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  • TN Democratic Party’s public records suit over absentee ballots misfires

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Tag Archives: Davidson County

Metro Nashville has no plans to shorten notice of zoning hearings

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Deborah Fisher

Metro’s law director Jon Cooper said this morning that Davidson County has no plans to shorten the amount of public notice it gives to citizens of public hearings on proposed Continue Reading

Posted in adequate public notice, Tennessee Open Meetings | Tagged Davidson County, Metro Nashville Law Director Jon Cooper, Nashville, public hearings, public notice | Leave a reply

Shorter public notice of zoning hearings draws questions

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Deborah Fisher

Update 2-17-16. I talked with Jon Cooper, Metro’s law director this morning, and he said that Metro Nashville had no plans for changing the way it gives notice for public Continue Reading

Posted in Tennessee Legislature | Tagged Davidson County, Nashville, public hearings, public notice, state Rep. Andy Holt, State Rep. Darren Jernigan, state Rep. Marc Gravitt, zoning hearings | 1 Reply

Bill shortens public notice for zoning changes in Nashville

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Deborah Fisher

A bill that would shorten the amount of time of public notice for public hearings on zoning changes in Metropolitan Nashville passed unanimously in a key Senate committee and a Continue Reading

Posted in adequate public notice | Tagged Davidson County, Nashville, public hearings, public notice, State Rep. Darren Jernigan, State Sen. Ferrell Haile | Leave a reply

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Recent TCOG blog posts

  • Revised bill aims to stop harassment from public records requesters January 15, 2021
  • Knox County sheriff to appeal judge’s decision in public records case January 6, 2021
  • Citizen wins $78K in attorney’s fees, expenses in public records suit against Knox County sheriff December 2, 2020
  • TN Democratic Party’s public records suit over absentee ballots misfires November 2, 2020
  • WUOT reporter obtains White House COVID-19 report October 19, 2020

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