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White’s Creek writes at Roane Views today about a bit of timing that seems a bit too much of a coincidence. TN’s Real Estate Transfer Fee pays for parks and important lands to be purchased by the state, saving them forever. Republicans must hate the idea of government actually doing good things for its...
There isn’t any doubt that BP and President Barack Obama/Washington are counting, or hoping at least, on this latest effort, after a month of failed attempts to work. Deep thought today: What if it doesn’t? And what does a Top Kill going to kill other than an underwater volcano spewing oil under 5,000 feet...
Former Indianapolis Mayor, Stephen Goldsmith, spoke yesterday at a forum hosted by Rebuild Government about the challenges of consolidation as well as some of the opportunities that unifying the two largest governments in Shelby County presents. Here are two looks at what he said, first from the Commercial Appeal: In an interview Tuesday, Goldsmith,...
In a post by Miryam Ehrlich Williamson from The Back Forty, she writes a poignant post comparing a natural disaster from her childhood to the events in the BP/Gulf Coast Disaster. People, she writes, have an idea how to help themselves during a disaster as they have warning. Not always, but sometimes they do....
We have heard a lot of wonderful stories of community, of strong will and sadness in the aftermath of the Tennessee Flood. Grey Street Girl is chronicling her journey in Nashville at the blog Adventures in Disaster Recovery. In her first post from earlier this month, she described that fateful day when she saw...
It’s been nearly a month since the devastating floods that struck communities across Tennessee. In that time there have been all manner of relief efforts, from calls for donations and volunteers, to concerts and other events. Last weekend there was one such event at the Beechaven Winery and Vinyards in Clarksville. From the Leaf...