Tag Archives: MP&F
Happy Hour: Life As A Tent
Nashville’s Tent City made the Wall Street Journal yesterday, just in time for Otter Creek’s Night Out for Tent City event tonight. [WSJ] Regardless of the fact that Rep. Jim Cooper canceled his appearance at West End Middle School, tea partiers have decided they’re going to protest outside the school anyway and even floated the [...]
Happy Hour: In The Red Edition
Tax revenue fell by 11% during the month of July, making this the first full year in the history of Tennessee that revenue collection has been in decline. [Pith In The Wind] It wouldn’t be a typical week in Nashville without a truck nearly getting wedged underneath an overpass. [WKRN] MDHA director Phil Ryan says [...]
Bright & Early: Drama-Rama Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The drama over the convention center and the $450,000 in PR spending escalated at last night’s Metro Council meeting. Councilman Mike Jameson got up at the beginning of the meeting during the time traditionally set aside for minor announcements and delivered a scathing speech which, among other things, accused PR firm McNeely [...]
Bright & Early: The Buck Stops There Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Just a few days after News Channel 5 blasted Metro for some outrageous spending on convention center PR, Mayor Dean put his foot down. An investigative report revealed that Metro had shelled out about six times the amount that was in the original contract with local PR firm McNeely Pigott & Fox, [...]
Metro Shatters Convention Center PR Budget By… A Lot [Nashvillest Polls]
From the very beginning, plans for the new convention center have been met with a lot of resistance from folks who are concerned about the city taking on such a huge project in the midst of a sour economy. Supporters of the project insist that it’s an investment–we have to spend money to make money. [...]
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