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Bright & Early: Can’t Get No Satisfaction Edition

5 June 2009 | 10:15 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. By now, we’re all pretty familiar with the Guns in Bars bill saga, which was passed by the state legislature and vetoed by Governor Phil and then passed again over the course of the past two weeks. A similar bill that would allow guns in public parks is also well on its [...]

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Bright & Early: Busted Edition

4 June 2009 | 9:45 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. We’ll start off today with a burning question: Which of you folks are among the lucky 5,000 Nashvillians whose parking tickets were found stuffed in clerks’ desks at the Metro courthouse yesterday? Because your editors have collected a number of parking tickets around town over the years, and we’re pretty sure no [...]

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Bright & Early: CMApocalypse Now Edition

3 June 2009 | 9:45 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. CMApocalypse is really sneaking up on us this year, and we’d almost forgotten about it until we saw the news this morning that more than 40,000 rabid country music fans are expected to descend upon our fair city for the festival next weekend and 30,000 of them are expected to be filling [...]

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Bright & Early: Playing It Cool Edition

28 May 2009 | 9:45 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. The June 1 deadline for bankruptcy filing is closing in quickly for GM, whose stocks have fallen a painful 15% since yesterday morning. In the meantime, GM officials are working on a restructuring plan that could completely shut down the manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, eliminating thousands of jobs. Though Congressman Jim [...]

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Happy Hour: Stimulate This

20 May 2009 | 5:30 pm
Author: Christy Frink

Tennessee is getting a boatload of stimulus money to help repair and weatherize low-income homes in hopes of saving money on utilities. [Tennessean]
Williamson County is putting the kibosh on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 2009 list of Best Books for Young Adults because the list recommends some borderline-inappropriate reading materials. The books in question [...]

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Happy Hour: But Seriously, Why Not Wine?

19 May 2009 | 5:30 pm
Author: Christy Frink

We’re creeping closer and closer to being able to (legally) cart lots of wine across the Tennessee border from other cooler states that actually allow it in grocery stores. [WZTV]
Jack In The Box is shelling out $20,000 to a white former employee who claims that her black coworkers called her a bunch of offensive racist [...]

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Happy Hour: You’ve Got Until Midnight

15 April 2009 | 5:00 pm
Author: Christy Frink

Lots and lots of talk about today’s teabaggin’ at the Capitol. Estimates for the turnout ranged from 1,000 (haters’ guestimate) to 7,500 (according to the organizers). Metro PD puts the crowd at 2,800 – 3,000. This guy just wanted some pot. [Tennessean]
Well, y’all, it was nice while it lasted: The bill to bring wine to [...]

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