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Happy Hour: Definitely Not A Nashville Party
More complaints were filed about John Rich’s infamous parties at Mt. Richmore on Love Circle. This time, his neighbors called the police and accused him of having fireworks and helicopters. [Tennessean] The Sarah Palin email hacking trial finally ended today, and former UT student David Kernell was charged with one count each of obstruction of [...]
Happy Hour: Keep Calm And Carry On
We are happy to report that after watching Mayor Dean’s State of the Metro address, the libraries won’t be cutting back to 20 hours per week, brush removal is still going to happen, and the school budget will be completely funded. And Sevier Park is getting a community center. [WKRN] And now for the real [...]
Bright & Early: We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In light of the tornadoes that have swept through Nashville and the rest of Middle Tennessee in the last few years, Tennessee is now considered to be part of a new “tornado alley.” Though other states see a lot more tornadoes than we do, we’re actually leading the country in tornado-related fatalities. [...]
Bright & Early: Digging To China Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Despite the fact that we’ve all been navigating around the convention center construction and road closures for several weeks, the “groundbreaking” ceremony is scheduled for Monday. During that time, the Mayor and other city leaders will do that thing where they put on hard hats and pretend to dig important holes while [...]
Bright & Early: Keep The Lights On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of our Twitter feed, many of you guys started out the morning in the dark. According to NES lightning struck the Edmonson Pike substation a little after 6am, causing a widespread power outage that lasted for about an hour and affected more than 10,000 customers. Storms are expected to [...]
Happy Hour: Jump Off That Sofa
Metro is trying their absolute best to drum up support for the new convention center by, well, taking possession of the Sommet Center parking lot and blocking it off during tonight’s Black Eyed Peas show, resulting in the kind of apocalyptic overflow of parked cars that can only be caused by a crowd of 10,000 [...]
Bright & Early: Getting Around Edition
Good morning, Nashville. More details about the big transit meeting are emerging and it turns out that city leaders are kicking around actual ideas for a light rail system sometime in the (probably distant) future. Though we know that this kind of talk makes the rounds at least once or twice a year, the Nashville [...]
Bright & Early: Better Know A County Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Though yesterday started out pretty, last night’s storms wreaked some serious havoc on parts of Tennessee. According to WSMV, “The five counties that now qualify for disaster relief are Claiborne, Cock [sic], Rutherford, Sevier and Union counties.” Farms in all of these counties were significantly damaged by excessive rains and flooding. The [...]
Happy Hour: Sunny Side Up
We do a lot of hating on the TVA around here, but we’ve got nothing but love for the 200 care packages they put together for troops in Afghanistan. [WSMV] And also, they bought some new wind(-energy). [WPLN] It’s been so long that we almost forgot what it was like, but a large chunk of [...]
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. [...]
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