• Ryan Suter would like to discuss his feelings, and his feelings are that leaving the Preds was “something that happened” and he just wanted to live in a place where he could see his family every once in a while, okay? But he’s sorry for the pain he caused us and he really loves Nashville.
• Only about 15% of the workforce in Middle Tennessee has access to mass transit, making us the 84th best US city for public transit. Out of 100, that is.
• Murfreesboro is still voting on the Islamic Center, which is now just about finished. Chancellor Robert Corlew has now issued an injunction preventing the building from being occupied, and the planning commission is stepping up to the plate to fight it. This all stems from the May 2010 controversy over the public meeting in which the mosque’s construction plans were approved.
• The IRS is auctioning off all of Young Buck’s stuff after his Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization turned into a Chapter 7 liquidation. The auction includes, but is not limited to, some impressionist art, a Louis Vuitton gun holster, a Ms. Pacman game, a Titans soda machine, some Ed Hardy stuff, and our personal favorite–the ol’ glow mirror marijuana leaf picture.
• Speaking of drugs, 11 Nashville stores were shuttered for selling that fake marijuana in which Miley once famously partook.
• And speaking of even more drugs, Mt. Juliet police busted up a pot-growing operation next to a church daycare.
• More rain the forecast, and we sure need it.
• A big improvement project is in the works for the stretch of 5th Avenue between Church and Union, which will include “a canopy of lights high enough to be seen from Broadway.”

Photo by Eric Perez.