Happy Hour: Stickin’ It To The Man

8 April 2009 | 6:44 pm

Author: Christy Frink

We absolutely have to brag on our friends Christian Grantham (Nashville Is Talking) and Frank Strovel for making it onto TechCrunch this afternoon after calling out the Associated Press for not knowing a dang thing about the internets. Well played, boys. [TechCrunch]
Our favorite bloggin’ state rep Stacey Campfield thinks that poor people shouldn’t be allowed to win the lottery. [WSMV]
The hits just keep on coming for Metro Schools, whose security contractor just accidentally leaked the names, birth dates, and social security numbers of 18,000 MNPS students and 6,000 parents onto the internet. [WKRN]
The State of Tennessee came in more than $100 million short on revenue than what they projected for the month of March. [WSMV]
It may soon become very expensive to hang up concert posters in Nashville. [City Paper]

Jennifer

No joke, as soon as I saw that Campfield story I thought, "This is so going on Nashvillest."

Matt W

I can't believe I'm saying this but I absolutely agree with Rep. Campfield. I think that's a really good idea. The lottery preys on the poor and does increase poverty. Making those at the poverty line ineligible to play the lottery is pro-poor not anti.

Thomas

On the other hand, the lottery takes money from those who make poor decisions (i.e. spending an entire paycheck on powerball) and gives it to those who still have a chance (i.e. college students). If someone is poor and wastes their money on the lottery I really don't feel that sorry for them.. until kids are involved.