Tag Archives: convention center
Bright & Early: Now Or Never Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The proposed Music City Center is coming up for a final vote at tonight’s Metro Council meeting, though most folks are saying that it’s pretty much a done deal. Considering the city has already bought up all the land and pumped nearly a half-million dollars into public relations (at least), they’re probably [...]
Bright & Early: Fight Or Flight Edition
Good morning, Nashville. An closer look at the financing plan for the proposed Music City Center has revealed that the current proposal would divert close to $14 million in subsidies way from other tourist attractions including the Adventure Science Center, the Preds, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Farmer’s Market. Mayor Dean made [...]
Bright & Early: Put A Cap On It Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Anywhere from 5,000 to 20,000 TennCare recipients could be affected by a spending cap that will be put into place as a part of the 9% budget cut that Tennessee’s Medicaid program will be receiving. The cap will actually be applied to more than 400,000 enrollees, but not all are expected to [...]
Bright & Early: Wine Whine Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After a vicious fight for wine in grocery stores last year, the debate is back on the table for the upcoming legislative session. This time, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle will take up the issue in a Joint Study Committee and they hope to have a full recommendation in about [...]
Happy Hour: Ouch
I-440 is closing this weekend, again, this time affecting westbound traffic. We’re almost getting used to planning our route without it. [WKRN]
TennCare has cut an estimated 84,000 folks from the program since January when they started redetermining eligibility for certain groups of clients. [Times Free Press]
A department head in Mayor Dean’s office was discovered to [...]
Bright & Early: Drama-Rama Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The drama over the convention center and the $450,000 in PR spending escalated at last night’s Metro Council meeting. Councilman Mike Jameson got up at the beginning of the meeting during the time traditionally set aside for minor announcements and delivered a scathing speech which, among other things, accused PR firm McNeely [...]
Bright & Early: The Buck Stops There Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Just a few days after News Channel 5 blasted Metro for some outrageous spending on convention center PR, Mayor Dean put his foot down. An investigative report revealed that Metro had shelled out about six times the amount that was in the original contract with local PR firm McNeely Pigott & Fox, [...]
Metro Shatters Convention Center PR Budget By… A Lot [Nashvillest Polls]
From the very beginning, plans for the new convention center have been met with a lot of resistance from folks who are concerned about the city taking on such a huge project in the midst of a sour economy. Supporters of the project insist that it’s an investment–we have to spend money to make money. [...]
Happy Hour: Drink Up, Me ‘Earties, Yo Ho
Well, Tennessee’s unemployment rate is now 10.7%, which is the highest it’s been since November 1983. Beer us, please. [WSMV]
In an effort not to see that rate skyrocket in the coming months, Governor Phil put in the bid to GM in hopes that they’ll bring the manufacturing of that new car to the Spring Hill [...]
Happy Hour: When The Rich Get Richer
Few things make us happier than the opportunity to rag on everyone’s favorite neighbor John Rich, who got kicked out of Cafe Coco last night around 3am. We won’t ruin the story for you except to say that it involved a powder blue Cadillac, the Star Spangled Banner, and a broken beer bottle. And the [...]
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