Good morning, Nashville. A new program that would allow long-overdue Davidson County drivers to pay only half of their parking tickets is coming up for discussion in tonight’s council meeting. We mentioned this bill a few months ago, but its sponsor Councilman Eric Crafton has finally worked out a few of the kinks with help from a few local judges. The short version is that Nashville drivers have stacked up more than $26 million in unpaid traffic fines (we’re looking at you, Oshi) and city officials are concerned that some folks are in so much trouble that they’re not able to afford the fees that would help them regain their licenses. And also, we’re guessing that the prospect of getting half of the money back is more appealing than getting none at all.
- Chupacup-what?? Recently, a Kentucky man thought he had spotted Big Foot in his backyard, so let’s just leave this next story at this: “A Dickson County man claims the creature he killed near his home over the weekend is not of this world, but from mythical folklore.”
- This is how it’s done. An East Nashville kid accidentally called the police on his marijuana-dealing mother yesterday. The child mistakenly pressed the keychain panic button on the home alarm system, and when the cops came out to answer the call, they smelled the pot and found 28 pounds of it stashed around the house.
- Bits & pieces. A Vanderbilt sociology professor blames “technology” for Kanye-esqe outbursts … East Nashvillians have officially filed the petition to put Councilman Pam Murray’s seat to a recall vote … Steve McNair’s estate has been valued at close to $10 million, though he seems to have owed a lot of folks a lot of money … All Metro precincts are seeing increased rates of home burglaries this year.
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