The Nation Will Soon Know The Name Karl Dean
Posted on January 22, 2009 at 9:42 pmThe mayor reacts to the defeat of the English Only charter amendment he worked vigorously to defeat:
“This is a great night for Nashville. The results of this special election reaffirm Nashville’s identity as a welcoming and friendly city, and our ability to come together as a community - from all walks of life and perspectives - to work together for a common cause for the good of our city. That diversity and that shared desire to see our city succeed and progress is part of what makes Nashville so great and the exact reason why this amendment does not represent the city that we are. I can tell you it a true honor and privilege to serve as mayor of this city.
“We are able to celebrate this evening because so many individuals and organizations have devoted their time and resources over the last several weeks to this effort. Thank you to Tom Negri and Loews for hosting us tonight. Thank you to everyone at Nashville for All of Us. Thank you to the many volunteers that spent hours making calls and knocking on doors - it is the individual people in a campaign that mobilize voters. Thank you to the donors, the businesses and the individuals, for making it possible to get the message of this campaign out to the broader public. Thank you to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce for vocally supporting this campaign, and the many other nonprofits and interest groups that rallied their constituents and united behind this cause. Thank you to the coalitions of university presidents and faith-based leaders for speaking out with one voice. Thank you to the Metro Council for overwhelmingly supporting the memorializing resolution on this. Thank you to Governor Bredesen for getting involved when he didn’t have to. His comment to me was “We can’t go back.” And I want to personally thank Jim Hester, a senior advisor in my administration who took a personal leave of absence from his work to ensure this campaign’s success.
“From here, we continue to move forward as a city, and we do so with no barriers in our way.”
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8 Responses to “The Nation Will Soon Know The Name Karl Dean”
“From here, we continue to move forward as a city, and we do so with no barriers in our way.”
Except, you know that whole crunbling schools thing.
Oh, and that no money thing.
It’s all connected!
Thank you for your meaning full contribution, “REALITY.” We will contact you when your opinion is needed
I think you meant meaningful.
Those crumbling schools are already taking a toll.
Give credit where it is do please sir. mayor Dean just took over. It wasn’t under his watch all this came to pass. Turn off “Dog the Bounty Hunter”, put down the Wild Turkey and get the shotgun away from your 3yr old long enough to just give credit where it is do.
Now you have to love it when a liberal talks down to a total stranger as a hick but doesn’t understand it’s giving someone their “due.”
And actually, Shakespeare, it was under Dean’s watch. Go read the elction return thread. I dont give a rats about the issue. My problem was that Dean and his buddies tried to use tricks to keep a legitimate petition drive that met all legal requirements off the ballot (agree with the issue or not) and cost the taxpayers a half milliion dollars when it could have been sttled in November.
Schools have been bad in Tennessee and Nashville long before mayor Dean, he also didn’t cause our economy to crumble. The only chance this ballot had to pass was to hold the elections in Jan. If it would have been on the same ballot with the Presidential elections (Obama won Nashville 65% to 35%) it would have been an even bigger defeat for these amendments
If it would have been on the same ballot with the Presidential elections (Obama won Nashville 65% to 35%) it would have been an even bigger defeat for these amendments
Umm you just agreed wih me, bud. Hate to ruin your night.
The question of adequate education is a thorny one for both Mr. Hughes and Reality, if their comments are used in evidence.
According to the American Heritage Book of English Usage, “in spoken English, there is a growing tendency to use “would have” in place of the subjunctive “had” in contrary-to-fact clauses, such as “If she would have (instead of “if she had”) only listened to me, this would never have happened.”
“…this usage is still widely considered an error in writing.”
The issue is not what happened to the schools on whose watch, but what–if anything–either of these citizen watchdogs proposes be done to provide a remedy.