• The Nashville Election Commission says that 10,249 people turned out for the first day of early voting in this year’s mid-term elections, which was comparable to a presidential election year. Early voting will be held at all 11 satellite sites around town until November 1, with regular election day voting on Tuesday, November 6.
• The Tennessean apparently let the editors of Buzzfeed rank the best polling places? ?
• The union representing Nashville’s firefighters has released a statement opposing Amendment 1 that would create a community oversight board to investigate police misconduct cases. The group cites the cost and structure of the board among their reasons to oppose.
• Amendment 1 is one of the more controversial amendments to the Metro Charter, with both sides appealing directly to voters. You can read about it and the other five amendments here.
• A day-long standoff with police in Madison ended yesterday after the SWAT team used thermal imaging equipment to locate a fourth suspect hiding in the attic and sending tear gas into the space to get him to surrender. The men are accused of home invasion.
• A study by a staffing service has found that Nashville ranks first in the nation in tired workers, based on 2,800 responses in 28 major cities nationwide. Nationwide, 74 percent of workers say they are somewhat or very tired at work. ?
• The city has hired a private law firm to defend against a million dollar sexual harassment and assault lawsuit brought by a former Metro Nashville Public Schools administrator against a her boss. Metros own attorneys recused themselves from the case for an unspecified conflict of interest.
• The new Chick-fil-A on Church Street will be a prototype restaurant for the company, focusing on catering and delivery instead of dining on site, with most of the space taken up by the kitchen. It will also be credit card only.
• A “pocket park” planned for North Nashville will be adjacent to I-40 as a reminder of of the impact of gentrification and the particularly cruel way the interstate paved over predominantly black neighborhoods. The smaller parks are part of a master plan for the city’s green space.
• Nashville MTA Wego Public Transit is introducing free WiFi service on the first of its re-painted buses, the 60-ft articulated vehicles that travel the city’s major corridors, as well as enhancements that  use position of the vehicle downtown to determine when best to switch to electric power. The goal with the latter system is to cut down on noise and pollution.
• They might want to be a little more careful in traffic, though. ?
• The Nashville Regional Transit Authority (RTA) buses have lagged behind their city counterparts in terms of ridership and stable agreements for park-and-ride lots. WPLN says that ridership is down seven percent since 2017.
• Data compiled by a real estate group points to a slowing housing market in Nashville, but one with rising prices. Sales were down 14 percent, but the average home cost about $296,000.
• The Nashville Predators (5-1-0) picked up a 4-2 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild (2-2-2) Monday night to close out their season-opening home-stand. They hit the road West to play back-to-back games against the Calgary Flames (3-2-0) Friday and the Edmonton Oilers (2-2-0) Saturday.
• Nashville SC, the city’s minor league soccer club, has made the playoffs in their inaugural season and will face top-ranked FC Cincinnati at 3 p.m. Saturday in Ohio. Nashville fought to a draw twice during the regular season.
• As for the future home of soccer in Nashville, The Save Our Faigrounds group has sued the city to stop construction of a new MLS stadium at Fairgrounds Nashville, specifically the removal of thousands of parking spaces currently used by flea market vendors. Prior lawsuits were dismissed by a judge because as premature.
• Prominent Nashville immigration lawyer Elliott Ozment, who represented a pregnant woman who gave birth in custody while shackled to her bed in Davidson County Sherrifs Office custody, has died following a stroke. Ozment was 71.
• A Davidson County judge has ruled that certain public records can revert to being non-public if they are part of an ongoing criminal investigation. The case stems from a News Channel 5 investigation of a former Acting TBI director’s affair with another state official.
• WPLN has the story about a Nashville couple being honored posthumously for converting their home into a makeshift hospital for black patients that were turned away from white hospitals in the early 1900s.
• Thanks to everyone who voted for us in “Best of Nashville” this year. We came up a bit short for Best Blog (Local), but you can check out all the winners on the website.

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