Submitted by R. Neal on Mon, 2009/01/12 - 7:31pm.
Nashville bloggers are on the case.
SEE ALSO: Crafton Full of Mierda de Toro
AND: Enclave: If Eric Crafton really thinks of himself as a county executive, then he needs to run for the office...
PREVIOUSLY: Nashville Metro English Only will would save $495 per year. (The election is costing $300K-$500K.)
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1. At times when the Metro Council votes to accept money given to Nashville by the federal government to fund STD health & counseling programs (that's free money that Metro does not have to match), Eric Crafton is the one member who asserts that Metro should link acceptance of that money to abstinence education (Link...)
2. The English Only referendum is going to cost $350,000-$500,000, yet its father, Eric Crafton, once yelled in a council meeting about Metro spending too much on paper for the legislation and reports that stacked up on his desk every two weeks (Link...)
3. A general in the local war on Christmas (Link...)
4. A developer who as CM sought to reduce fees for developers (Link...)
5. Hilariously not a man of the world (Link...)