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Council shirks protocol over surveillance tech · New $6.6B project near Nashville · Blackburn burns CVS · Much more!
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MOU regarding downtown surveillance technology leads to questions over council protocol
Tomorrow night, the council is set to vote on a resolution that could set up a memorandum of understanding between Metro and the Nashville Downtown Partnership that outlines how a $15 million state safety grant will be used in Nashville. The MOU includes the use of surveillance technology and has attracted opposition. Some even question whether the council are fully adhering to their own protocols.
Around this time last year, the council narrowly rejected a resolution that would have integrated FUSUS, which dealt with similar surveillance technology. During deliberation over the legislation, the council held a public hearing. Local blogger Mike Lacy is asking why this resolution isn’t getting the same treatment.
“Council held a formal public hearing for FUSUS (software platform, similar to LeoSight) in November 2024 before the December 3 vote,” wrote Lacy. “That’s the precedent.” Many others feel the same.
“Whether these Council Members haven’t taken time to understand what’s actually happening or are deliberately helping the administration reduce their own oversight power, the result is the same: they’re throwing themselves needlessly into a mess of the Mayor’s making,” Lacy continued, before outlining seven issues with the resolution.
HEADLINES
🇰🇷 Senator Bill Hagerty goes out of his way to applaud Korea Zinc’s decision to build a $6 billion critical minerals refinery in Tennessee: Major investment strengthens America’s economic and national security, creates high-paying jobs, and demonstrates Tennessee’s unmatched business environment.
Hagerty’s office🇨🇳 More on Korea Zinc: Record-smashing $6.6B project lands near Nashville—Korea Zinc and the Trump administration announced a record-setting project in Tennessee, in which the two will spend $6.6 billion to undercut China's economic power.
NBJ💊 Blackburn presses CVS on driving up health care costs and forcing taxpayers to fund fraud
Letter from Blackburn
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Tonight Mon, Dec 15
| Show | Venue | Time | Price | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Creole Christmas | Schermerhorn Symphony Center | 7:30p | $60+ | Info for Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Creole Christmas |
| An Evening with Lucinda Williams and Her Band | The Basement East | 8p | $58.93 | Info for An Evening with Lucinda Williams and Her Band |
| Bluegrass Monday w/ Brenna Macmillan, Mair & Maddie Denton | Dee's Lounge | 6p | $10 | Info for Bluegrass Monday w/ Brenna Macmillan, Mair & Maddie Denton |
| Val Storey, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle & New Monday | Station Inn | 8p | $20 | Info for Val Storey, Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle & New Monday |
| Grateful Monday | Acme Feed & Seed | 7p | Free | Info for Grateful Monday |
| Motown Monday | The 5 Spot | 9p | $5 | Info for Motown Monday |
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