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Bright & Early: Choose Your Weapon Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In a stroke of irony at its finest, state Representative Curry Todd, author of the infamous guns in bars bill, was arrested this week and charged with a DUI and possession of a handgun while under the influence. Imagine that! In other news: Jobs, jobs, jobs. Amazon is hiring 2,000 seasonal workers [...]
Happy Hour: Ttttthhhhppphhhttt
We apologize, but this photo from the Nashville Zoo simply had to appear on our front page. Mayor Dean unveiled the first in a series of charitable parking meters downtown this morning, which is basically a way to donate change to the homeless without giving directly to panhandlers. The first meter is sponsored by Southwest [...]
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 [...]
Happy Hour: Blip Blip Bloop
Downtown could see some “power blips” tomorrow and Saturday during the early morning hours courtesy of the Music City Center. But then y’all are getting used to this, right? [Tennessean] Mayor Dean is proposing a one-stop shop to deal with domestic violence and child abuse in hopes of dealing with our city’s growing problem. [WPLN] [...]
Bright & Early: Ready Or Not, Here They Come Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We can’t believe it’s been over a month since our city flooded, but with most of downtown back open for business, we’ve never been more ready for the 200,000 possibly sunburned, possibly mulleted, but definitely smiling faces that are expected to pour into Nashville this week for CMApocalypse 2010. Some fans rolled [...]
Happy Hour: Get Out Of The Gutter
A woman was reportedly “not surprised, but amused” when Coffee County issued her a license plate ending with the letters “WTF.” And for the record, the Tennessee Department of Revenue will replace these plates for free, but they doubt the letters are really that offensive because “not everyone has their mind in the gutter.” Well, [...]
Bright & Early: Thanks For The Memories Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We were relieved to hear that all of the exhibits in the Country Music Hall of Fame were safe, but those in the Musicians Hall of Fame didn’t even cross our minds. The latter, an iconic but often overlooked guardian of Music City’s rich history, closed a month or two ago to [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Feeling Texty Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Remember that texting-while-driving ban that passed last year? Seeing as today is National No Phone Zone Day, Metro might actually be out enforcing it. Since the law went into effect last July, we keep seeing news stories every few months about how the number of folks who have actually been pulled over [...]
Bright & Early: Don’t Tread On Us Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We mentioned briefly yesterday that the “guns in bars” bill was back for round two after the previous version was ruled unconstitutional last year. Proponents of the bill are hoping to make it a little more specific this time around since last year’s failure was a result of the vagueness of what [...]
Happy Hour: Find Your Own Way
If you’re one of the few and the proud who still use these things we call “paper maps,” the 2010 Tennessee map is now available online for free from TDOT. [City Paper] That Blue Cross Blue Shield hard drive theft was worse than folks originally thought, and now BCBS is sending out an additional 447,549 [...]
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