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Bright & Early: Governor Phil To Governor Bill Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The barrage of robocalls and campaign commercials is finally over, Election Day went off (mostly) without a hitch, and our new governor-elect is Bill Haslam, who raked in nearly double the votes that his Democratic opponent did. Weirdly enough, this guy came in third while Crazy Man James checked in near the [...]
Happy Hour: Probably Worth Celebrating
Yay for us! Nashville’s crime rate was down for the 5th year straight and is actually at its lowest point in 18 years. Guess we’re doing something right! [WKRN] The latest estimate says we’ll be getting $4.28B from the economic stimulus package, which includes that $600M for highway projects that we talked about a few [...]
Happy Hour: In Which We Watch The Ravens Crash & Burn
The City Paper gives us a few hints about what we should watch out for in tomorrow’s showdown. [City Paper] And speaking of the Titans, Kevin Mawae is definitely a no-go for Saturday’s showdown. [WTVF] The TVA spill we’ve been keeping an eye on all day was actually not the second one, but the third. [...]
Bright & Early: Bambi Goes Rogue Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Watch out for those deer while you’re driving around for the next few weeks. It’s mating season, which means the dude deer will be chasing the chick deer all over the place and probably in front of your car. On Friday, one deer flew through the windshield of a moving car, tumbled [...]
Forbes Says Retire Here, Nashville Not For Singles [Mixed Reviews]
Things have slowed down on the Mixed Reviews By People Who Don’t Live Here front, but we can always count on having a couple on hand (we just can’t promise that they’re interesting). This week, we find that Forbes has ranked Nashville the 10th best place to retire. Not to let the retirees get all [...]
Bright & Early: Conventional Things Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Republican National Convention wrapped up last night, and Tennessee definitely left its mark. In case you missed Marsha Blackburn and Bill Frist, you can catch their speeches on YouTube here and here. More importantly, you may have also missed the John Rich’s “Raisin’ McCain” that closed out McCain’s big speech last [...]
Happy Hour: Barrel Of Laughs (And Our 500th Post!)
You may be among the few and the proud who have been around Nashville long enough to remember Adam Dread, former councilman/radio host/stand-up comedian who spent the better part of his term with his foot permanently lodged in his mouth. Well, he’s back on the stage and opening up for comedian Steve McGraw at Zanies [...]
Happy Hour: Hasta La Vista, Baby!
Okay, for real this time–English First will not be on the ballot in November. As it were, the Davidson County Election Commission has proven that it’s capable of doing something other than losing our Social Security numbers and voted down the measure today 3-2. [WTVF] A big computer glitch with the FAA delayed at least [...]
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