Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Yeah, So We Wish We Could Run A Marathon
- Big changes in store for this year’s Country Music Marathon. Not only are they tweaking your course, jacking up your registration prices, and embarrassing all you half-marathon runners by making you wear bright red shirts, but they’re also changing the t-shirts to synthetic materials instead of cotton. Yikes! (Alright, so it really isn’t that bad and the synthetic shirts are pretty neat.) [Tennessean]
- Nashville’s foreign-born population has grown by almost 50% from 2000 to 2007 according to a new Census report. Who knew? [Tennessean]
- On a somewhat related note, the Metro Council meeting last night got about as dramatic as, well, a Metro Council meeting can get courtesy of one Mr. Eric Crafton. [City Paper]
- UT president John Petersen tendered his resignation today, saying that he’s decided he’s ready to move on. And can you blame him with the whole no-money-for-higher-ed quandary? [WTVF]
Photo by David Basanta.
Big changes in store for this year’s Country Music Marathon. Not only are they tweaking your course, jacking up your registration prices, and embarrassing all you half-marathon runners by making you wear bright red shirts, but they’re also changing the t-shirts to synthetic materials instead of cotton. Yikes! (Alright, so it really isn’t that bad [...]
Bright & Early: No Cars Go Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Cars seem to be the name of the game this morning with GM looking to cut the Hummer brand (proving that there is a God) & phase out Saturns within the next few months. And as happy as we would be to never see a Hummer again in our lives, this means that a lot of folks at the GM plant in Spring Hill could be out of a job–again. Meanwhile, Nissan is talking up the electric car they plan to produce right here in Tennessee next year, which has the rest of the country scratching its head. We are, after all, the “land of possum crackle and twangin’ guitars.” Eh, they’re just jealous.
- Back at it. The $8,000 painting that someone accidentally donated to a local Goodwill is back up for bidding after the winning bidder never actually surfaced. So, if you’ve got a few thousand extra dollars laying around, you can check it out here.
- Salary freezes 4 all. In the interest of trying to maintain quality and keep everyone on staff, Vandy–which is the largest private employer in the city–has decided to freeze everyone’s salary temporarily starting July 1.
- Bits & pieces. State Sen. Diane Black was none too happy to hear from some gay constituents on the hill yesterday … The Mayor and the Metro Council are now behind the plan that would raise water rates but drastically cut some other fees … President Obama declared 7 Tennessee counties disaster areas from the storms last month … Speaking of storms, we’ve got more on the way this afternoon.
Photo by chriswilliamsdesign.
Good morning, Nashville. Cars seem to be the name of the game this morning with GM looking to cut the Hummer brand (proving that there is a God) & phase out Saturns within the next few months. And as happy as we would be to never see a Hummer again in our lives, this means [...]
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