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Briley was a champion of metropolitan government and supported the merger of Nashville and Davidson County government. In 1963 he won election against Davidson County tax assessor Clifford Allen, another longtime Nashville politician, and became the first mayor of what is known as Metro
Metro Nashville Council members campaigning for the Transit Improvement Program Referendum's 0.5% sales tax increase — now on ballots in early voting for the Nov. 5 election — gathered with ...
One of Metro Nashville's key affordable housing incentive tools is the MDHA PILOT program. This year it reached 10,000 units since 2016. How Nashville's tax break program fueled creation of 10,000 ...
Davidson County Assessor of Property Vivian Wilhoite won the Democratic primary for the position by nearly 2-1 margin. ... She also represented District 29 on the Metro Nashville Council from 2003 ...
Davidson County is the oldest county in the 41-county region of Middle Tennessee.It dates to 1783, shortly after the end of the American Revolution, when the North Carolina legislature created the county and named it in honor of William Lee Davidson, [4] a North Carolina general who was killed opposing the crossing of the Catawba River by General Cornwallis's British forces on February 1, 1781.
In 1962, Nashville voters agreed to merge many of the functions of the former City of Nashville municipal government and those of Davidson County into a metropolitan government. While the position of assessor of property (popularly referred to as "tax assessor") was retained in the combined government, Allen decided to run for mayor of the ...
The "Choose How You Move" proposal would raise sales tax in Davidson County by half a cent to fund the construction of 86 miles of sidewalk, an improved 24/7/365 bus-based transit system, 12 ...
At-large council members are elected by the entirety of the area the metropolitan government encompasses. The Metropolitan Council is the 3rd largest in the United States, behind the Chicago City Council and the New York City Council. [1] The Historic Metro Courthouse, 1 Public Square, is where the Council meets.