budget shortfall – Nashvillest

Thursday News Rodeo: Derecho Damage, Recycling Woes, and The Big Payback

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020Stephen Yeargin Comment

PSA: Today is the last day of the Big Payback, a 24 hour event benefiting Nashville area non-profit organizations. Many of these organizations [...]

Thursday News Rodeo: Property Tax Increase, Emergency Cash Assistance, and We Love Dolly Parton

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020Stephen Yeargin Comment

PSA: The decennial census is still happening in Nashville despite the March 3 tornadoes and coronavirus outbreak. Be counted! Nashville Mayor John Cooper [...]

Monday News Rodeo: Living Room Film Club, Joe Diffie, and Unemployment Claims

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020Stephen Yeargin Comment

PSA: Our friends at the Nashville Scene are having a particularly difficult time without concerts or events to advertise and general ad spending [...]

Thursday News Rodeo: Stabbing Suspect Captured, Beiber at Nissan Stadium, and the Titans Playoff Path

December 26, 2019December 29, 2019Stephen Yeargin Comment

The suspect in the fatal stabbing deaths of two men and the injury of one other outside a midtown bar Saturday night has [...]

Monday News Rodeo: Boner Awards, Liberace’s Piano, and Belmont Debate Debatable

December 16, 2019December 16, 2019Stephen Yeargin Comment

The Metro Council passed an emergency budget to fill an estimated $41 million hole in the operating budget for the remainder of the [...]

Thursday News Rodeo: Dolly Parton, Top Restaurants, and Code Blue

December 12, 2019December 11, 2019Stephen Yeargin Comment

Mayor John Cooper repeatedly said the city is in receivership (think of it as like a civic bankruptcy) at a breakfast with business [...]

Thursday News Rodeo: Body Cam Delay, Shadow Patriot, and an Animatronic Karaoke Bar

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019Stephen Yeargin Comment

William Weeden, the executive director of the city’s Community Oversight Board, has abruptly resigned his position saying that he was under too much [...]