Somebody Didn’t Do Their Homework

By Kleinheider Posted on May 7, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Nate Rau pens an excellent piece amplifying his story on how the Metro Council of Davidson County came to vote to keep in place a zoning ordinance that has the city under Department of Justice investigation:

Forget whether or not Council increased the odds of Department of Justice finding that Metro has violated two federal land use acts. Forget the fact that it went against Metro Law Director Sue Cain’s recommendation that it make a good faith effort to comply with federal law (it’s rare for Metro Council to not follow Metro Law’s recommendations). Forget the fact that the 20-15 vote got at-large Councilman Jerry Maynard so worked up he tried to invoke an obscure Council rule to get the body to re-vote on the matter (an objection from District 22 Councilman Eric Crafton shot that motion down).

Forget all that.. Metro Council just looked downright unprepared.

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Former supporter writes
May 7th, 2008 4:24 pm

I hate to take up for them, but this time it’s not entirely the council’s fault.

If the executive branch (law dept) knew this was a problem, then the Mayor and his staff should have been lobbying against this one hard and for awhile. But instead, they stuck the opinion on the desks of the council on Tuesday night - along with all the other stuff they got from the interested parties that showed up at the public hearing night.

The way it looks from the cheap seats is that the Mayor’s people sandbagged the council so that no one in Karl’s office would take the hit politically and it would be the council that looked foolish.

Karl’s revealed himself to be a petty man. I’m sorry I voted for him.
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May 9th, 2008 7:32 am

[...] Rau continues his comprehensive coverage of a Metro Council thumbing its nose at the Justice Department: Depending on who is asked, Tuesday’s Metro Council vote to continue [...]

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