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Enclave stands up for the rural denizens of Scottsboro against encroachment by developers who wish to build a “second downtown” in their natural habitat:

The kids at the City Paper have boxed themselves into such an editorial corner that they can only see one solution to meeting Nashville's infrastructure needs: trading a part of Nashville's common wealth to a land speculator and a property owner who will stand to make the kind of returns that George W.

The City Paper is reporting that the Metro Transit Authority has been forced to discontinue its Titan shuttle service due to Federal Transit Authority rule changes:

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people can be, especially considering that in this particular instance, the author of the piece below, Mr Watts, seems quite capable of using a computer and as such has all the research power he needs at his fingertips.

Ah Tax season is almost over. I usually write stuff for tax season, but realized that I haven’t’ written anything at all this year. But, let me bring this NYTimes report to the front: IRS Scrutiny of Big Firm Plummeting.

John Edwards just came out in support of Dodd’s filibuster of the FISA bill that contains telecom immunity. Just a recap, the telecom companies spied on Americans at the Bush Administration’s request without warrants and in clear violation of the law. Now they want to be protected from the consequences of those actions.