Wed
Sep 12 2007
06:16 am
New Mayor brings Fresh Ideas for Nashville
By: bizgrrl

Karl Dean wins the mayoral election in Nasvhille. New blood from the North.

Boston Red Sox fan, who grew up in Gardner, Mass...

28% voter turnout, 13% early voting with 15% voting on election day.

Complete coverage from The Tennessean.

Congrats to the Citizens of Nashville.

P.S. I do believe East TN needs some new blood.

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bizgrrl's picture

Oh, watch out for new,

Submitted by bizgrrl on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 6:46am.

Oh, watch out for new, expensive mass transit centers (Clement Landport).

S Carpenter's picture

suits me

Submitted by S Carpenter on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 8:21am.

He was once public defender for the metro area.

Mike Cohen's picture

Karl Dean

Submitted by Mike Cohen on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 10:00am.

He'll be an outstanding Mayor. He's a good guy in government for all the right reasons. He wants to make a difference.

Andy Axel's picture

What does that *mean*?

Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 10:28am.

That is Politics 101, i.e. it's boilerplate, effortless rhetoric. Everyone claims to want to make a difference. Everyone claims to be in the hunt for all the right reasons. I've met lots of "good guys" in my day.

All that might be so. So what?

This is what has bugged me about Dean. He's certainly savvy and good on camera. I don't know what sort of public servant that he will be. I admit, too, that it bothers me greatly to see the enthusiasm with which Dean was greeted by the Belle Meade GOP set.

I'm fine with new blood; I just worry about new blood for the sake of new blood. Remember, Bredesen was an import, too.

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Bbeanster's picture

So what did Bob Clement

Submitted by Bbeanster on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 10:51am.

So what did Bob Clement offer? Old blood? Old/no ideas?
"Imported" mayors is SOP for Nashville, isn't it? I don't know a lot about Bill Purcell as mayor, but he was a very fine legislator, and I would happily support him for statewide office.

Andy Axel's picture

So what did Bob Clement

Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 11:08am.

So what did Bob Clement offer? Old blood? Old/no ideas?

Those happen to be the same facile questions I was hearing out of every Dean supporter.

I'm not saying I was fond of Clement and his "gee shucks" approach, necessarily. I'm saying that I was never convinced that Dean was anything other than an empty suit himself.

I sincerely hope that he's "committed to making a difference" and that he's "a good guy" and he's in this "for all the right reasons." Blerg. This is what's supposed to convince me that he's all that much better than Clement?

I was waiting for a more persuasive, compelling portrait. None ever emerged.

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bill young's picture

Elizabeth Clement

Submitted by bill young on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 1:21pm.

When She was elected UT student body president..her campaign knocked on doors in fort sanders.Never happened before or since.I can see her running for office in the future.

Here in Tn we do elect family to office..Baker,Clement,Gore,Jim Cooper,Duncan,Ford...& McWherter's son is looking at running for senate next year.

Karl Dean for Governor?!..When you're mayor of music city..it's gonna come up.

Andy Axel's picture

Mayors/Governors

Submitted by Andy Axel on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 3:16pm.

Where have you gone, Bill Boner? A metro turns its lonely eyes to you...

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