mr Crafton (going back to the whole Charlotte Pike WalMart fiasco), and also because I kept waiting for a decent argument to vote for the amendment, which never came.
On the flip side, the people of Nashville have once again shown their good sense. Could the liberal bloggers and columnists of our town please refrain now from lecturing us like stupid, ignorant children?
And Nashville conservatives (yes, we exist): let’s find a more sensible cause as our banner issue, how ’bout it? For instance, I think it’s high time we get rid of the whole urban/general services district divisions from the Metro charter. It just feels like a leftover from segregation, and many times it causes those of us in the outlying areas to feel like we don’t get services proportionate to our share in taxes we pay.
But, we’ll talk about that later. For now, this is good.
