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- NASA’s Lucy Mission Passes Critical Mission Milestone
- President Donald Trump just signed an executive order to protect American jobs from foreign labor
- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Calls Special Session for Tennessee General Assembly
- Lamar Alexander says TVA Does a Very Good Job of Producing Large Amounts of Low-Cost, Reliable Electricity
- Clarksville Parks and Recreation makes adjustments to Riverfest due to COVID-19
- Clarksville Police Department earns CALEA Reaccreditation
- Tennessee Department of Health reports 975 new cases of Coronavirus in Tennessee, August 3rd, 2020
- Tennessee Titans Roster Modifications
- Clarksville Gas and Water Department reports Willow Heights Drive Closed
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First Tests that Estimate a Patient’s Antibodies from Past SARS-CoV-2 Infection
- Dodging the Roadkill: Always Lurking
- Fort Campbell’s Gate 10 to Temporary Close, August 10th
- NASA’s First Commercial Crew Flight Test of SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down
- Marsha Blackburn Report: Reopening Our Country
- Tennessee Titans set to start Training Camp
- Lamar Alexander says National Institutes of Health “Shark Tank” is Doing in Months What Usually Takes Three to Seven Years
- 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell to hold Virtual Town Hall with Sergeant Major of the Army
- Tennessee Department of Health reports 1,404 new cases of Coronavirus in Tennessee, August 2nd, 2020
- Marsha Blackburn, Catherine Cortez Masto Introduce Legislation to Spur 21st Century Entrepreneurship
- Army Medicine leaders visit Blanchfield Army Community Hospital’s frontlines in the war on COVID
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Charter Sucks!
It’s not often that I vent on a business — I know how hard it can be in this competitive world to satisfy ever more demanding customers. But I am about over Charter Communications. For over a month now, we have had missing channels and bad reception. We made an appointment and they never showed up, which doesn’t leave you feeling particularly good about having wasted a day to be there for them. Nor were they particularly apologetic about not showing up.
And every time you try to get a response from them, you are back to square one: you have to navigate a phone menu that resembles chinese water torture more than anything else. If and when you do get a human being, it’s a whole new world — you have to explain all over again what the problem is. And they will want you to make yet another appointment. «Read the rest of this article»
Déjà vu
On a cool September morning in 1966, I stood outside my Catholic high school, waiting for my best friend to hop off the bus. She did, crying.
“Jim died.”
My eyes welled up, and I marked the day in my mind as the one on which I lost my first friend to Vietnam. «Read the rest of this article»
Proliferation By Any Other Name…
Two brow-raising stories came across the web Friday, both dealing with nukes. You know, those neat little weapons that could destroy the earth and all of us who live on it.
The first story dealt with plans to “revamp the entire (nuclear) arsenal” with something called the Reliable Replacement Warhead (Scott Lindlaw, AP, 6/30/06). The Reliable Replacement Warhead is a purported to be a new, better warhead intended to replace existing deteriorating warheads. This new and improved weapon is deemed reliable, safe and secure and all those good words, but of course, has not been tested since we theoretically don’t test nukes anymore.
Two companies, Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore laboratories, in New Mexico and San Francisco, CA respectively, are competing to build the best replacement bomb; the contest ends in November when the White House is expected to make a decision. «Read the rest of this article»
A community united in grief.
Clarksville came together today, to recognize and celebrate the lives of two of it’s citizens. We came together representatives of every race, creed, and walk of life, united by our mutual respect, friendships, and love for Juan Julian Vasquez, Sr and Thomas Leon Vasquez. Though their lives were cut short, they left their indelible mark on the city and the community they loved.
Clarksville should take steps to memorialize Juan Julian Vasquez Sr and the contributions he made towards the unity of our city during his tenure as the vice chairman of the Human Relations Commission. «Read the rest of this article»
$5.15 an hour, the minimum wage since 1997
Most Americans support minimum wage increase
Published in the Leaf Chronicle – Jun 30, 2006
On June 21, our two multi-millionaire U.S. senators from Tennessee, Lamar Alexander and Bill Frist, voted “no” again on a bill to increase the minimum wage. I find this appalling.
Growing up on a small farm in Tennessee, it was impressed upon me that hard work was not only expected but also is an important character trait. I think most people agree that no one in the United States who works full time for a living should have to live in poverty. To me, that means they can afford basic housing, groceries (not including meals out), needed health care, child care and other necessities. «Read the rest of this article»
State of Tennessee sues to remove Mayor of Coopertown from office
Update 07/14/06: Danny J. Crosby was suspended as the Coopertown Mayor pending a November proceeding which will determine whether he should be permanently removed from his office, due to the allegations which the state has made against him. The allegations includes the use racial slurs and ethnic profiling in traffic enforcement.
The State of Tennessee has sued to remove Danny J. Crosby as the Mayor of Coopertown, Tennessee.
Many Clarksville, Tennessee residents have learned the hard way about this sleepy little town of 3,176 residents. The town operates several infamous speed traps on Interstate 24, U.S. 431, and State highway 49. The city’s police budget has nearly tripled, from $155,880 during the last year to $451,550 this fiscal year. The town budget plans on between $400,000 and $800,000 in traffic court revenues, comprising over one third of the city budget. This percentage is much higher than that of many larger U.S. cities. «Read the rest of this article»
A Hockey Challenge
Our town needs some excitement and hockey can bring it. We need the Events Arena if for nothing else, well, events. Our adults, kids, and especially teenagers, need a place to go that doesn’t involve an hour long, 70-80 mph three-dollars-a-gallon drive to Nashville. Clarksville is the size of a city but continues to have a town mentality. The ever-climbing population is here however we choose to embrace it. The quality of growth depends on making our “town” a place where people want to be; not a place from where they want to escape from the lack of “things” to do. «Read the rest of this article»
An inconvenient truth – Global Warming is a scientific reality
I saw the movie on June 24th. It’s a very powerful film. It challenges the apathy of the US in the face of a global climate crisis. Although there are no plans for it to visit Clarksville, it is playing now in Nashville and I highly recommend it.
With wit, smarts and hope, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH ultimately brings home Gore’s persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue – rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization. – http://www.climatecrisis.net/aboutthefilm/
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Clarksville, TN MoveOn rally
This is a press release from MoveOn.org
Tomorrow is the big day: thousands of MoveOn members from Nashville, Tennessee to Phoenix, Arizona will come together at more than 300 rallies across the country to demand an “oil-free” future.
Tomorrow’s National Day of Action is really important because this weekend is the 4th of July holiday and gas prices are on everyone’s minds. We need to seize this moment to make sure the media and the public know that the Republican addiction to oil money is keeping gas prices high and holding America back from the clean energy future that we desperately need.
Can you join us at a rally in Clarksville? «Read the rest of this article»
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Honor our soliders on the 4th of July
Our soldiers deserve only our respect and our support. «Read the rest of this article»