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Happy Hour: Fighting The Good Fight
Rutherford County has decided to refuse a settlement offer in the Bible Park USA lawsuit. Basically, they’re saying they’ve done nothing wrong by saving Murfreesboro from the Bible-themed amusement park and don’t feel like shelling out a few million bucks to admit defeat. [WTVF] The legislature might have declared milk to be our official state [...]
Bright & Early: Happy Birthday, Al Gore Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We were trying to ignore the whole Al Gore Earth Hour saga, but in honor of his birthday today, we’ll give you the rundown. In case you’ve missed it, Drew Johnson, head of libertarian thinktank Tennessee Center for Policy Research, went lurking around Al’s mansion in Bellevue Belle Meade during Earth Hour [...]
Happy Hour: Well, That’s One Way To Do It
A first-year teacher at a Metro elementary school turned himself in after “realizing it was not an appropriate form of discipline” to tape third graders’ mouths shut or tape kids in their seats using packing tape. Uh, yes? [Tennessean] Nothing like a solid workday without power to make you appreciate the convenience of electricity, right? [...]
Bright & Early: Rocky Road Edition
Good morning, Nashville. If you’ve tried calling 911 in the past couple of months, you may be familiar with their hold music (we can actually tell you with certainty that they have none.) Or maybe you were the one who called them up and gave a panicked rundown of your emergency and received that “I [...]
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