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Bright & Early: Mountains And Molehills Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A quick tour of this morning’s headlines: Davidson County Clerk John Arriola is likely breathing a sigh of relief this morning as the Metro Council deferred a bill calling for his resignation at last night’s meeting. The bill wouldn’t actually require him to take any action, but his office is already under [...]
Bright & Early: Pop And Lock Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Titans shuffled onto the practice field last night, opening Sunday’s festivities up to the public and giving us a small taste of the 2011 season that almost wasn’t. Rookie QB Jake Locker had one of his first chances to show fans that he has what it takes–or at least that he’s less [...]
Happy Hour: Bouncing Right Back
Good news! Our water reserves are holding steady enough that Mayor Dean said car washes can reopen for at least a few hours every day. Sadly, they’re revoking our temporary HOV lane privileges as of next Monday. [WTVF & Examiner] Sen. Lamar Alexander says that a new EPA guideline regarding lead paint could drastically slow [...]
Happy Hour: 99 Problems But A Drought Ain’t One
Our damage tally is now up to a cool $1.56 billion, and that’s just private homes and businesses. Sidewalks, roads, water systems and all that stuff will likely set us back quite a bit more. [City Paper] Aw shucks, Chief Serpas. Why you leaving us so soon? Was it something we said? Was it something [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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