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I would like to apologize in advance for a lack of snark this morning. I’ve been writing this epic research paper about minority disenfranchisement and legislative representation in local governing bodies for about two weeks, and well, the research that I’ve done has sucked the snark right out of my bones. I’m sure everything...
Evil Amy talks about the only thing to fear is fear itself. But fear is one scary thing, especially in this economy. It’s a long thoughtful post and she documents what she’s seen and heard in Nashville that has made her take pause. 1. Driving down Wedgewood, seeing multiple luxury condos for sale in...
As people around the state are helping others, it’s always good to remember everyone who lost during the floods earlier this month. Tent City residents are running out of time. The shelters are closing and homeless advocates who want to build a new encampment aren’t having any luck finding a new site. Many Tent...
In a bittersweet post at Pith in the Wind, Betsy Phillips writes about how the parks in Nashville did their job during the flooding. And now many of them are home to what was lost in the storms. I honestly hadn’t given much thought to the job so many of them did for us...
Ronal Serpas is the new head honcho in New Orleans after serving time in Nashville as chief of police. So, ummm, what is this? Secret files and audio recordings that were part of a private investigation about the way former Police Chief Ronal Serpas kept Nashville crime statistics were reported stolen earlier this month....
It’s been a long week y’all. I’m not trying to complain or anything, but it has. Seriously, when Monday seems like a month ago, you know it’s been a long week. Really, I don’t know where the week went. Looking at my schedule doesn’t make it seem like it’s been all crazy or anything,...
Channel 5 has the story. Raines has studied the latest numbers out of Davidson County. Both privately and publicly owned facilities will cost millions to repair. “Those are property losses and most of those property losses are going to be recoverable through insurance and federal assistance,” said Raines. The price tag for cleanup and...
Yesterday we wrote about some of the unintended consequences of the new Arizona immigration legislation. As with just about every piece of legislation, particularly one that is founded on an emotional reaction rather than a rational response to a problem, there are more unintended consequences than originally thought. One of those consequences is the...
From the always thoughtful Maria Brewer. In the last two weeks, communities all over Tennessee have been rocked by a widespread, almost slow-motion disaster. Flood waters rising and falling have left their muddy trail, high water marks 10, 15, 20 feet up in the trees. As I drive by the hollowed-out shells of what...
The Responsibility Of Nashville Political Reporters
There is a lot of online banter this week about Clint Brewer becoming the new political editor of the Tennessean. After leaving The City Paper, Brewer spent more than a year at the Tennessee Center for Policy Research before taking this latest gig. There has been a lot of pontificating regarding his joining the...
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