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49 minutes ago, nashvylle said:

Does anyone know the results after early voting? Also, if Briley gets 49% of the vote and the runner up gets 3%, do they have a runoff, and if Briley gets 50.0001% of the vote does he win?

Yeah, if no one gets more than 50% they have a runoff between 1 and 2. 

I would put my money on Briley and Swain making it to the runoff. 

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1 hour ago, Pdt2f said:

Yeah, if no one gets more than 50% they have a runoff between 1 and 2. 

I would put my money on Briley and Swain making it to the runoff.

I think Carr has a shot at a slot for a runoff ... he is the buzz candidate at this time

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11 hours ago, nashville_bound said:

I think Carr has a shot at a slot for a runoff ... he is the buzz candidate at this time

Don't think so. I'm not sure I've seen a single carr sign. All the big money that went into the anti-transit push has now pivoted to Swain.

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1 minute ago, GreenHillsBoy said:

Swain is Lee Beaman's candidate and that is all I need to know, plus she has made MANY negative and bigoted comments on gays and anyone not a standard Christian.  Plus she was a supporter of Roy Moore in Alabama.  She is anti anti.

Well, the only thing she's done in her career is been a College professor who gained notoriety for making lightning rod statements on race.  What that has to do with running a City is beyond me. 

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7 hours ago, DDIG said:

Well, the only thing she's done in her career is been a College professor who gained notoriety for making lightning rod statements on race.  What that has to do with running a City is beyond me. 

It's not like she was a professor of underwater basket weaving.  She was tenured at Princeton teaching both politics and public policy.  At Vanderbilt she was a professor of law and political science.  She was raised in stark poverty by an abusive stepfather and a disabled mother in rural Virginia in a house with no running water and where 12 kids had to share 2 beds.  She worked at McDonald's as a teenager and got her GED.  She eventually got an associates degree from a community college, then a bachelors degree (magna cum laude) in criminal justice from Roanoke College, then a PhD in political science from UNC Chapel Hill, then a masters degree in law from Yale.  She has set up a scholarship fund for AA students at Roanoke College.  She has authored six books and was awarded the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation's D.B. Hardeman Prize  as well as the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for her books on  political science.  Her op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and USA Today.  Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy have cited Swain's work at the U.S. Supreme Court.  She was an advisor on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and was a Visiting Fellow with the James Madison Program in American Ideals at Princeton.

While I agree that this doesn't necessarily mean that she is well suited to be mayor of Nashville, it is grossly unfair to dismiss her career as just a college professor who's said a few controversial things about race.

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50 minutes ago, jmtunafish said:

It's not like she was a professor of underwater basket weaving.  She was tenured at Princeton teaching both politics and public policy.  At Vanderbilt she was a professor of law and political science.  She was raised in stark poverty by an abusive stepfather and a disabled mother in rural Virginia in a house with no running water and where 12 kids had to share 2 beds.  She worked at McDonald's as a teenager and got her GED.  She eventually got an associates degree from a community college, then a bachelors degree (magna sprite laude) in criminal justice from Roanoke College, then a PhD in political science from UNC Chapel Hill, then a masters degree in law from Yale.  She has set up a scholarship fund for AA students at Roanoke College.  She has authored six books and was awarded the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation's D.B. Hardeman Prize  as well as the American Political Science Association's Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for her books on  political science.  Her op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and USA Today.  Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy have cited Swain's work at the U.S. Supreme Court.  She was an advisor on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and was a Visiting Fellow with the James Madison Program in American Ideals at Princeton.

While I agree that this doesn't necessarily mean that she is well suited to be mayor of Nashville, it is grossly unfair to dismiss her career as just a college professor who's said a few controversial things about race.

I'm not doubting her intelligence (pre-going off the deep end) or accomplishments, but I tend to believe success in academia without much experience with anything outside academia doesn't translate to much else.

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I am not a big fan of Briley, but Nashville needs stability right now and is probably right for the job at this point. I think that the number of candidates will help him as he is the most recognizable. There are a few that have no business running like Ralph Bristol, a former conservative radio talk show host, Rev. jeff obafemi carr, a community activist, and David Hiland, a licensed barber and owner of Forty Ten Barber Studio, Jeff Napier, a mechanic and limo driver; Albert Hacker, clinical consultant; Carlin Aflord, director of customers success, BOLDplanning; Jon Sewell, SAF-AFTRA actor and carpenter; and Julia Clark-Johnson, an educator.

 

The African American vote will be split everyway to Sunday as around half are from that community. Name recognition will go a long way and Erica Gilmore will probably come in second. If it does go down to a run off it will probably be her against Briley.

 

 This is not meant to be as much as a political discussion as a statement of facts and give you guys a sampling of the candidates.

Hopefully this will help you all see that Briley has a pretty good shot and ensure the soccer deal is met by the city.

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Nashville has been named one of 13 U.S. metropolitan cities that will host matches in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the organization announced at a press conference at Nissan Stadium Thursday afternoon.  Complete groups and schedule, including selection of dates and assignment of matches for the knockout round and the awarding of the Final, will be announced next year. 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2018/05/17/nashville-host-2019-concacaf-gold-cup-games/619964002/

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5 hours ago, Flatrock said:

From WSMV News earlier this evening:

'New plan released for Fairgrounds and Soccer Stadium'

http://www.wsmv.com/story/38217995/new-plan-released-for-fairgrounds-and-soccer-stadium

I’m  out of town and I wish I would’ve been at the workshops. But does Wedgewood not connect to Nolensville anymore? That seems insane! 

Just based off the  drawing in that article?!

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1 hour ago, smeagolsfree said:

These dingdongs expressing concerns over noise, my gosh, there is a racetrack on property and when you hear it, you hear it several miles away. Dummies! cant get more noise than that.

I can hear it as if its in my backyard some nights and I'm about 5 miles away. Also had the same thought when people complained about the Beck concert. I'd much rather hear Beck than engines ripping.

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