Stephen Yeargin

Nashville voters went to the polls today and defeated two charter amendments that would have specified that all business of metro government must be conducted in solely English (with very few exceptions). The second charter amendment would have relaxed requirements for qualifying to place an amendment on the ballot. My wife and I early voted the very first Saturday to defeat these measures. I took the time to look the proponent’s talking points and could not help but dismiss every last one of them as either misinformed or disturbingly xenophobic. I am pleased with the outcome of the night’s returns, but I cannot help but wonder how more than half of a million dollars could have been better spent.

I will refrain from attacking Councilman Eric Cartman Crafton’s character.