Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Weekend Is Nigh
- Remember, westbound I-440 will be closed again this weekend! Closures begin at 4am tomorrow and run through 5am Sunday morning. And then you have the whole Titans traffic snarl to deal with for the game on Sunday, which they will win. [WTVF]
- Provisional ballots were tallied in the District 5 recall election and Jamie Hollin won by two votes. Two! Candidates have five days to file for a recount. [City Paper]
- A state trooper accidentally forwarded a racist email out to nearly 800 state employees when he was, you know, simply trying to send it to himself so he could print it out and maybe hang it in his cubicle or something. The mistake will cost him two weeks’ suspension without pay and a few hours spent in diversity training. [WZTV]
- An Elizabethton woman was picked up on drug possession and a DUI when she kept trying to shove a $20 bill at a police officer because she thought the officer was a Sonic carhop. Easy mistake, right? [WZTV]
- Jay-Z tonight! [WSMV]
- The Metro Parks & Rec department is only laying off five people instead of 55. [Tennessean]
Photo by urbanwoodchuck.
Remember, westbound I-440 will be closed again this weekend! Closures begin at 4am tomorrow and run through 5am Sunday morning. And then you have the whole Titans traffic snarl to deal with for the game on Sunday, which they will win. [WTVF]
Provisional ballots were tallied in the District 5 recall election and Jamie Hollin won [...]
We’re Takin’ This Show On The Road: BarCamp Memphis
Get out your laptops, Droids (iPhones are so last month) and, uh… Peeks, and fuel up the car! The the second annual BarCamp Memphis takes place tomorrow, November 14, and we’d love for you to join us at the Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering for (another) day of geeking out over technology, Memphis-style.
Regular readers of Nashvillest hear the word “BarCamp” a lot. We just attended another great BarCamp Nashville a few weeks ago, and we’ve been known to venture outside of Nashville to visit other BarCamps, such as BarCamp Chattanooga back in July. At BarCamp Chattanooga, we had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion about hyperlocal blogging (video) with our friends over at Chattarati, Knoxify and Birmingham’s The Terminal.
Well, we’re taking this show on the road again this weekend, and at BarCamp Memphis we’ll be joining forces with The Terminal, as well as bringing our new friends at Memphis Connect into the mix for a hyperlocal blogging panel, v2.0. Our session is at 1PM, and we’d love to see some Nashville faces there!
So if you’re free tomorrow and you’re feeling roadtrip-y, join us at BarCamp Memphis. Here’s everything you need to know about the day:
BarCamp Memphis: 9am-5pm at the Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering (1254 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104).
Official site | Twitter | Register | Schedule/Sessions
Official BarCamp Memphis hashtag: #bcmem
Get out your laptops, Droids (iPhones are so last month) and, uh… Peeks, and fuel up the car! The the second annual BarCamp Memphis takes place tomorrow, November 14, and we’d love for you to join us at the Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering for (another) day of geeking out over technology, Memphis-style.
Regular readers of Nashvillest hear [...]
Bright & Early: Every Vote Counts Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The District 5 recall election between Metro Councilwoman Pam Murray and rabble-rousing challenger Jamie Hollins was a little too close for comfort last night with the current tally at 541-538 in favor of Hollins. At least three provisional ballots still haven’t been counted, which means the race could tip in either direction. Hollins, a 35-year old lawyer, has spent the last few months diligently building support for an effort to overthrow Murray on the grounds that she spends most of her time in Detroit and doesn’t fulfill her duties as a representative of District 5.
- Democracy wins. Always the champion of pressing social issues, the City of Franklin is declarking war on chain-link fences from marring their landscape. Existing fences would be allowed to stay, but as for any new ones, Franklin is putting its foot down.
- Yep, GM still closing. In an effort to help out the 2,000 folks who are scheduled to be laid off from the Spring Hill GM plant later this month, GM has offered 840 jobs in Lansing, Michigan. The plant will be officially closing its doors the day before Thanksgiving.
- Bits & pieces. After a couple of weeks off, westbound I-440 will be closing again this weekend … The Parks & Rec department will be announcing the final number of layoffs they’ll be making as a result of their budget shortage … ABC is holding a casting call at Buffalo Billiards tomorrow for their new weight loss show.
Photo by WJ11.
Good morning, Nashville. The District 5 recall election between Metro Councilwoman Pam Murray and rabble-rousing challenger Jamie Hollins was a little too close for comfort last night with the current tally at 541-538 in favor of Hollins. At least three provisional ballots still haven’t been counted, which means the race could tip in either direction. [...]
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