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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Feb 24, 2023

More than 30 nonprofit leaders and Nashville-area business executives are appealing to the state legislature to stop pursuing legislation that targets Nashville and to reset the "increasingly adversarial relationship" with Metro. The Nashville Business Journal reports that the group warns in a Feb. 22 letter that a half-dozen bills being debated in the Republican-controlled General Assembly will undercut Nashville's growing economy while igniting "legal and governmental chaos." Much of the proposed legislation is widely seen as retaliation in response to Metro Council's vote last summer to reject a proposed bid to host the next Republican National Convention. The legislation includes bills to cut the Metro Council in half to 20 seats (a move recently rejected by Nashville voters), revoking the tax revenue that funds the Music City Center and creating new oversight boards for the Nashville International Airport and Metro’s Sports Authority with seats filled by state officials.