Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: God Bless America
- In case you needed another “your vote does count” story after yesterday’s primary, a woman in Sneedville, TN (we had to check, but it’s in East Tennessee) won the town’s election for constable because she wrote herself in on the ballot. And no one else voted. [WTVF]
- We know this has nothing to do with Nashville, but we couldn’t let today get by without mentioning it: Clay Aiken now has offspring. [WSMV]
- After the firestorm of controversy surrounding the Shelbyville Tyson plant’s decision to swap out Labor Day for Eid, they’ve finally reached a compromise–Everyone gets Labor Day and Eid off now. Happy? [WKRN]
- There is talk of Governor Bredesen setting out some more voluntary buyout offers since the last round was pretty unsuccessful. [WSMV]
Photo by ryan2013.
In case you needed another “your vote does count” story after yesterday’s primary, a woman in Sneedville, TN (we had to check, but it’s in East Tennessee) won the town’s election for constable because she wrote herself in on the ballot. And no one else voted. [WTVF]
We know this has nothing to do with Nashville, [...]
Where Have All The Catfish Gone? [Blast From The Past]
If you’ve lived in Nashville long enough, you might remember seeing more than a few of these guys hanging out around town back in 2003. In honor of National Catfish Month (we had no idea there was such a thing), we decided it was time to find out where they all went.
Catfish Out Of Water was a city art festival put on by the Cumberland River Compact, Greenways for Nashville, and the Parthenon Patrons Foundation. The idea was to get a lot of people together to make some really weird catfish-shaped art and raise awareness about how important it is to keep the Cumberland clean. The fish were displayed from June until October of 2003 when they were finally auctioned off at the Catfish CATillion gala. We’ve only seen a couple of them around town since then, but originally there were 51. Luckily they were all immortalized in About.com’s catfish gallery featuring the photos and original locations of each fish. Tell us about your favorites in the comments!
Photo by tanya hyde.
If you’ve lived in Nashville long enough, you might remember seeing more than a few of these guys hanging out around town back in 2003. In honor of National Catfish Month (we had no idea there was such a thing), we decided it was time to find out where they all went.
Catfish Out Of Water [...]
Photo Of The Day: August 8, 2008
After a miserable hot-spell, we’re enjoying some of the most beautiful weather of the year today. This photo by Rwilliams718 reminds us that fall isn’t too far off, though.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.
After a miserable hot-spell, we’re enjoying some of the most beautiful weather of the year today. This photo by Rwilliams718 reminds us that fall isn’t too far off, though.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- We’ll give you props. Just [...]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle [Mixed Reviews]
It’s been a slow week on the mixed reviews front, but we’ve got some stats for you. This week, we beat out Memphis’ recycling rate by a whopping 2 percent. We recycle 28% of our residential waste, while Memphis trails behind at 26%. The lowest city ranked was Houston, at 2% – how embarrassing. Then again, 28% is kind of embarrassing when you consider that San Francisco, the top city ranked, recycles 69% of their residential waste.
Despite hanging out in the middle of the recycling pack, we do have a bit of good news. Tennessee has the 6th lowest tax burden in the nation. Here’s all the technical stuff.
According to this year’s annual report, Tennessee ranked 44th based on the percentage of total per capita state and federal taxes paid and per capita income. Based on The Tax Foundation’s calculations, using data from several sources, the total taxes paid by each Tennessee resident in 2008 were $3,160, or 8.3 percent of income, with a per capita income of $38,090.
Photo by kingdesmond1337.
It’s been a slow week on the mixed reviews front, but we’ve got some stats for you. This week, we beat out Memphis’ recycling rate by a whopping 2 percent. We recycle 28% of our residential waste, while Memphis trails behind at 26%. The lowest city ranked was Houston, at 2% – how embarrassing. Then [...]
Bright & Early: Namasté Edition
Good morning, Nashville. There are few things that make us giggle more on a Friday morning than the thought of our beloved Titans doing a little yoga to ease their pre-season tension. Yesterday we mentioned that a few fist fights broke out between the Titans and the St. Louis Rams during their joint practice this week, but things seem to have, uh, calmed down a bit since the guys traded in their helmets for yoga mats. And on a related note, we want to give you fair warning about the sold-out preseason opener against the Rams that promises some horrendous traffic downtown. Either way, we’re ready for some football.
- Low voter turnout. Davidson County voter turnout was projected to be ridiculously low yesterday, probably not even reaching 10%. The turnout wasn’t a whole lot better around the rest of Middle Tennessee.
- Making your vote count. But consider this: Sen. Rosalind Kurita (D-Clarksville) defeated her opponent and kept her Senate seat by just 19 votes. Opponent Tim Barnes is calling for a recount.
- [Insert bad pun here.] You may have been around Nashville long enough to remember the legendary former mayor Bill Boner, ironically remembered for his alleged “seven hours of passion” with that other woman. That may explain our why our jaws dropped when we saw this headline this morning, but then we found out there are actually two Bill Boners. Whew.
- Bits & pieces. The Sounds are still fighting with Metro about what to do about Greer Stadium, and things aren’t looking real promising … As predicted, the Metro Council passed the resolution last night asking voters not to support Councilman Eric Crafton’s English First ordinance … A former member of the group Sugarland is suing the band for $1.5M … Assistant DA Jeff Long won the race for Williamson County Sheriff, beating out Tommy Campsey and his borderline racist campaign posters.
Photo by staipale.
Good morning, Nashville. There are few things that make us giggle more on a Friday morning than the thought of our beloved Titans doing a little yoga to ease their pre-season tension. Yesterday we mentioned that a few fist fights broke out between the Titans and the St. Louis Rams during their joint practice this [...]
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