Tag Archives: vandalism
Bright & Early: Adventuretime Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We keep getting more and more intrigued by this whole idea of an “Adventure Play Park” being built on the east bank of the Cumberland. So far we’ve heard talk of water jets, rock climbing walls, wading pools and an amphitheater, but we’re having a little trouble visualizing such a thing. What [...]
Bright & Early: Wash, Rinse, Repeat Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Jefferson Street Freedom Riders mural will be getting yet another coat of paint just two weeks after being repainted to cover up where vandals had whited out all of the black faces. This time around, which is actually the third time someone has defaced the mural since it was finished on [...]
Bright & Early: Throwing The Book Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro Nashville Public Schools released enrollment data this week that demonstrated that their rezoning plan, which has drawn quite a bit of fire from civil rights groups like the NAACP, has actually reduced the number of single-minority schools in the system. The overarching complaint about the changes has been that it promoted [...]
Happy Hour: Damage Control
The TVA is doling out $40 million to help Kingston, TN and the rest of Roane County get themselves back on track after December’s devastating ash spill. The money could be used for schools, recreation, or water infrastructure. This money is in addition to the $1 billion cleanup, $2 million PR campaign on behalf of [...]
Happy Hour: Bringing The Crazy
Two 14-year old boys were charged with covering a Franklin neighborhood with racist and gay-bashing grafitti and were caught because they left their own initials behind. [Tennessean]
We hope you weren’t too attached to 106.7 FM, the local ESPN radio station, because it was swapped out for Top 40 today at 1:06pm. Also, their new website [...]
Bright & Early: The Plan Is To Have A Plan Edition
Mayor Dean was out yesterday plugging his new plan to give the downtown riverfront a makeover. What are they actually planning on doing, you ask? Well, nobody knows yet. The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency has been charged with the task of coming up with a plan for the space, which they may get around [...]
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