Republican Legislature Seeks to Cut Nashville’s Metro Council in Half

Tennessee’s Legislature is proposing legislation that would cut the size of the Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Council in half, down from the current 40 members.
The legislation (pdf), filed Jan. 9, would cap the number of members that are elected to a governing body of a metro or municipal government to 20, which in effect slices Nashville’s council in half.
The bill does not target Nashville specifically, as that would violate rules that prevent localities from being specifically targeted by legislation, but Nashville’s council is the only one in the state with more than 20 members.
Nashville-Davidson County, Hartsville-Trousdale County, and Lynchburg-Moore County are the only metropolitan/combined city and county governments in the state. Hartsville’s council has 20 members while Lynchburg’s has 15, according to the University of Tennessee….}