I haven't posted in a while mainly due to the schedule required of a pastor during the holidays. I, like others, was not surprised to see the Tennessean name Karl Dean as the Nashvillian of the Year given the narrative that has been forming in recent months. I understand the argument to be made for... Continue Reading →
Kudos for the Mayor . . . on this issue . . .
During the past year or so, I have found myself more and more in conflict with the priorities the current mayoral administration. Honestly, this surprised me a bit, for I had voted for Karl Dean, and had worked closely with Jim Hester and others in the battle against the English Only amendment. And yet, as... Continue Reading →
If Not The Fairgrounds, Where?
While many of us were trapped in our snug little houses with our out-of-school kids, Mayor Karl Dean was speaking to the Nashville Rotary club, offering up all sorts of tidbits for consideration. As Joey Garrison reported in the City Paper, Mayor Dean reiterated that he was giving the fairgrounds conversation a “time-out” , but... Continue Reading →
Gail Kerr May Be Right, but Is Still Wrong
This morning, Karl Dean’s personal columnist Gail Kerr wrote a piece in the Tennessean that has generated much commentary, both on the web site and among neighborhood types on Twitter. Kerr continued her unbroken trend of never writing a critical word about our Mayor, suggesting that it is hopeless for any “serious” candidate to take... Continue Reading →
Real Citizens Couldn’t Do That, Could They?
Stephen George's article in the Scene about the Fairgrounds Debate is an interesting read that does a pretty good side of presenting the degree to which the administration is failing in it's attempt to sell the project. In the midst of that article, this one statement jumped out: But as neighborhood residents, fairgrounds advocates... Continue Reading →
The Blame Game
In the debate over the fairgrounds proposal and the administration’s proposed creation of the Expo Center at Hickory Hollow, I have noticed a troubling phenomenon among those who oppose the project. This movement is exemplified in Mike Byrd’s blog post of tonight: What has Hickory Hollow owner CBL done for Nashville that would warrant Metro... Continue Reading →
The War of the Fairgrounds
It’s no secret that I have been skeptical of the proposal to close down the existing fairgrounds. Certainly some of this is based in nostalgia for my past, with fond memories of riding the Skyliner at Fair Park and seeing pre-airplane crash Lynyrd Skynyrd at the racetrack in the ‘70’s. In recent years, our family... Continue Reading →
The Task Force Mayor
Mike Byrd offers a good critique of the "task force" orientation of Mayor Karl Dean. Check it out: While reporter Garrison provides no warrant for the claim that the task force has created community buy-in (other than a comparison with a city where an unpopular mayor operates without task forces), lets assume for a... Continue Reading →
Blame the @#$%&
Image via Wikipedia “We know that FEMA will be issuing some deadlines of their own pretty soon when they will stop reimbursing the city after a set date for debris collection,” Hopkins-Glascock said. “In anticipation of those FEMA deadlines we set our own deadline for today for residents to put their items out.” --City Paper... Continue Reading →
Historic is not unprecedented…
It's been interesting to watch the response of some leaders in our city to write off this recent flood event as a once in a lifetime occurrence. In the first weeks I would hear folks talk about it being the proverbial 100 year flood. As we moved further from the day of reckoning, more and... Continue Reading →
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