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Bright & Early: Parks & Rec Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro officials are trying to figure out how the Parks & Recreation managed to go $1 million over budget without anyone realizing it before it was too late. The city had to make some pretty expensive repairs courtesy of a lightning strike back in the summer, and they also decided to keep [...]
Happy Hour: It’s Distracting
Tennessee police still aren’t writing too many tickets for texting while driving because they haven’t figured out how to enforce it. [Tennessean]
Metro Council will soon start debating whether Nashville should opt out of the guns in parks law, although we’re not sure where this fits in. [WKRN]
One of the office complexes in Cool Springs was [...]
Happy Hour: No Touching, No Touching!
Some of you were all a-twitter this morning about a power outage in Cool Springs and Brentwood. The culprit? Some birds playing a little too close to the substation. [Tennessean]
For the folks going to Bonnaroo this year, Jimmy Buffet will be making an appearance, or so says band member Nadirah Shakoor’s Twitter. [Tennessean]
Senator Lamar Alexander [...]
Bright & Early: Keep The Ball Rolling Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Developers of the reviled Bible Park USA are “very, very close” to deciding which part of the state they’ll target next in their quest to snag some land for the Bible-themed amusement park. We’re still pretty convinced that the whole idea sounds a little ridiculous, but our money’s on Lebanon and Wilson [...]
Happy Hour: A Very Dark Knight
Word on the street is that Karl Rove will be in town next Saturday, July 26th, drumming up support and for John McCain at the 32nd Annual Statesman’s Dinner. Also on the roster are former senator Bill Frist, Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, and Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. Our sources tell [...]
Bright & Early: Wanna Get Away Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We hear it’s been a rough road for our favorite former Director of Schools Pedro Garcia ever since the city ran him out earlier this year, but we didn’t know it was this bad: He’s having such a hard time selling is $1.2M Brentwood mansion that he’s now throwing a pair of [...]
Happy Hour: Bible Belted
A second Bible theme park is in the works for Middle Tennessee. Trinity Broadcasting Network wants to move part of its Holy Land Experience park up to Hendersonville. We’re sort of terrified. [WSMV]
Since three Metro police officers were fired for steroid usage, they’ve decided to add anabolic steroids to the random drug testing procedure they [...]
Better Than Therapy: Lamar Is Listening
We’ve been lamenting over the sad state of our gas tanks for a few months now, and it doesn’t look like we’re going to see prices go down anytime soon. We’re always looking for new ways to whine about how we’re having to ride our bikes everywhere and figure out how to take the bus [...]
Bright & Early: He Walks The Line Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you weren’t in Las Vegas last night for the ACM Awards like the luckier half of the city, chances are you might have been watching them on TV. Either way, Nashvillest sends out a big “congrats” to all of the winners, and especially to 2008 Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney. [...]
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