Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: You Are What You Eat
- Gone are the days when you could hop on the internet and check the latest Health Department score or heinous kitchen violation online in Tennessee. As of July 1, the state’s contract with the company responsible for keeping all of that information online expired. [WZTV]
- If you see a few thousand little people trekking through downtown, they’re probably here for the Little People of America National Convention that’s being held here this week. [WKRN]
- Metro really, really, really wants you to use rain barrels. This week, they rolled out several different models available for rent. [WKRN]
- Looks like water main breaks aren’t just for the winter/flood/sinkhole-season anymore. [WTVF]
- The Preds inked a deal with FOX Sports Tenessee and SportSouth, which means we should be seeing much more of them on the teevee for the next couple of seasons. [Tennessean]
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Gone are the days when you could hop on the internet and check the latest Health Department score or heinous kitchen violation online in Tennessee. As of July 1, the state’s contract with the company responsible for keeping all of that information online expired. [WZTV] If you see a few thousand little people trekking through [...]
Bright & Early: Keep On Singin’ Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro is looking at an ordinance that would throw some additional flood recovery money at Gaylord; the only catch is that it can only be used to fix the Grand Ole Opry House and not the Opryland Hotel. While the damage estimate for the hotel is about 10 times that of the Opry House, the new deal could generate more than a million dollars annually to help with recovery. Three years ago, Metro approved a 1% hike in the city’s hotel tax mostly to pay for the convention center, but part of it was designated to help out with an expansion at the Opryland Hotel. The new ordinance would redirect that money to instead fund the repairs.
- Sales tax holiday! Tennessee’s annual Sales Tax Holiday is all set for August 6-8 and it applies to clothing, school supplies and computers. And since Tennessee’s sales tax is hovering around 10% these days, that’s quite a bargain.
- Head to head. An Islamic group and a community college are vying for the purchase of an old theater in Antioch to convert into a mosque or satellite campus, respectively. We’ll let you guess which one has inspired a 1000-signature protest petition.
- Someone get this man a fan club. Here’s some more about that Columbia super hero we mentioned yesterday. Surprisingly, he sounds sort of sane.
- Bits & pieces. The health care industry may employ more Nashvillians than you think … Metro padlocked a South Nashville hotel this morning for housing a lot of drug use, prostitution and other charming things … Habitat for Humanity is helping flood victims repair and rebuild their damaged homes … Chris Johnson might actually show up to practice before we are all old and grey, if these negotiations go through.
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Good morning, Nashville. Metro is looking at an ordinance that would throw some additional flood recovery money at Gaylord; the only catch is that it can only be used to fix the Grand Ole Opry House and not the Opryland Hotel. While the damage estimate for the hotel is about 10 times that of the [...]
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