Michael Cass

Nashville won't ban outdoor sales

In other action, Metro Council requires parking upgrades for after-hours clubs By Michael Cass • THE TENNESSEAN • November 19, 2008 Cracker Barrel can keep selling rocking chairs on its front porches and Home Depot can still...

Special election on English requirement is set for Jan. 22

Voters also will weigh in on a second referendum to allow more opportunities to change the Metro Charter By Michael Cass • THE TENNESSEAN • November 18, 2008 If you're going through a little election withdrawal, take heart:...

Group to lead restoration drive for Centennial Park

By Michael Cass • THE TENNESSEAN • November 18, 2008 More than a century after 1.8 million people visited for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville's best-known park is ready for a makeover. Mayor Karl Dean announced...

Charter-change drive has signatures to call for vote

An effort to give Metro Nashville voters more opportunities to amend the city charter has gathered enough voters' signatures to call for a referendum on the matter, the county's election administrator wrote this week.

Metro Council members upset about colleagues who took trip to Florida

As the national economy stumbles toward the holiday season and city job openings are slamming shut, more than a dozen Metro Council members are attending a four-day conference in Florida at a cost to taxpayers of more than...

After-hours clubs could lose alcohol rights

By Michael Cass • THE TENNESSEAN • November 12, 2008 Nashville's after-hours clubs, where patrons can bring their own alcoholic beverages after bars stop serving them, soon could lose their reason to exist. Alcohol would no...

'Green Street' program helps soak up storm runoff naturally

Metro Nashville would be able to use "green infrastructure" like planters and tree boxes on the public right of way to help manage its extensive storm-water problems under legislation introduced Tuesday.

Council to look at "Green Streets" to manage stormwater

By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer • November 11, 2008 Metro Nashville would manage stormwater with "green infrastructure" such as planters and tree boxes on public right of way under Metro Council legislation that will be...

Dean appoints marketing fund committee

By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer • November 11, 2008 Mayor Karl Dean has appointed a six-person committee to oversee a new "event marketing fund" for the city. The fund will use a 50-cent nightly hotel room tax to raise money to...

Charter activists have challenged authority before

By Michael Cass • THE TENNESSEAN • November 9, 2008 They like to mix it up, with mixed results. Attorney Jim Roberts has sued Davidson County Election Commission twice. One of Roberts’ associates, former Republican Party...

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