town hall meetings

The Obamessiah has officially said "no" to any town-hall debates with John McCain. It's understandable. Obama doesn't do well in that type of format.

Cara Kumari gets some impressions of the buyout process from some state employees who attended today’s closed-press seminar:

WSMV reporter Cara Kumari shares an anecdote from her off:

Today, state employees will be able to attend two town hall meetings here in Nashville about the VBP. I am hoping to attend one of those meetings this afternoon.

Ben Cunningham points to an article in The Independent which shows that Cuba, under Raul Castro, is moving closer to Chinese/Vietnamese style communist governments, which employ some version of a free market.

Once again, our favorite blogging state house reporter is on the case with some more news on the state employee buyout.

John McCain said that questions like this are “the great thing about town hall meetings.”
Referring to this story, watch (on youtube) John McCain avoid the tough question from a Baptist Minister where McCain wouldn’t lower himself to being held accountable:  A definite ‘non-denial’. 
The questioner, Marty Parrish said, “This is about character, and in [...]

Constituents had a wide variety of questions and complaints for State Sen. Jim Tracy as he held a series of town hall meetings around the 16th District on Friday. A group of about 30 citizens and...

Hillary Clinton is correct about her Democratic opponent when she complains that all he does is give speeches, but he is so good at it that it’s not hard to imagine Obama reading the phone book and still attracting followers. He is entirely devoid of substance.

Is this an example of insightful analysis? Or just Bob Krumm regurgitating the now countless blog posts and editorials discussing the "cult" like na

But mayor has no desire to toss out school board
By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • January 27, 2008

Mayor Karl Dean wants a say in deciding who will lead Nashville schools both short-term and for the long haul, but he's not looking to throw out the Metro school board, he said in an interview.

Dean also said the school district should open more charter schools as it tries to provide good options for every student and family across the city.