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Bright & Early: Something Other Than The Pig Flu Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re probably almost as sick of reading/hearing about the swine flu as you are, so as our gift to you on this Friday, we mined and dug until we found a small handful of stories that actually don’t mention it:
Don’t ever let us go, Sully. We’re mighty proud of Steve Sullivan, who’s [...]
Bright & Early: Three Little Pigs Stayed Home Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We did everything in our power to ward off that pesky swine flu, but it as of yesterday, it made its way into Tennessee with a vengeance. And by “vengeance” we mean there is one case so far in Williamson County and the kid appears to be doing fine. Consequently, though, the [...]
Bright & Early: Hot, Hot, Hot Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Congratulations to all of our friends who are way more athletic than we are and completed the Country Music Marathon or 1/2 marathon on Saturday. For the full list of runners and times, check out the Tennessean’s massive marathon database. Unfortunately the race didn’t go by without some casualties; 25-year old Benjamin [...]
Happy Hour: When Words Fail
According to John Rich, Mayor Dean actually thanked him for building his house in Nashville. That’s it, Mayor Dean. We’re through. [Pith In The Wind]
And unfortunately, John Rich is going to start making music again too. [Tennessean]
On a somewhat related note, Metro PD wants the bars downtown to start serving beer in plastic bottles because [...]
Bright & Early: Money On The Mind Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s official: English First, the group behind the charter amendment that’s costing us 350,000 to put on a special ballot next week, has missed the deadline for disclosing their financial records. This means that we won’t know how much money they’ve raised or who it’s coming from until probably after the election [...]
Happy Hour: Glued To The Tube
What better day than today to take Tennessee’s new voting machines out for a test drive, eh? [Tennessean]
Okay, seriously–who let Hank Williams Jr. out? [CNN]
Wilson County voters are way more industrious than we’ll ever be. [WKRN]
Channel 4 has an election day slide show, and who knows? Maybe you’ll see yourselves. [WSMV]
The Tennessean has finally busted [...]
Refresher Course In Nashville Voting [Electoral Dysfunction]
We at Nashvillest wanted to send you off to the polls with some helpful hints to make your Election Day go as smoothly as possible. Unfortunately, we can’t really help you out with the lines.
Find out where you vote. Davidson County makes it really simple: Just type in your house number and street name, select [...]
Bright & Early: One More Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After months and months of nonstop campaigning, I think we can all agree that we’re suffering from election fatigue. We’re trying not to be too bitter about our state not being “battleground” enough for the campaign trail, but at least John McCain is showing us a litte last-minute love. Sen. McCain will [...]
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