Profile of Mayoral Candidate Karl Dean

Karl Dean came into the race to be Nashville’s next mayor as a political unknown, at least when compared with his opponent. Bob Clement could be considered the polar opposite, born with a name tied to Tennessee politics. Now the two are matched up in a run-off that’s the closest race Metro’s seen in decades. Dean came into the studio to talk with WPLN’s Blake Farmer about what has led up to his bid for mayor. He starts with boyhood Karl, growing up in New England.

Today, in the second of a three part series, we take a look at who’s running for the four open at-large Metro Council seats. We started with the three term-limited councilmen who are vying for the open seats, J.B. Loring, Ronnie Greer and Charlie Tygard. All three ran up against term limits for the district […]

The Nashville Symphony has named a musical director to replace the late Kenneth Schermerhorn. After two-and-a-half years, the search committee unanimously approved Giancarlo [jon-CAR-lo] Guerrero to take over beginning with the 2009-2010 season. The well-known Leonard Slatkin has served as music adviser in the interim and will remain until Guerrero fills the spot. Symphony CEO […]

Next week, Davidson County voters will go to the polls to choose Nashville’s next mayor. Nine-year old Bob Clement’s earliest memory of his life in politics comes from when his father, Frank Clement, ran for governor. Since then, Clement has been in an out of public office. He’s held various jobs in between, including owning a marketing firm and serving briefly as president of Cumberland University. Clement’s hoping to carry all that experience into the mayor’s office. WPLN’s Christine Buttorff has this profile.

In the waning days of this summer’s election, the two candidates for mayor stuck to their issues last night in a forum sponsored by Tennessee State University. The questions from a panel of civic leaders touched on issues ranging from controlling Nashville’s growth to funding for Nashville General Hospital. Without being asked, both candidates said […]

Candidates in Metro’s run-off election made their financial disclosures with the election commission yesterday and the mayor’s race saw a shift. Mayoral candidate Karl Dean had largely self-financed his campaign up until the general election. Since then, the former Metro Law director hasn’t contributed any money to his campaign and still out-raised his opponent Bob […]

This year, elections in Nashville are drawing out a record number of voters in large part because of the Mayor’s race. But former Metro legal director Karl Dean and former Congressman Bob Clement aren’t the only ones in a runoff. Eight other candidates are vying for 4 at-large council seats. Today, in the first of […]

The most valuable property in the state and some say even the Southeast remains in limbo now that the Metro Council has met for the last time this term. The old thermal transfer site in Nashville on the west bank of the Cumberland River was all-but destined to be home to a minor league baseball […]

Nurses for Newborns assists families in 30 Tennessee counties. And as of today, its founder is the winner of a national award for social innovation. The Civic Ventures Purpose Prize celebrates people over the age of 60 who’ve devoted the second half of their lives to finding solutions to community problems. Recipient Sharon Rohrbach worked […]

After a month in recess, Congress goes back to work today. And one of the first items on the agenda is Iraq. General David Petraeus will soon report on the progress of the ongoing surge and is expected to suggest some sort of cutbacks in troop levels. Congressman Jim Cooper already has a specific number […]