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Bright & Early: Up Up And Away Edition
Good morning, Nashville. You may have noticed the gas prices quietly crawling up over the past few weeks and as of this week, they’ve hit a 15-month high averaging $2.65 per gallon in the midstate. Experts say that it has a lot to do with this cold weather we’ve been seeing and the fact that [...]
Happy Hour: The Last Fight
Okay, we could’ve sworn that we’d heard the last of the urban chickens, but apparently the law hasn’t actually passed yet. Onward to city hall, citizens! [City Paper] The parents of the fourth graders who accidentally ended up at a Metro charter school where fourth grade didn’t actually exist are thinking about suing. [WKRN] Remember [...]
Happy Hour: Buckle Up!
Today marks the beginning of Tennessee’s “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign, which means there will be extra cops hanging out everywhere and actually looking for people who aren’t wearing their seat belts. So, click it unless you’re dying to be pulled over. [WSMV] The stimulus money will soon be paying for Oak [...]
Happy Hour: Oops!
So, good story: Once upon a time, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, champion of local immigration enforcement intiative 287(g), accidentally addressed hate group Council of Conservative Citizens as a featured speaker. And by “hate group” we mean they openly oppose mixing races, non-white immigration, and homosexuality. [Tennessean] A Chattanooga man was finally found guilty of [...]
Walk Nashville Week Is Running Away
People, people, people… Walk Nashville Week is, like, running away from us! It started on Saturday but we’ve been so busy poking our noses where they don’t belong around Belmont that we totally forgot to write about it. Now, many of you may consider the Great Gas Crisis of Aught Eight to have been your [...]
Bright & Early: Watch Where You Step Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Been to the Shelby Street pedestrian bridge lately? Apparently it smells like urine, vomit, and alcohol. Where do we sign up? And in case you missed it, WSMV has been kind enough to supply us with some close-up pictures of these alleged “nasty spots,” which we’re guessing are Photoshopped. Wait, what’s that [...]
Bright & Early: Politics As Usual Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Looks like we’re almost out of the woods with the Great Nashville Gas Crisis of Aught Eight. And after watching Mayor Dean casually shrug off the problem and tell us that we just needed to chill the heck out, we were actually happy to hear what Governor Phil admit that there was, [...]
Nashvillest Twitter Roundup: It’s A Gas
We know we can always count on our Twitter friends to entertain us when the going gets tough. For those not in the Twitter loop, here’s a snapshot of how your fellow Nashvillians are handling the gas crisis. And if you want to do your part to make things better, don’t panic. @studionashvegas: #nashvillegas it feels [...]
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