I often get asked why I’m running for the political leadership of what we all know to be an amazing city. My answer is the same as all the candidates; we all want what’s best for this Nashville.
Where I differ is I’m not part of the long-running bureaucratic mentality that continues to wield power and continue along a path of failed promises and blame-gaming political opponents for their big government failed policies. This goes back decades to fix traffic, fix housing, fix education, fix all else that never gets fixed. They keep promising THEIR solution is the only way and by the sole reason of party affiliation, voters sweep them back into power.
I don’t know the personal backgrounds of all my fellow candidates, and they may be qualified to hold the position as leader of this great city. However, qualifications don’t naturally make a good mayor. My several years experience as a business owner and entrepreneur has been varied, living as a private citizen and never once living on the taxpayers dime as a politician. In that sense, I am grounded closer to reality with the citizens of Nashville in what we see as real problems and glaringly obvious solutions to our budget and growth plan. It only takes the courage of someone who does not want to play politics with those solutions.
Nashville has given birth to a multitude of growing pains. We’re business friendly and on the world stage in regards to Healthcare, Music, Sports, Hospitality, Entertainment and so much more! Time has fermented for political parties to sit at the conference table, make friends, and negotiate our best choices for Nashville.
Let’s Get In Tune!
We are a kaleidoscope for every music genre from the roots of our own National Museum of African Music to the world famous
Country Music Hall of Fame, and everything else in-between. And when music is mentioned, never once does a conversation ever imply a message of distortion, misinformation or discrimination. It’s as if all of us are “in tune” with a common message. Music.
It amazes me to this day, the divisiveness in politics depending on whether you carry an R or D before your name. There was a time I could have a spirited debate with friends about opposing political views, and afterwards . . . we’d go have a beer! Sadly, those days have evaporated and simulate hot tempered sand covering the Mojave Desert floor in mid August. In addition, main-stream media and politicians continue to elude the general popu-lation, by elimination of a total narrative in order to disguise the truth and seek control for the benefit of insider politics.
Imagine what could be accomplished if differences of opinion could be discussed at a conference table in support of Nashville, as opposed to using a flame-thrower to discolor an objective. It’s repulsive to myself and the majority population that politics has evolved to disinformation and disgust by those wanting to control a game of arm-chair warrior. It’s certainly time to get our politics “in tune” . . . like music.
