Clifton David Briley (born January 8, 1964) is the mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. He was elected in 2015 as deputy mayor and sworn in as mayor following Megan Barry's resignation on March 6, 2018. Briley went on to win a special election on May 24 with 55% of the vote avoiding overflow and making him the official mayor of Nashville, TN.
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Education
Briley is a lifelong Nashvillian, with a considerable family history in the area. His early education included Glendale Elementary School, Lipscomb Middle School, and Montgomery Bell Academy.
Briley earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1987 before traveling to Latin America where he volunteered as an English teacher. He completed JD at Golden Gate University in 1995 and received an award for administrative and environmental law.
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Politics
Briley was elected to serve as a member of the Great Council of the Metro for Davidson County from 1999 to 2007. He is Vice Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee and holds seats in Personnel, Public Information, Human Relations and Housing Committees, Traffic and Parking Committees and the Greenways Committee. He has been Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Solid Waste and Water Tariff Monitoring Committee.
Briley was voted Best Board Member by Nashville Scene in 2001, 2002 and 2006 and was given the spotlight as one of "40 under 40" by the Nashville Business magazine in June 2000.
In November 2006, Briley announced his candidacy for the Mayor of Nashville. His campaign includes a number of familiar political faces, including Will Cheek Jr., a member of the Democratic National Committee and former chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party, and his son Will Cheek III, a lawyer at Bone McAllester Norton firm. Jerry Martin, who served in the Finance Director under Congressman Jim Cooper in 2002, leads the campaign finance committee. Emily Passini is a campaign manager; Drew Stanieuski is the deputy campaign manager. Sarah Lingo is the finance director and Alex Youn is the director of field operations. Briley finished fifth in the August 2007 election and returned to private life.
In 2015, Briley was elected Vice Mayor of Nashville. On March 6, 2018, Mayor Megan Barry resigned his position after pleading guilty to the theft of a crime in a bargain on the use of inappropriate public funds for travel expenses, leaving the Vice Mayor to fill the position. Briley was sworn in as Metro Nashville's mayor.
Within a week of his access to the office, Briley announced his intentions to run for the remainder of Barry's tenure in Nashville's mayoral election, which was originally set for August 2, 2018 by Davidson County Electoral Commission, but later moved. until May 2018 after a lawsuit filed by a successful opponent, and plans to destroy the abandoned Herschel Greer Stadium, the former home of the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team. The Greer Stadium is on the Fort Negley Civil War field, and Briley announces plans to leave the area as an undeveloped natural garden space, in part because it respects many slaves and former slaves working on Fort Negley development, some of whom die in the process and who remain buried in the field. Briley also continued to support the mayor's office from a transit referendum of Mari Move Nashville, signing the "Declaration of Transport Independence" on April 2.
Contribution
In 2005, Briley proposed wireless Internet access throughout the city for Nashville. Accepted calmly by the government, Briley's proposal continues to contribute to the development of free wireless access at the Davidson County public library as well as many public parks, including Centennial Park. A task force, led by Briley and including board members and representatives of technology and infrastructure providers, ultimately supports this narrower public access. In 2006, Briley was one of a small number of vocal opponents who proposed a development that would move the city's AAA baseball team, Nashville Sounds, to downtown Nashville. The proposed development, adjacent to the Riverfront Nashville Park along the Cumberland River, was eventually canceled and subsequently replaced by plans for a new stadium located just north of downtown Nashville, First Tennessee Park.
In 2007, Briley wrote a law mandating government buildings in Nashville to be built in the LEED certification requirements.
Personal
Briley is married to Jodie Bell and has one son. He is the grandson of Beverly Briley, the first mayor of the combined Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. His brother, Rob Briley, previously served as Tennessee State Representative for the 52nd District.
Briley has been a lawyer and member of Bone McAllester Norton PLLC before becoming mayor and must end his legal practice; unlike the former deputy mayor's position, being the Mayor of Nashville is a full-time job.
See also
- List of mayors from the 50 largest cities in the United States
References
External links
- The Deputy Mayor's campaign website
- Profile sites in Nashville.gov
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