Editing Goodlettsville, Tennessee (section)

==Government==
Goodlettsville is incorporated under the City Manager/Commission charter. The Board of Commissioners is made up of five members elected [[at-large]].  The five members select a Mayor and Vice-Mayor within themselves, much like a board selects a chair and vice-chair.  The current mayor is Rusty Tinnin, City Commissioners are Jimmy D. Anderson, Jennifer Duncan, Cisco Gilmore and Jesse Walker.  The Goodlettsville City Commission is elected to serve four-year, alternating terms.  Elections are held every two years. Timothy "Tim" J Ellis was hired as a professional city manager, managing all day-to-day operations of the city.<ref>[http://www.cityofgoodlettsville.org/index.aspx?NID=61 City of Goodlettsville]</ref>

The Sumner County portion of the city is in District 45 of the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]],<ref name="dist_45_map_tn_gov">[https://capitol.tn.gov/DistrictMaps/2022/House/HD45.pdf "House District 45" (map)], "Alphabetical Listing of Representatives," [[Tennessee General Assembly]], retrieved April 7, 2023</ref> represented by Rep. [[Johnny Garrett (politician)|Johnny Garrett]], Republican,<ref name="list_of_reps_tn_gov">[https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/LegislatorInfo/directory.aspx?chamber=H "Alphabetical Listing of Representatives,"] [[Tennessee General Assembly]], retrieved April 7, 2023</ref><ref name="gop_2023_04_06_tennessean_com">Brown, Melissa: [https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/06/tennessee-expulsion-vote-democrats-justin-jones-gloria-johnson-justin-pearson/70079929007/ "GOP expels Democratic Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson from House over gun-control protest,"] April 6, 2023, updated April 7, 2023, ''[[The Tennessean]],'' retrieved April 7, 2023</ref> who gained national notoriety for leading the expulsion of two Democrats from the Tennessee Legislature in March–April 2023.<ref name="gop_2023_04_06_tennessean_com" /><ref name="tenn_house_cbsnews">[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-house-remove-justin-jones-nashville-shooting-protest/ "GOP lawmakers in Tennessee expel two Democrats over mass shooting protest,"]  April 7, 2023, [[CBS News]], retrieved April 7, 2023</ref><ref name="washpost">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/04/07/tennessee-expulsion-jones-pearson-racism/ "Congressional Black Caucus holds emergency meeting after Tenn. expulsions,"] April 7, 2023, ''[[Washington Post]],'' retrieved April 7, 2023</ref>