Good morning, Nashville. The fight over urban chicken coops continues to escalate in the Metro Council with the introduction of a second bill that would make chickens legal and create some regulations to keep them under control. This comes on the heels of the the other chicken-related bill that would declare them illegal. Apparently keeping chickens is already a violation of zoning in most residential areas of Davidson County, and recent lawsuit brought the issue to the forefront. As an aside, the best part of this article pertains to a chicken advocate named Jud Laughter who has four chickens named John, Paul, George and Ringo. We did not make this up.
- Milestones. Congratulations to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, which just won the Chamber of the Year award from whomever doles out those sorts of things. The victory was due in part to the Nashville For All Of Us campaign against the English language ordinance.
- More milestones. Tennessee 511, TDOT’s road condition/weather/Amber Alert hotline, received its 2-millionth call yesterday. The service launched in August 2006.
- Bits & pieces. Sherri Goforth, the Senate staffer who was busted for sending out a racist email about President Obama, still isn’t back at work … 236 people really, really want a say in the new Judicial Nominating Commission … Four months after John Bryant’s wife and baby were killed in the Murfreesboro tornado, WSMV checks in on his recovery … Clarksville commissioners are hiking taxes to allocate more funding for nonprofits.
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