Monthly Archives: June 2012

The Show Must Go On, but No Fireworks or Burning

June 30, 2012
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fireworks 2011

Say what you will, but I have started noticing a strong pattern set by our city officials.  They are taking the lead in making decisions that are often controversial, but must be addressed. We know last year they increased taxes by 50 cents because our infrastructure was failing, we did not have adequate police protection, had to find a way to pay for the fire contract approved by a 4-1 vote the year before, and had no money left in the reserve account.  Increasing the  tax was a very unpopular and sad, but necessary decision.  Since then we’ve seen Nashville…

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Burn Ban in Effect for La Vergne

June 27, 2012
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Burn Ban in Effect for La Vergne

The city of La Vergne has just issued an outdoor burning ban to be effective immediately. This ban covers all open burning and recreational fires, including fire pits, but not charcoal or gas grills. Fireworks are still ok as of posting time, but I urge people to use caution and common sense with their fireworks this summer. I have a good friend who had to evacuate with her family from their home last night in Colorado Springs, CO, and I can only imagine the stress she must be feeling at the chance that her home will burn to the ground…

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Delight Your Taste Buds

June 16, 2012
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Taste Buds

My friends and I had the opportunity today to stop by La Vergne’s newest restaurant – Taste Buds.  Anyone who ever drives on Murfreesboro Road knows its location.  It’s the bright building sort of across the street from TDS (specifically 5264 M’boro Rd.).  The building has hosted several restaurants, but this one I believe has a solid chance of prospering after just two weeks of business!  It’s almost a meat and three, but closer to a meat and two plus a piece of to-die-for cornbread.  Not a corn muffin, not a pan of cornbread, but the flat pancake-shaped cornbread. One…

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Our Library Stepped It Up

June 10, 2012
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I bought a dozen donuts, three gift cards, and made a donation yesterday as part of a fundraiser held on behalf of the La Vergne Public Library. I know not everyone thinks it is appropriate for a distinguished entity such as a library to be peddling donuts in the middle of Stones River Road and Murfreesboro Road intersection.  I say to them that you need to take the snob out of your brain and look at the fundraiser through a different set of eyes. While a library could definitely appeal to a certain intellectual, la-tee-da type of personality, money is…

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Raisin Cookies and the 2012-13 Budget

June 8, 2012
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Oh what a happy day it is when I can go online and look at the city’s proposed budget, as well as view the board meetings where our elected officials make lots of important decisions.  Isn’t it refreshing to have that ability when two short years ago we couldn’t?  I love the smell of open government – it’s like walking into grandma’s house with cookies baking in the oven.  Kinda makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  Yet sometimes there are raisins in the cookie disguised as chocolate chips, so when you bite down it’s all icky! The meeting…

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Weekend Update: Radio Show & Welcome Sign

June 2, 2012
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I admit that I didn’t listen to the show on WGNS live. But after I finally tucked in the kids last night, played my Facebook games until they bored me, and realized there was nothing on tv, I listened to this clip from Tuesday’s radio show. What? WHAT?  The city is taking steps to develop the Hurricane Creek area off of Stones River Road into a city park?  I have always wondered why in the world La Vergne had not done back flips to capitalize on being right next to the lake for … I don’t know … FORTY-FOUR YEARS!! …

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