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Bright & Early: Fish Out Of Water Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Here’s what’s going on around town: Governor Haslam and Amazon continue to do the will-they-won’t-they dance around the whole question over whether or not Amazon will have to charge state sales tax once they open up their planned Tennessee distribution centers. [Tennessean] The Titans want Chris Johnson so badly that they say [...]

Bright & Early: Words To Live By Editon

Good morning, Nashville. Mayor Dean announced a new study yesterday that will examine Nashville’s flood preparedness situation (or lack thereof) and hopefully come up with some ways to have it be a little less devastating the next time we experience a 1,000-year flood. State and federal agencies will team up with local ones to look [...]

Bright & Early: Someone Stole Our Sunshine Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Is it possible to veto a snow storm? Because we’ll sign whatever we need to sign to make that happen. This morning’s forecast actually isn’t looking that bad with only 1-2 inches of snow predicted, though that’s enough frozen stuff to cause Metro and other neighboring school systems to shut things down [...]

Video: Goodbye, Governor Phil [Comings & Goings]

As you’re probably aware, today’s inauguration of Tennessee’s new governor Bill Haslam is taking center stage in Nashville, and rightfully so. But we couldn’t let Governor Bredesen go without one last goodbye, so we scraped together our best video editing skills (we think you’ll be impressed. Really.) and created a tribute to good ol’ Phil. [...]

Happy Hour: It’s Been Real, Governor Phil

On the left, we have outgoing Governor Phil Bredesen (whose portrait was vastly improved with the addition of the Green Vest of Comfort/Disaster by our buddy Lance over at Dixie Downturn). On the right is a strange picture of Governor-to-be Bill Haslam, with no photoshopping required! It’s the end of an era, the beginning of [...]

Happy Hour: God Speed, Which Is 35 MPH

Legendary Nashville radio DJ Gerry House signed off for the last time this morning and everyone was very sad, including us. [WSMV] With only a few weeks left in office, Governor Phil’s official portrait was unveiled today. He is apparently staring out a window with a pair of glasses in his hand, which sounds very [...]

Happy Hour: Full Moon Is Shining

Randy Moss is a Titan now! And being the ill-informed football fans that we sometimes are, we’re not sure what this means, but it seems to be good news. Wikipedia tells us that he fake-mooned an entire stadium once, so there’s that. [City Paper] And another news item we can’t comprehend today is this bathroom [...]

Bright & Early: What A Catch Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We were excited to hear the news last week that GM has plans to rehire hundreds of the workers they laid off last November when the Spring Hill plant idled, but they’re apparently still working on a tax incentive plan from the state to actually close the deal. Governor Phil says he [...]

Happy Hour: One Leg To Stand On

Governor Phil has actually stepped out to agree with the Jackson’s Bar & Bistro server who recently filed a complaint with TOSHA claiming that the restaurant’s decision to allow guns creates an unsafe work environment for staff. [WZTV] Lots of important things happening tomorrow! The most important is the deadline for applying for flood-related tax [...]

Bright & Early: Everything Old Edition

Good morning, Nashville. It’s been a while since the Guns In Bars discussion came up in the news, but now a server at Jackson’s in Hillsboro Village has filed a complaint with TOSHA (Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration), claiming that allowing guns in the restaurant creates an unsafe work environment. Unlike some of the [...]