Issues

The families of Old Hickory, Hermitage, and Donelson know what it means to sit in traffic. Congestion at critical intersections like Bell Road and Elm Hill Pike, and Lebanon Road and Old Hickory Boulevard, has become a daily frustration and relief has been nowhere in sight. While our current representative is consumed by divisive national debates that will never be resolved at the state level, the essential needs of our neighborhood go ignored and our community has no visibility in state government. The result is our community is not getting the investment we deserve.

Our families deserve real infrastructure investment, not plans that prioritize 35 miles of cycle lanes that sit empty while working families waste hours in gridlock. Eva Angelina Romero will fight to bring meaningful infrastructure funding to District 60 and make sure our voice is finally heard in Nashville.

Our neighborhoods deserve to feel safe. In 2024, the Hermitage Precinct which covers Old Hickory, Hermitage and Donelson was consistently among the worst precincts in Davidson County for violent crime, property crime and homicides, with violent crime rising 4.4% while most other precincts saw declines. Families in District 60 should not have to accept this as normal.

Our own Police Chief has said that license plate readers would help solve crimes and catch criminals faster and the data backs him up. Neighboring Mt. Juliet saw burglaries drop 56% and vehicle theft drop 27% after introducing them. Yet Nashville’s mayor has refused to fund them despite Metro Council already approving their rollout. Every county surrounding Davidson County has them. We don’t. And while the mayor stalls, over 80% of Nashville residents surveyed say they support the use of license plate readers for public safety. Eva Angelina Romero fully supports giving our police the tools they need, including license plate readers. She will push for state legislation that would require Nashville’s mayor and any other local official to allow police departments to connect to any available LPR feed they choose, so that no politician can ever stand between our officers and the tools that keep our families safe.

³ Metro Nashville Police Department Crime Statistics, Hermitage Precinct 2024. nashville.gov/departments/police/news-and-reports/crime-statistics
⁴ Mt. Juliet LPR crime reduction data: NewsChannel 5 WTVF, September 2025. newschannel5.com / WKRN News 2, December 2025. wkrn.com ⁵ Nashville LPR public support: National League of Cities, November 2023. nlc.org

Nashville’s housing crisis is real, and it is getting worse. The median home price has risen more than 50% since 2020, putting homeownership out of reach for thousands of working families and first-time buyers. Over 7,400 people experienced homelessness in Nashville in the past year alone and the number keeps climbing. When people can’t afford to buy or rent, families are pushed out of the communities they love, and homelessness rises.

As a Governor-appointed Commissioner on the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Eva Angelina Romero has already been fighting at the state level to make affordable housing a reality for working families. She knows that a community is only as strong as the people who can afford to live in it and she is committed to making sure District 60 remains a place where hardworking families can put down roots, build a life, and call home.

⁵ Median home price increase: Nashville Scene, February 2025. nashvillescene.com
⁶ Homelessness data: Nashville Office of Homeless Services, 2024. nashville.gov

For too many families in Old Hickory, Hermitage and Donelson especially our seniors rising property taxes and soaring home values are making it harder and harder to stay in the homes they have spent a lifetime building. Tennessee’s property tax relief and freezing programs help seniors on fixed incomes protect themselves from rising tax bills, but too many qualifying residents don’t even know these programs exist. Eva Angelina Romero will fight to expand awareness and access to these programs so no senior in District 60 loses their home because they can’t keep up with rising taxes.

Eva also proudly supports Amendment 2 on the November 2026 ballot a constitutional amendment that would permanently ban the state of Tennessee from ever levying a property tax on your home. For more than 75 years Tennessee has managed its budget without a state property tax, and Eva believes that it should be locked in forever. Your home is yours. No government should ever be able to take it from you through excessive taxation.

⁸ Tennessee Amendment 2 (SJR 1): Ballotpedia. ballotpedia.org
⁹ Tennessee Property Tax Freeze Program: Tennessee Comptroller’s Office. comptroller.tn.gov