The Week That Was
Nash bridges
Somebody is finally getting around to mending some fences. Former presidential candidate Al Gore, whose failure to carry his home state cost him the free world’s top spot, plans to open an office in Nashville next month, he announced to attendees at an Anti-Defamation League dinner last week. Gore also announced he would continue his teaching duties at Fisk University and MTSU. He did not say if he plans to teach a concrete academic subject or if he will continue to cover the vagaries of the interconnection between families and communities.
Messy break-up
Making its case before Wall Street analysts and the media, Ford Motor Co. blasted tiremaker Bridgestone/Firestone last week claiming that it’s the tires and not the company’s SUV, that are responsible for hundreds of rollover accidents. The Nashville-based Bridgestone/Firestone recently launched an extensive public relations campaign acknowledging the more than 6 million defective tires the company has recalled but charging that there also are “significant safety concerns” with the Ford Explorer. Last month, Firestone officials ended the almost 100-year partnership with Ford.
Road rules
Last May, when Gov. Don Sundquist signed into law a bill allowing immigrants without social security numbers to apply for driver’s licenses, applicants rushed to local testing facilities, causing long lines. Now two different solutions have been proposed. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn wants to repeal the law to placate her white-bread Brentwood constituency. In the meantime, the state Safety Department announced that it will budget nearly $250,000 to hire bilingual examiners to help speed the process.
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