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Ken Whitehouse reports on the unfortunately early chatter on who may replace the late, great Nashville Public Defender Ross Alderman:

While it may seem “too soon” for many, speculation is rampant as to who will take Alderman’s seat.

By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean)• July 29, 2008

CP reporter Nate Rau constructs the same partial time-line of the Metro Council's rejection of rehabilitation services in agricultural districts that he has in the past incessantly and without reference to the seeming failures of Karl Dean's Metro Legal Department to discourage the council in 20

Ballet effort pushes immigrants to learn English

Tonight I was lucky enough to be at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition Dinner which honored outgoing Chairman David Lubell, along with former Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell and political player Johnny Hayes.

Former Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell notes that while everything between new Mayor Karl Dean and the Metro Council may seem roses right now, it won’t always be that way:

Kenneth Eaton, who received a third of a percent of the vote in the August 2007 Mayoral race, is at it again, this time in his bid for the US Senate.

As he leaves the arena, possibly for good, Emily Evans reflects on the legacy of former Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell: