Tag Archives: TDOT
Bright & Early: Twittering No More Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you’ve been enjoying all the live-tweeting and Facebooking by some members of the Metro Council during meetings, you can consider it a thing of the past. The Council attorney warned the twittering council members that such use of social media to inform the public could be a violation of the open [...]
Happy Hour: It’s 4:20 Somewhere
A new bill is being introduced in the Tennessee legislature that would legalize medical marijuana for people with certain medical conditions for $60 per ounce. [WKRN]
In the wake of announcing more than 1,000 layoffs in the state government, Governor Phil says he considered shutting state offices down every other Friday and furloughing employees instead. [WTVF]
The [...]
Bright & Early: Ready Set Fight Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro school officials are kicking around a couple of ideas for making up the last snow day, which was not actually a snow day because they’re out of those. For some reason, just every other school system in the midstate builds in anywhere from 10-12 snow days and they all seem to [...]
Happy Hour: We Have Another Situation (Maybe!)
The weatherpeople are calling for another possible Ice/Snow Situation early next week, which means we have six days to come up with another good hashtag. Get to work! [Nashville WX]
But considering that the kiddos are already out of snow days, they could be looking at Saturday school or the much-dreaded “extended school year,” which means [...]
Happy Hour: We Have A Situation
Nashville WX is doing a great job making sure they don’t build up our hopes and then crush them keeping us ahead of Friday’s storm, which they have decided to call “The Ice/Snow Situation.” Your Nashvillest will be following suit, but shortening the nickname to “The Situation,” or #thesituation2010. And actually, this one does look [...]
Bright & Early: What To Do With Bellevue Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Folks in Bellevue have been talking with the Metro Council about rezoning the Bellevue Center Mall turned into another incarnation of Hillwood High School, whose current building would be shut down. At the moment, the plan is to turn the mall into a mixed-use development (although Eric Crafton and Facebook seem to think [...]
Happy Hour: MILK AND BREAD, MILK AND BREAD
The trusty fleet of TDOT salt trucks are already hitting the road to prepare for that Gigantic Winter Storm we’re supposed to get on Thursday. They’ll probably be slathering the pavement with some of that beet juice we heard about a few weeks ago, which lowers the freezing point of the salt mixture. [WKRN]
Governor Phil [...]
Happy Hour: And… Freeze!
We’re looking at a possible first freeze tonight. Bring those plants inside! [WSMV]
A Ft. Campbell soldier was arrested yesterday after nearly 100 pounds of C-4 explosives were found at his house. No one has determined why he was hoarding them. [WKRN]
But speaking of blowing things up, TDOT started blasting on I-40 and White Bridge this [...]
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