Open(ish) Thread Monday

Awhile back, MichaelinLV posted a comment that I thought was genius, but didn’t have time to deal with at the moment. Here it is:
I’ve got a suggestion, and maybe this will be a thread for this weekend while Kathy’s out. Why not get everyone to propose something they would like to see changed in La [...]

Homes Sales Still Down, But It Feels Busier

I forgot I talked with a reporter yesterday from the DNJ.
Local home sales still down, but prices higher
If ya’ll want to make this another open thread and say what’s on your mind, go for it!   I’m heading to Graceland to see if Elvis has really left the building.
For now, two LOLCats.

And my favorite:

Random News at the End of the Day

Apologies to everyone who reads here regularly for not posting more often. This weekend will be no better because I’ll be gone for a few days. I’m hoping our contributing authors will jump in this weekend if anything is on their minds or in the news.
I heard today at our meeting that a murder trial [...]

Guest Column: Calculating Property Taxes

Calculating Property Taxes
By Doug Shafer, County Commissioner, District 1
In talking with Kathy, I mentioned that on the LaVergne blog and on emails I’d received, there was some misunderstanding of how to calculate property taxes.
Tennessee uses an assessed value system for property taxes.  Different types of building uses are assigned percentages of appraised value depending on [...]

Twitter Talk

Do you Twitter?  Check out Twittervision to see what it’s about.  You can also feature your favorite pictures on TwitPic.  If you twitter, let us know your username below so we can follow you!  Here are some my favorites, most interesting, a mirror into the worlds of my friends  who seem to talk about food [...]

Open Thread Tuesday

Does anyone happen to know when the next mayoral election will happen? And when’s the deadline to file for alderman? Not that I would EVER run, people, but just wondering. And who is already running that we should endorse?
Anything else on your minds, La Vergninians?

Turn LaVergne Into Community for the Arts

My column was published today in the Daily News Journal.  It took what felt like a couple of weeks for it to be printed, so I’d grown very nervous about its message.  But now that I’ve read it again, I stand by it (like the chef’s on Top Chef stand by their dishes!).
An excerpt,
A friend [...]

Gong. The Bell Continues to Toll

Just saw this in the DNJ… the city employees who were outspoken about the hostile work environment have filed a lawsuit.
… on June 2, the two found a recording device in their work truck, an “older, less reliable” one, as their normal truck had been given to a co-worker whose had broken down a few [...]

Introducing Another Small Business Owner

Every now and then I have the opportunity to introduce to our community new businesses or small business owners.  Today I talked with Matthew who is starting a pressure washing business in our area.  Although I don’t personally have a home right now that needs pressure washed, I told Matthew that I’d post here about [...]

DNJ Guest Column Coming

I’ve written another guest column for the Daily News Journal about LaV… not sure when it’ll be published, but will link to it when it does.
I’ve given a lot of thought about Ivy’s suggestion that we should change how LaVergne is marketed.  Without revealing too much of the column, I think we could make this [...]