Tag Archives: food stamps
Happy Hour: Too Much, Too Far
Leave it to PETA to traumatize your children by sticking Ellie The Bloody Elephant outside of a local elementary school to teach them all about circus animal abuse. [Tennessean]
Vince Young is the official starter for 2010, hooray! [City Paper]
Our 2009 in Middle Tennessee was “wetter than usual” but didn’t break any significant records. In that [...]
Bright & Early: Running Out Of Punny Swine Flu Titles Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Vanderbilt University officials are so concerned about the spread of the Swine Flu that they’ve arranged for some bonfires where students can burn any clothes or other belongings that might carry the virus. With the fall semester kicking into full gear, Vandy (and just about every other university in Tennessee) is already [...]
Happy Hour: JoBros Fever Edition
Robbery seemed to be the cool thing to do today with the Tennessee Credit Union on White Bridge and a Bellevue Mapco both getting hit. The two crimes were unrelated. [WKRN & WSMV]
The folks in Bristol decided to put their DUI offenders to work this week and have them wear some orange and white striped [...]
Happy Hour: Revenge Of The Crack Tax
The gentleman responsible for getting our state’s crack tax overturned is now filing a class-action suit against the state to get back the money that was collected under the law, which is apparently over $10 million. [Tennessean]
A new study shows that 1/5 of the folks caught driving drunk will be caught again for the same [...]
The Economic Blues [Mixed Reviews]
The Mixed Reviews From People Who Don’t Live Here have been few and far between in the past couple months. And, we hate to say, they’re mostly bad, with a little bit of cheery news (for Murfreesboro, at least) mixed in there. Ah, such is life.
Murfreesboro came in as the 5th Best Place To Raise [...]
Bright & Early: What Recession? Edition
Good morning, Nashville. So we hear the recession is official, eh? Here on the home front, the number of Tennesseans living on food stamps has jumped almost 10% since January. Unemployment claims have also skyrocketed and are more than seven times what they were at this time last year. Meanwhile, our stores are closing and [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Leave The Charter Alone Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro Council seems to be turning into a three-ring circus these days with all the arguing and petitioning and lawsuiting and charter-changing and special-electioning surrounding the English Only initiative. This morning the Tennessean warns us that the “Metro Charter is under siege“ thanks to English Only supporters who want to make it [...]
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