AG Opposes Fisk/O’Keeffe Settlement, Again

The Tennessee Attorney General may have again disrupted a legal settlement that would give Fisk University some much needed funds from selling off part of its art collection. The school has been in a years-long court battle with the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe over control of the 101-piece Stieglitz collection, donated by O’Keeffe […]

Metro property taxes have become a hot topic in the weeks leading up to the run-off between mayoral candidates Bob Clement and Karl Dean. The talk mostly has centered around a pledge not to raise taxes. Clement took it. Dean didn’t.

But there’s much more behind the issue.

Senator Lamar Alexander says tobacco should be regulated, by not by the FDA. Congress is considering a bill to put the Food and Drug Administration in charge of controlling a tobacco company’s ingredients, marketing efforts, and recalls. Earlier this week, a group of religious leaders–including the Southern Baptist Convention’s Richard Land–called for its passage, saying […]

Mayoral Candidate Bob Clement is calling for more law enforcement in the Hickory Hollow area. In response to what he calls, a “lack of police protection” for south Nashville, Clement says he intends to strengthen police presence there. Clement says that only one patrol car is assigned to the zone which covers the Hickory Hollow […]

Nashville mayoral candidate Karl Dean is issuing ads of his own to combat claims made by his opponent, Bob Clement. Clement has pledged not to raise property taxes. Dean has refused to do the same, calling the pledge a gimmick. Clement’s newest ad features a clip of Dean from Saturday’s mayoral debate, saying he could […]

A group of African American clergy calling themselves the ‘New Wine Ministers’ endorsed Karl Dean to be Nashville’s next mayor (today/yesterday) but not without some dissent. The group sent questionnaires about African American issues to both Dean and Bob Clement. New Wine founder Victor Singletary says both made commitments to provide more city contracts for […]

Davidson County’s Juvenile Court Clerk was arrested today on civil contempt charges. Vic Lineweaver is accused of holding up pending cases for more than a year by not delivering records. Last Tuesday, Judge Betty Green gave Lineweaver one week to deliver the files pertaining to certain cases. When he missed that deadline, the judge ordered […]

A New Orleans native called WPLN (today/yesterday) to say thanks to the people of Cookeville who reached out to his family following Hurricane Katrina. Bill Knecht rode out the storm two years ago at the hospital where he works, but his wife fled the city ahead of the hurricane. The Knecht’s reunited at a parking […]

The California-based company looking to redevelop Bellevue Center released details of its $100 million dollar plan at a community meeting last night. Foursquare Properties would keep Sears and Macy’s but demolish the rest of the mall, making room for an open-air shopping center with big stores and boutiques. Retiree John Baker works at the mall […]

The candidates running for at-large metro council seats are also denying to take the pledge to never raise property taxes. The eight candidates faced off Tuesday night at a forum at Vanderbilt University. Retiree Martin Weingartner says he’s concerned about mayoral candidate Bob Clement’s pledge to never raise property taxes, because, as Weingartner says, there […]