Barney Frank Handles Town Hall Heckler

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:24:39 -0500

The day after Nashville's Metro Council furthered efforts toward making it illegal to discriminate against gays, it seems only appropriate to feature Massachusetts Rep. Barney…

SEIU Wants Phil Ryan's Resignation

Caleb Hannan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:27:05 -0500

You know what the McNeely Pigott & Fox flap is missing? A pissed off union boss. Doug Collier, head of SEIU's local chapter, has apparently…

McNeely Pigott & Fox Throws in the Towel

Caleb Hannan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:40:44 -0500

Citing a "flurry of allegations" and "misleading claims," McNeely Pigott & Fox voluntarily stepped down as public relations firm for the Music City Center project…

An MP&F and MDHA News-Sandwich

Caleb Hannan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:46:44 -0500

Two things. 1) In the category of "No news is still news," Pith got a hold of MP&F's contract and invoices with NES. They've been…

Is Principled Coach Kevin Stallings Contractually Obligated to be Moral?

Caleb Hannan — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:02:42 -0500

Vanderbilt men's basketball coach Kevin Stallings has been getting a lot of good pub lately, and rightfully so. First, he dared cross an…

Meet Craig Stevens, Your New Favorite Titan

Caleb Hannan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:03:30 -0500

When you're the fourth option at a position that's impossibly deep, you've got to go the extra mile to catch the coach's eye. Which means…

NewsChannel5: More Convention Center Contract Cluster$#!@s

Caleb Hannan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:39:52 -0500

This time, however, the recipient of the open-ended MDHA contract was a consultant, not a PR firm*. Read the story…

What do you Call the New Convention Center Hotel?

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:47:21 -0500

A Marriott Marquis. Yesterday, MDHA picked Marriott to build the 40-story, 1,000 room hotel that will sit next to the proposed $1 billion…

The Daily Show's Death Panel Debate

Caleb Hannan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:53:34 -0500

Mayor Dean Counts Eggs, Claims Hatching "Just a Formality"

Caleb Hannan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:53:06 -0500

Mayor Karl Dean has made it clear for a while now that, when it came to the proposed convention center, the baton would eventually be…

Nashville Hotel Owners Ready Complimentary-Towel Torches

Caleb Hannan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:32:58 -0500

Given the events of the past week, I think it's now safe to say that anyone who owns a hotel in this city has all…

Council Member Emily Evans: Quite Content, Actually

Caleb Hannan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:06:17 -0500

And definitely not disgruntled. Responding to a Mike Pigott quote that referred to the MP&F flap as bogus and the product of "a couple of…

Mike Pigott Responds to MP&F Controversy, Part 2: R.I.P. John Hughes Edition

Caleb Hannan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:51:19 -0500

In Part 1, McNeely Pigott & Fox partner Mike Pigott admitted that his firm did help Mayor Karl Dean write speeches. Great. Now…

MDHA Agrees With the Mayor

Caleb Hannan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:11:34 -0500

Text of the letter just sent from Phil Ryan to Mayor Dean, with one minor editorial addition:

Dear Mayor Dean: I am in receipt of…
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Manufactured Support: How McNeely Pigott & Fox Delivered a Convention Center Consensus

Caleb Hannan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:24:43 -0500

OK. So a couple days after News Channel 5 broke the story of McNeely Pigott & Fox spending the city's money like frat boys with…

HBO Boxing Doc's Nashville Connection

Caleb Hannan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:00:18 -0500

In 1983, an unheralded journeyman named Luis Resto won a unanimous 10-round decision in Madison Square Garden against then-undefeated welterweight Billy Collins Jr. When Collins…

Vince Young in Esquire's What I've Learned

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:28:32 -0500

Among some genuinely heartrending comments about growing up with a drug-addicted mother and absentee father, Titans back-up quarterback Vince Young promises the following in [ Read more ]

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McNeely Pigott & Fox's Twitter Fail

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:35:57 -0500

Nashville's biggest PR firm has charged the city half a million dollars (and counting) to Twitter, provide blog surveillance and [ Read more ]

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Arthur Laffer Once Again Embodies Family Name

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:05:41 -0500

Financial writer Daniel Gross Tweets "if u go on TV/radio and say that gov't shoud keep it's hands off medicare/medicaid, should that disqualify…

Great Moments in Spin: Memphis Grizzlies Fire Scouts

Caleb Hannan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:07:05 -0500

In Pith's ongoing quest to find Tennessee's remaining Memphis Grizzlies fans, Sunday's column from the Memphis Commercial Appeal's Geoff Calkins had a sort…

LenDale White Loses the Worm, 30 Pounds

Caleb Hannan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:03:21 -0500

Oft criticized Titans' running back LenDale White has lost 30 pounds in the offseason. How'd he do it? White gave away his secret to [ Read more ]

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ESPN Radio is Off Nashville's Hot Seat

Caleb Hannan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:00:47 -0500
Yesterday, WNFN 106.7 The Fan announced a format change. Formerly home to ESPN Radio, the new i106.7 will now play top 40. Obviously any move…
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Today in Bigotry

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:57:20 -0500
~~Constitutional scholar~~ Concerned citizen Nicolette Lucak on why Metro Council should defeat Megan Barry's nondiscrimination ordinance:
As a concerned citizen and Christian, I am very…
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Convention Center Question? Ask the PR Flacks

Caleb Hannan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:15:44 -0500
Recently, a Nashville resident we're going to call Mr. Curious e-mailed his Council representative the following question:
Mr. BLANK, I live at BLANK. I think…
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Zach Wamp Loves Him Some Common Folk

Caleb Hannan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:03:02 -0500
See, there's two ways to go with a Tweet like this. Behind Door #1, there's the whole idea that Twitter is just another medium that…
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