Good morning, Nashville. We hear the folks in Franklin are running out of water. Turns out that while Georgia was down there distracting us with horrific tales of Bigfoot sightings, they were also making mad dashes across the border and carting our water out by the bucket. Okay, maybe not. Officials are actually saying that the current drought and leaks are to blame for their dried-up reservoir. Residents are starting to notice decreased water pressure and sinkholes as a result of the shortage, but the city plans to start pumping water from the neighboring Harpeth Valley district until rain comes. Which probably won’t be happening today.
- Planning Commission steps up. The Bells Bend Project was “set aside indefinitely” after a meeting with the Metro Planning Commission, who said they didn’t have enough information about the project to get behind it. Though it’s not off the table forever, it won’t be happening anytime soon.
- Bad religion. The Wilson County Fair is extending its $2 “God and Country Day” discount to atheists after people complained that the promotion unfairly and illegally favored Christians. Originally they were planning on giving the discount to those who brought a church bulletin with them to the fair on Sunday.
- Bits & pieces. Gannett, which owns several local newspapers including the Tennessean, is cutting 1,000 jobs … After a few days of downtime, Netflix has fixed the glitch and everyone’s movies should be mailed out today … You may want to avoid downtown like the plague unless gridlock and $20 parking are your thing … The crazy dog-cloning woman who made national news earlier this week apparently a wanted woman in Tennessee for planning a burglary in 2004.
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