Convention center funding should apply to private sector too

Good government should not compete with its own corporate citizens. As employers of all sizes are the backbone of our country, government at any level should not use public money to compete with private industry.

Proposed legislation to allow Gaylord Entertainment Company to bond against a stream of new tax dollars previously earmarked solely for a proposed government-owned downtown convention center would allow Metro and the Tennessee General Assembly to level the playing field in Nashville when it comes to public funding and the hospitality industry.

Previously, an array of proposed, small hikes in tourism-related fees and taxes would have used revenue derived from the city