A week ago today Jason Holleman and Emily Evans made a admirable effort to amend inequities in Metro Water billing out of the Mayor's rate increases to no avail.  24 council members voted with Mayor Dean to insist that big businesses, which generate more stormwater run-off, actually pay less for th...

After all hell broke loose in East Nashville over Riverfront development, Dean administration mouthpiece, Janel Lacy issued the following statement to the mainstream media via email: The riverfront redevelopment plan was completed over two years ago. [The Mayor's MDHA appointee] is now going through...

Since the beginning of Mayor Karl Dean's stint in the Courthouse, a meme has repeatedly emerged in the Nashville City Paper at the fringes of reports on Metro politics and at the heart of several anonymous editorial opinions: Dean Administration = good; Bill Purcell's former administration = bad. Wh...

CM Eric Crafton will appear opposite Mayor Karl Dean (non-debate style) on Lou Dobbs' radio show today after wimping out of a debate with local English Only opponent David Briley (who would have kicked some Crafton butt) on local public TV....

This morning's Tennessean has what looks like a balanced treatment (rare in the local media) of Mayor Karl Dean, including some not-so-endearing information about his leadership style. Reportedly, the Mayor's lack of communication and coordination have alienated some board members and commission vo...

Jennifer Brooks conveys the myths: That ending alcohol in after hours clubs will end the music ("The after-hours crowd can't envision a Music City where the music stops at 3 a.m.") That the lack of after hours clubs means that people cannot drink or be with other friends after 3 a.m. ("The clubs, th...

In what looks like another rather half-baked, milque-toast, lawyer-measured statement, Karl Dean supports the school board's rezoning plan: In response to a recounting of Thompson’s remarks, Dean e-mailed a statement Tuesday afternoon through spokesperson Janel Lacy. As he has previously stat...

Jeff Woods has some choice words for the School Board and Nashville's white progressive leadership, personified by Mayor Karl Dean et al.: Under pressure from the Chamber of Commerce and their own white constituents a month before elections, they were obviously hell bent on ramming this through, eve...

A commenter points out the troubling make-up of the Planning Commission and Mayor Dean's priorities: Mayor Dean recently failed to renew the Planning Commission appointment of a neighborhood friendly commissioner Ann Neilson. Her replacement was Hunter Gee, architect and developer. His first meeting...

There is a long line of opponents to Mayor Karl Dean's plan to cut Metro Transit bus lines and raise fares tonight, but one that hit like a blunt blow across an ass's brow was that of a woman who identified herself as a convicted felon. She maintained that cutting bus lines takes away the only acces...