Monday, April 13, 2009

Jack May Rises From Grave to Launch Negative Campaign to Pave Bells Bend

Posted by Jeff Woods on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM

They're baaaaaack. The real-estate speculator Jack May and his pitchman Tony Giarratana have started a new campaign to shove May Town Center down our throats. We have YouTube attack videos, negative phone calls aimed at derailing Sen. Douglas Henry's bill to preserve Bells Bend, and now--ta da!--Jack May's favorite columnist, Richard Lawson, flacking away again in the City Paper for paving the last green corner of Davidson County. It's just like old times. "Somewhere along the line, people apparently have forgotten that we do have capitalism in this country and making money is what fuels that economic system," Lawson writes this week. He calls on Mayor Karl Dean to step up and take a stand.
"Until then, the opposition will continue to stomp its feet, chanting the mantra that the Mays are just greedy developers looking to make a buck by tearing up one of the last vestiges of the county's available agricultural land."
Actually, Richard, the mayor could come out for May Town Center, and we'd still chant that mantra and so would a lot of Nashville. You know why? Because it's true. May should have learned that much when he brought this dog of a development idea before the Planning Commission last summer and a parade of Metro Council members joined outraged residents in denouncing it. This development is a colossally dumb idea that would not only sully Bells Bend, but suck the life out of downtown.

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OMG. I tried to watch the video but I kept falling asleep.
Attention Nashvillians who need jobs: Please report to Bells Bend where you can get a job shoveling cow poop, wave palm fronds over Bill Coble while he swings in his hammock or give desperately needed songwriting and production advice to refugees from the 60's writing protest songs.
Wake up people.

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Posted by Mike Johnson on April 13, 2009 at 10:40 PM

Alternatively, you could make attack videos for the May family, who are looking to make a 10000% profit on their land buying spree. Why not? Tony G is getting a cool mil out of it.

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Posted by DG on April 14, 2009 at 8:06 AM

Jeff, I forgot you don't work for a company that actually tries to make money. DG ... 10000%? I want some of those drugs.

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Posted by Richard on April 14, 2009 at 4:21 PM

Look at the alternative.
Those not living in the Bend can not see the 'alternative' because they won't have to see it each day.
600 homes on small lots, 1,000 cars driving in and out of the Bend each day. Scare tactics are old. People can see through the smoke and know that economic help is needed, revenue, jobs and growth will help Nashville be ready for the future.

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Posted by ron goehring on May 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM
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