Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: What Goes Around
- As you might have figured out from our absence today, we’ve been totally sidetracked by the chaos on Capitol Hill that ensued after Rep. Jason Mumpower lost the Speaker of the House vote that everyone thought he had in the bag. And mostly because some n00b pressed the wrong button. [Nashville Is Talking, Nashville Post, & Wonkette]
- Councilman Eric Crafton was apparently making the rounds today, appearing on the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends and later on Lou Dobbs’ radio show. Which almost makes it more interesting that he can’t find time to debate David Briley on NPT. [Fox News]
- Meanwhile, the wives of Gov. Bredesen, Mayor Dean, and Rep. Jim Cooper led a 2-mile walk to the early voting site from the Metro Courthouse this morning to vote against the English Only charter amendment. [Tennessean]
- We mentioned this morning that the Kingston ash spill was costing the TVA over a million dollars a day in cleanup, much of which is coming out of the state’s pockets, and now the state is sending the clear message to the TVA that they will need to be reimbursed for every penny. [WSMV]
- Two men took a bit of a tumble out of a third-story window at the Opryland Hotel early this morning. Both of them are in the hospital and no one seems to know why it happened. [WKRN]
Photo by Matt Mikulla.
As you might have figured out from our absence today, we’ve been totally sidetracked by the chaos on Capitol Hill that ensued after Rep. Jason Mumpower lost the Speaker of the House vote that everyone thought he had in the bag. And mostly because some n00b pressed the wrong button. [Nashville Is Talking, Nashville Post, [...]
Bright & Early: Setting Up Camp Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s been a while since we heard anything about Tent City, Nashville’s largest homeless encampment off of Hermitage Avenue downtown. Last we heard Tent City residents were being shipped out to local shelters and hotels (one of which exploded and collapsed), but it looks like things are starting to heat up again with an actual camp closure on the horizon. The Metro Homelessness Commission is kicking around the idea of creating a Metro-approved camp where the residents could actually access services. Though we’re not totally sure how that’s different from any other homeless shelter, we’re interested to see where it goes.
- No thanks to the TVA. Cleanup of the TVA ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant is said to be costing more than one million dollars a day… meaning that it’s costing US, the TVA customers, one million dollars a day. We can’t wait for our next bill!
- Oh, the carnage. Today’s economic casualty is Rosario’s, the Mexican Restaurant just around the corner from Music Row in the Edgehill Village. They’ve filed for bankruptcy but aren’t planning to close down.
- Bits & pieces. Eric Crafton gets busted by a blogger for not really knowing what he’s talking about … Tennessee is trying to ban smoking whenever you’ve got kids in the car … So fog frost is probably the coolest thing we’ve ever seen and there are pictures … Congrats to our alma mater for not losing to Lipscomb last night … We may not want to get too attached to Whole Foods if the FTC has anything to say about it.
Photo by ryan2013.
Good morning, Nashville. It’s been a while since we heard anything about Tent City, Nashville’s largest homeless encampment off of Hermitage Avenue downtown. Last we heard Tent City residents were being shipped out to local shelters and hotels (one of which exploded and collapsed), but it looks like things are starting to heat up again [...]
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