Holleman-Tally Race Getting More Heated
The race for District 24 between incumbent Jason Holleman and Sarah Lodge Tally is getting hotter than Nashville’s dog days of summer.
Mayor Karl Dean has joined Tally on a mailer and a host of supporters of former Gov. Phil Bredesen have stepped up to help her with money and fundraisers.
But the there have been shenanigans, heavy duty mudslinging that is only going to get stickier Dean’s folks seek to unseat Holleman and Holleman seeks to stay put. Twitter is burning up with barbs among a handful of people. Comments on media stories have been sharp. Someone, for example, keeps whispering behind the scenes about Holleman’s DUI a long time ago.
For now, the trashing has been mostly one-sided. But whispering has begun around Tally’s job at Nashville law firm Miller & Martin. Miller & Martin represents the Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency in the legal battle with Tower Investments over the value of the largest piece of the new convention center’s footprint.
Tally works in the healthcare part of the firm yet whispering is that since her firm benefits from representing MDHA, she benefits as well. Tally has stated her support for the convention center and the mayor. Holleman, of course, was critical of the convention center funding and that’s a big reason he has a target on his head.
