1999 Election Guide
The election is eight days away, and you haven’t made up your mind yet?
You’re not alone. Public-opinion polls are showing a great multitude of still-undecided voters despite all the TV ads, neighborhood meetings, letters, fliers, phone calls, yard signs, billboards, buttons, and eager-to-please candidates knocking on people’s doors. To the rescue comes the Nashville Scene, with its handy-dandy guide to the 1999 city elections. We may not be able to explain why Bill Purcell has placed his desk in his front yard or why Dick Fulton keeps bounding up those courthouse steps, but we can answer some of your questions about the ballot, top to bottom. Nashville will choose a new mayor for the new century and send a slew of fresh troops into public service on the Metro Council, their way made clear by the first term limits in the history of local politics. As elections go—believe it or not—this one might actually matter.
Scary, isn’t it?
