The Week That Was
Preacher defends police
While casting himself as a champion of “our Hispanic friends,” the Rev. Paul Durham defended police against accusations that they allowed abuse of immigrants by the private security firm Detection Services. During an appearance on the radio show Teddy Bart’s Roundtable, he indicated the beatings of Hispanics may have been justified. “An officer has to do what he has to do,” said Durham, whose Radnor Baptist Church is near the city’s heavily Hispanic neighborhoods. “You can’t let the guy who’s being arrested be in control.... The one who’s being beaten up will never say he deserved it.”
Tears in their beer
The Grand Ole Opry fired two of Nashville’s most acclaimed musicians—including the legendary drummer Buddy Harman and guitarist Leon Rhodes—from the show’s house band. General Manager Pete Fisher said he is trying to revitalize the show. But Vince Gill told The Tennessean: “The sad thing is, younger ain’t better. The real crux of the problem for me is in Garth and in Reba and in Alan and in Clint and on and on and on—the so-called big stars of today that don’t support the Grand Ole Opry.”
It's Cyber-Lamar!
Lamar Alexander announced he has made what he calls “a significant investment” in 21e Web Network, a Nashville company that plans to create an Internet broadcasting network. Alexander will serve on the company’s board of directors along with Dr. Robert Frist, a brother of Sen. Bill Frist.
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