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 to the source of the misinformation.
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. South Dakota has shifted 100 miles of rural roads back to gravel. (more…)
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 information was revealed and the property owner now has a new hearing. But Bernhardt critics won’t let up as they continue to find ways to dog the planning director.
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 predecessor George Bush. The context has to be politics because after all, adult supervision of Wall Street youthfulness helped cause the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression. (more…)
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. (more…)
Our friends at the Nashville Business Journal wrote about the big Charlotte Avenue deal Wednesday on their web site. Here is the link. (more…)
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. (more…)
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