A New Face for Sumner Justice

There will soon be a new justice center in Sumner County, consolidating the area's many courts into a single building and providing a safe building for workers and those with business before the courts. The Hendersonville Standard has more:

A resolution adopting the overall new judicial center for Sumner County, including a new courthouse, parking garage and jail expansion, was approved by the Sumner County Commission in a 20-4 vote Monday. 

County leaders also approved a total of $10.2 million in additional funding for the project during the meeting. However, additional votes will still be required in order to fully fund the project, which is estimated to cost $91 million in total. 

One of those opposed was Jeremy Mansfield, a commissioner from Goodlettsville, who seems to reject opportunities for progress at every turn. Mansfield wants to wait four years -- allowing judicial system employees and visitors to conduct business in unsafe facilities until then. According to his claims (with no evidence), waiting four years to begin this project would mean it could be done without raising taxes. Mansfield also opposed a tax increase that funded the road department and teacher raises earlier this year.

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