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Because it makes as much sense as having a Tennessee state song : Number Eight. I’m not saying in this post that Smoky Mountain Rain by Ronnie Milsap isn’t a more than decent song. It’s a fine song. When I worked in radio, it was requested NON-STOP. Folks like it. I get that. But...
Or at least the amount of it, per Rick Locker at the CA: The Bredesen administration thought it was doing good for the Regional Medical Center by asking lawmakers to give it $20 million if that much new federal money for The Med isn't approved. So it raised eyebrows when interim County Mayor Joe...
And Liz Garrigan is right. Bloggers have been saying this for a couple of years. (Well, I said it in 2007. Self-link, bad form. I know, I know … but I have a point.) How can we reestablish industrial recruitment and maintain some semblance of economic development when we keep making bone-headed moves. Hospitality?...
From the presser and there are prizes to be won for the best of the best in various categories. Our goal is to continue raising awareness about wine sales in food stores and grow the membership. When we started in 2008, we thought there was no way we would get 15,000 members. Today, we...
And the Tennessee connection. A recently unlocked 2009 article from Harper’s tells the story of the predatory lending practices of “payday loans” and the place that birthed them – Cleveland, Tennessee. In light of 4 bills coming before the Tennessee General Assembly next week, this is a must-read article: She has snippets from the...
From the Dyersburg State Gazette comes this word: On Monday, Feb. 8, State Rep. Craig Fitzhugh (D-Ripley) released a statement announcing that he would seek re-election as state representative for the 82nd District. “After talking with my wonderful family, my friends and the great constituents of Crockett, Dyer and Lauderdale Counties, I am announcing...