The Regional Solid Waste Board voted 6-4 last night to push back authorization of the Bellevue land fill. Apparently the majority on the board believed the well-reasoned and legally accurate argument by board member Ray T. Throckmorton III regarding their ability to act legally. In short, the regional board lies in limbo, powerless to act, as Metro Nashville is not in compliance with state requirements. Neither the state government nor the metro government has made any effort in over a year to comply with state law.

There was some weeping and gnashing of teeth because of the delay and arguments by Throckmorton, from the usual suspects (i.e. highly placed state Democrats and state bureaucrats) who do not believe the law applies to them. I do hope some media outlet somewhere picks up on this. It’s not happening in a vaccuum. Two governments don’t just “accidentally” forget to enforce and comply with the law for 15 months without reason. Metro has 30 days to comply with the state plan and conduct an internal audit. For obvious reasons, I don’t think they can do it.

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