The Week That Was
University bound
Two former presidential candidates from Tennessee sealed deals last week to become, at least for a while, university academics. Former Vice President Al Gore has agreed to teach journalism at Columbia University in New York. He’ll also lecture closer to home at Middle Tennessee State University and Fisk University. Meanwhile, former Tennessee Gov. Lamar Alexander has accepted a visiting professorship at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He plans to teach a course on the American presidential campaign.
Recycle plans
The last few thousand Nashvillians who were still receiving curbside recycling pickup probably noticed in mid-December that their service ceased. In fact, no Nashville homes will be able to recycle from the curb until plans kick in next January for a new kind of recycling program. Metro’s Public Works Department plans to issue large 96-gallon cans next year for homes within the city’s core, or Urban Services District. Those cans will be rolled to the curb, then picked up by trucks equipped with a hydraulic arm to lift and empty them.
Treasury drain
As if they don’t have enough to worry about, state lawmakers got more bad news last week when the state’s treasurer briefed them on an expected loss of as much as $100 million on Tennessee’s investment in a California utility company that may go bankrupt because of the power crisis out West.
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