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Bright & Early: Waiting, Waiting, Waiting Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Food truck owners who are eager to arrive at an agreement with Metro will have to wait a bit longer… again. Metro Traffic & Parking Commission has now deferred making a decision on regulations indefinitely, after a few months of “come back next month.” The commission will instead work with other Metro [...]
Bright & Early: Do You Believe In Magic Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve all heard about the federal budget woes ad nauseum over the past few weeks, and now the money troubles are hitting us where it really hurts: Our airport. The Nashville International Airport has been undergoing some extensive renovations recently which have resulted in some awfully confusing Monday mornings trying to pick our way around construction [...]
Bright & Early: Is It Really May Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Brrr! We’re standing strong and repeating the mantra “we will not turn on the heat in May,” but we’re probably fighting a losing battle as temperatures won’t return to the 70′s until Thursday. The good news is that this chilly weather has been confusing the cicadas, silencing their noisy song at least [...]
Bright & Early: Get To Work Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk David Torrence could be penalized up to losing his job after WSMV planted a camera outside his house and found that he only works three days per week and pulls in a six-figure, taxpayer-funded salary. They also found that he uses his county car for liquor store runs [...]
Bright & Early: Tightening The Belt Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Board of Education approved the 2011-12 budget for Metro Schools last night, which means it’s well on its way to Metro Council and Mayor for final approval. Thanks to some federal stimulus funds ending, they expect to suffer a net loss of 430 positions next year including 80-100 classroom teachers. Though the [...]
Bright & Early: All You Need Is _____ Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Valentine’s Day if you’re into that sort of thing! One thing we can all be into is the beautiful spring weather we get to enjoy this week. Temperatures will hit the upper-50s this week and possibly climb to 70 by Thursday. Hard to believe we were all sitting in the [...]
Happy Hour: Lights, Camera, Action
Belmont’s discrimination debacle landed them front and center on the New York Times’ website today. [NYTimes] Vandy finally landed a new football coach today. Former Maryland offensive coordinator James Franklin hopes to turn the team around after the two straight seasons of a 2-10 record. [Tennessean] Meanwhile in Murfreesboro, mosque opponents plan to keep on [...]
Bright & Early: A Day Late And A Dollar Short Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Friday. The flooded Tennessee Tower is causing some serious problems for thousands of folks waiting for unemployment checks. A sprinkler system inside the building burst earlier this week, flooding an electrical vault and causing a pretty big power outage. Tennessee Department of Labor officials say that about 40,000 checks are [...]
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