Today’s Nashville City Paper has a good synopsis of last night’s televised mayoral debate hosted by WSMV-TV at TSU’s Avon Williams campus. Although not quite the “mud fight” they claim, the format of the debate did give the candidates a chance to do us a favor by holding each other accountable for statements they’ve made in the past.
The City Paper article hit most of the major points but they highly understated one of Nashville’s most glaring eyesores – the Clement Landport – noting only that it, along with another of Bob Clement’s projects The Music City Star, is “presently facing some difficulties.”
Congressman Clement never fails to remind us of his connections to Washington (did anyone get the count last night?) implying that with the help of his beltway buddies the former Congressman can get things done in Nashville. And while it’s true that his connections helped get the federal funding to build the Clement Landport, what good is that now? The deserted and unused Landport, with its crickets chirping and tumbleweeds blowing, is a constant reminder of Clement’s ability to get the job only half done.
If Congressman Clement wants to continue to run for mayor on his connections to Washington and how helpful they’ll be to Nashville, he should ask Adam Dread to draft another resolution to rename the thing.
