State officials’ concerns about Mason’s finances outweigh the town’s concerns about racial mistreatment
A Tennessee judge has declined to halt the state’s financial takeover of a majority-Black town near the site of a planned Ford pickup truck factory.
The ruling Thursday by Nashville Chancellor Anne Martin reasons that officials’ concerns in the town of Mason are “slightly outweighed” by the state’s need to oversee balanced budgets and financial woes in local governments.
Earlier this year, Comptroller Jason Mumpower raised eyebrows when he announced the state would take over financial supervision of Mason, a town near the site of a today!
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