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Winemakers Perry and Elaine Casteel have begun pulling up their vines after 15 years of crushing grapes at Tri-Star Vineyards and Winery. The Casteels plan to retire to their "dream home" after this...

As Post Politics reported here earlier this week, Knoxvile Mayor Bill Haslam will speak today at a picnic and straw poll for Davidson County Republicans.

By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • May 15, 2008

Georgianna Vines reports that one of three Knoxvillians attending the Green Party’s national convention as delegates believes he knows who will emerge as the nominee:

The vines had grown to the top of the fence. They’d grown over the fence and into the deck. They’d killed the grill, made the chairs impossible to sit in. They’d clogged the downspouts and were slowly but surely taking over the fabric of the house itself, prying wood from wood with their deceptive greenness.

Georgia Vines reports that the Republican primary race between two sitting members of the General Assembly, conservative state Senate Senator Raymond Finney and Naifeh Republican Doug Overbey, is heating up:

Finney said he talked with Overbey about waiting four years to seek the Senate seat. Assuming he wins, Finney said he probably would not run again because he wants to enjoy his retirement.

When I was a little girl I read the Madeline books..."In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived 12 little girls in two straight lines..."It was pure poetry!

As I reflect upon the ups & downs of Fred Thompson's campaign, I will share with you a few observations from myself and that I have gleaned from others.

Let's hope that our own Homelessness Commission watches this closely. It's good to know that key players in the Project 50 effort are plugged in to Nashville's homeless advocacy groups and efforts.

While we are at times literally decades behind other states in their progressive approaches to treating the problems of Homelessness, we do have the ability to kick some administrative ass when necessary. It behooves us to remember that Nashville was, at least in the 90s, the progressive