ballot initiative

Sheriff Daron Hall has responded to criticism of the treatment of Juana Villegas, who was shackled to her bed before and after giving birth to her baby, by changing the policies that were in place at the time.

Inmates at any stage of pregnancy, labor or delivery, no longer will be restrained in Davidson County starting Sept. 1, with a few exceptions.

The Davidson County Election Commission thwarted the will of more than 10,000 Nashvillians yesterday when they voted 3-2 against placing the English-only referendum on the November ballot, citing a regulation that allows no more than one ballot initiative in a two year cycle.

National English First just wasted nearly $20,000 dollars:

Mainstream media finally confirms what (and who) Eric "English Only" Crafton had to hide: of the $20,000 his English First ballot initiative raised, $19,000 came from a national group with nativist, anti-Black a

Lordy, the news is filled with sleazebags today...

Last night in his defense of the English Only ballot initiative, CM Eric Crafton pointed to the irony of the fact that English is required language in many foreign countries and across international bodies, but it is not a requirement in America.

For a long time I've been using the terms "English First" and "English Only" interchangeably, because I've always assumed that the effect of both is to make English the only language that Metro employees could use.  Eric Crafton's change of nomenclature last year when he was attempting to sell "English Only" to the Metro Council was cynical, because it truly made no difference outside of cosm

Symbolic statements are being made against Eric "English Only" Crafton's ballot initiative.

The Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee passed a forceful resolution in opposition to the proposed charter amendment to make English the only language of Davidson County. The group urges opposition to the ballot initiative, and asks requests that people who have signed it call the Election Commission to have their name removed.

Yuri Cunza posts a press release quoting Yuri Cunza in support of Councilman Ronnie Steine’s resolution opposing Eric Crafton’s English First ballot initiative: