Nashville Severe WX reports that we’re going to be getting some very strong weather tomorrow. They predict it will arrive anywhere from 11 to 4, but things could change. Tornadoes are a maybe, lots of rain is a definite.
This does not bode well for the folks waiting in long lines outside at polling places.
Hillary Clinton just had to get a coffee in Hillsboro Village before she went onstage a few miles away:
Clinton orders a "local latte" at Fido in Nashville. This is her thanking the barista. pic.twitter.com/3szOIILa90
— Tamara Keith (@tamarakeithNPR) February 28, 2016
At Meharry Medical College, she stumped for herself ahead of the primary on Tuesday:
Hillary Clinton takes the stage in Nashville pic.twitter.com/xVg4dsjUCw
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) February 28, 2016
Clinton may have been smart to “plug being a Methodist,” considering the number of Methodist churches and agencies in the city — and the fact that she was at a Methodist-founded school. Today’s speech, though, was aimed squarely at Republicans, not focusing too much on her opponent for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders.
Rosepepper Cantina, a Mexican spot in East Nashville famous for its tequila, knows its customers:
If you’re talking about passenger trains, at least, we’re a one train town. Those trains don’t run right in front of the Capitol, though. That classy spot is reserved for freight trains on this CSX-owned line.
I snapped this photo relaxing at the amphitheater at the Bicentennial Mall this sunny afternoon.
Hillary Clinton will be campaigning tomorrow at Meharry Medical College in North Nashville. The event will be at the Cal Turner Family Center at 1:45 PM, with doors opening at noon.
Earlier: Hillary Clinton to visit next week
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz just wrapped up an interview with Sean Hannity at Rockettown. He ended it by saying the things that politicians say when they’re trying to get elected:
.@tedcruz wrapping up pic.twitter.com/BR11JNX3sA
— Joel Ebert (@joelebert29) February 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton will also be coming around on Sunday ahead of Tennessee’s Tuesday primaries.
Steven Hale of Pith in the Wind opines about the media circus surrounding Erin Andrew’s lawsuit against the Vanderbilt Marriott. As I’ve scrolled through Nashens’ Twitter timeline for the news of the past few days, I’ve had many of the same thoughts as my timeline has been all but taken over by every happening around the courtroom.
Hale writes about the collection of local TV reporters at the courthouse:
A downside, however, is the tendency to report all news — from public corruption to a small garage fire to another media person leaving court for lunch — in the same breathless manner. You need some stock footage of Erin Andrews walking into court to go with tonight’s segment on the trial. Understood. But this seems a bit much. And not just because it’s silly. But because this entire case happens to be about a woman who was stalked and filmed against her will. To be blunt, does this seem a bit creepy to anyone else?
If you are into learning every detail of the goings-on at the Erin Andrews trial, as she sues Marriott for its negligence and lax security that allowed a peeping tom to film her naked in her hotel room, you can follow along with one of the many reporters present at the trial.
.@iamstevenhale seems a great deal of the focus is on her BEING in Nashville rather than WHY she is here.
— Wesley B. Hartline (@WesHartline) February 25, 2016
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Nashville on Sunday, but further details are scarce at this time.
A new-to-Tennessee chain of big box liquor stores is coming to West Nashville. Total Wines & More, a Maryland-based retailer whose stores usually have about 8,000 wines, as well as beers and liquors, also plans to open in Cool Springs as well as other Tennessee cities.
The chain had previously avoided opening in the state because of laws placing a cap on the number of licenses liquor stores could carry. The new law, which takes effect in June, lifts that cap and the ban on wine sales in grocery stores.
Kim Davis, the Kentuckian county clerk who broke the law when she declined to issue marriage certificates to all couples last year, is in town for a conference that has a mouthful of a name. The evangelical National Religious Broadcasters International Christian Media convention is being held at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center from Tuesday to Friday. The event includes a preview of the Museum of the Bible, set to open next year in Washington, DC.