Rutherford County Tea Party

Whether or not you live in Rutherford County…the first five minutes of this video should do two things: inform you and p**s you off. The State Legislature had the opportunity to give local governments the option to impose taxes on new building in order to offset the cost of increasing infrastructure to support growth. This would put the lion’s share of the infrastructure cost burden on new construction, and remove the burden from property tax payers. As you can imagine, the developer and real estate lobby was very much against this. Watch the video to see what happened.

Spoiler Alert:
One of Rutherford County’s own delegation was instrumental in defeating the bill on behalf of his friends in real estate.

Steering Committee - March 22, 2023 00:00 Call to Order00:45 Discussion and Vote on Private Act concerning Development Tax on Residential Development in Rutherford County1:00:00 Other Business

State Rep. Scott Cepicky’s Capitol Hill Review House members file 1,530 bills Following the completion of organizational tasks in both chambers, members of the General Assembly were hard at work this week advancing the priorities of Tennesseans. The primary goal of the General Assembly is the same each year: to provide the best possible service....