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Bright & Early: The Recession Lives On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As part of a last-ditch effort to salvage some jobs within Metro, the city council will be going back over some budget revisions tonight that will hopefully save 17 positions. In order to come up with the extra money, the proposed amendments would shave off some funds from the Convention & Visitors [...]
Bright & Early: We’ve Got Issues Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Over the past few months, we’ve been following the story of three VA hospitals, including one in Murfreesboro, that may have infected dozens of veterans with HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C through the use of contaminated medical equipment. VA officials are slated to testify at a congressional hearing in DC in [...]
Bright & Early: Summertime Rolls Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Today is the last day of school for Metro students, and although we’re not sure we’re ready for them to be running loose and stealing our lawn ornaments all summer, we can certainly remember the importance of this sacred day for the kiddos. And hey, a few less buses and 15 mph [...]
Mayor Dean’s Long & Boring Speech Explained [State Of Metro]
Today, Mayor Dean gave the annual State of Metro address out in front of the new bus terminal on Charlotte, joined by the likes of Keith Urban and some girl doing sign language. We understand that most of you don’t have 30 minutes to sit around and watch our fearless leader Mayor Karl Dean wax [...]
Bright & Early: Testing, Testing, 1-2-3 Edition
Good morning, Nashville. There isn’t a whole lot of good news coming out of Metro Nashville Public Schools these days, and we’re afraid the headlines this morning are no exception. We won’t know for sure if they’ve met federal No Child Left Behind benchmarks until standardized testing scores come back in the spring, but real-time [...]
Bright & Early: Cultural Sensitivity 101 Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Members of the local Kurdish community are none to pleased with the Williamson County GOP this morning after discovering that party officials posted a statement (EDIT: Screenshot by Mike Byrd) on the group’s website back in July saying that “…There are 8,000 Kurdish immigrants living here in Nashville trying to repay our [...]
Bright & Early: Fearmongering Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The election for Williamson County Sheriff took a nasty turn this week when candidate Tommy Campsey started hanging campaign posters around town that many say were racially charged. “Like a thief in the night, illegal immigrants sneak into our communities and live among us in violation of the law,” reads the [...]
Happy Hour: Monolingual Edition
The English-only drama continues, this time with whisperings about the Metro Council formally asking voters to ignore Councilman Eric Crafton’s petition post cards and vote against the amendment when it inevitably shows up on the November ballot. [Tennessean]
It’s been almost a year since the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, and TDOT is assuring us that Tennessee [...]
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