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State Senate District 17 Race About Gay Candidates?
We have an item on the main web site that Republican State Sen. Mae Beavers’ husband, Jerry, thinks that the Democrat his wife will run against in the general election is either gay or a philanderer. His whisper campaign started in the office of a rural weekly newspaper. Normally whisper campaigns leave few fingerprints as [...]
Could budget shortfalls mean Rural Tennessee Reverts to Gravel Roads?
As Tennessee and local governments deal with continuing budget shortfalls, road maintenance and construction could feel more of a pinch and cheaper alternatives may be necessary.
The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that in Michigan, 38 of 83 counties converted asphalt roads to gravel. Counties in Pennsylvania and Alabama have been shifting to chip-and-seal roads. [...]
Metro Planning director getting razzed again
Our paid site has a story about Metro Planning Director Rick Bernhardt giving incorrect information at the Board of Zoning Appeals against an application for a sign variance in the new Donelson Urban Design Overlay. The information meant a property owner didn’t get the sign variance he sought. In meeting the following month, the incorrect [...]
Noonan disses youth, a Yarbro lesson
The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan writes that America is in need of some adult supervision, yearning for the days of yore when elder statesmen provided sage advice and leadership based on years of experience.
Noonan’s context is largely politics and something of a slap to President Obama, with only a quick tweak of his [...]
Cooper causing trouble again.
Perhaps Jim Cooper is simply too honest for Washington D.C. In a Huffington Post op-ed, Cooper reveals he was basically ordered by the House Democratic Leadership NOT to work with moderate Republicans on health care reform.Cooper:
Something major happened yesterday. Democrats and Republicans, working together, unveiled a bipartisan comprehensive health care reform plan. Tom Daschle, Bob [...]
No guns on Beale. Good Call.
It seems the Beale Street Merchants Association is going to band together to ban guns in their establishments. Storefronts and retail windows will sport “No Guns Allowed” signs in the wake of the so-called “guns in bars” legislation that passed the General Assembly.
Yea, we had that first.
Our friends at the Nashville Business Journal wrote about the big Charlotte Avenue deal Wednesday on their web site.
Mae Beavers may leave State Senate
In today’s Lebanon Democrat, a story from reporter J.R. Lind reveals that the Tennessee Republican Party may have an unexpected open Senate seat fight on its hands in 2010.
Third and long.
On our paid site today, Richard Lawson has an interesting piece about the latest funding request for the Music City Bowl.
Councilwoman Evans Deconstructs Convention Center Financing
Metro Councilwoman Emily Evans apparently had a premonition about how Sunday’s convention center debate at Vanderbilt University was going to turn out, then rips apart the Music City Center’s proposed financing plan. Meanwhile Walt Baker, chief executive officer of the Greater Nashville Hospitality Association, does a little rift of his own on the “facts” of the convention center…
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