Truman's Take (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Good News on the opening of governmental records front.... Controversial provision stripped from open records bill By John Rodgers, A controversial provision on a major open records bill, which required notification of public officials subject of a request, was stripped from the legislation today. Open government advocates had argued the provision, sponsored by Rep. Mary Pruitt (D-Nashville),...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
... is built on the site of a larger home and part of a carpark once owned by UCD.Designed by John Rodgers, the houses have eye-catching limestone and black granite exteriors.Inside they are kitted out with up-to-date gizmos and top-end fittings.Sherry FitzGerald New Homes is releasing the terraced homes this weekend. Prices are from €1.6 million to €2.1 million. The houses range in size...
WisdomIsVindicated (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Sorry, but sympathy (for another member's ego) is no basis for supporting a particular policy in the state senate ("Wilder’s judicial plan on rocks as Senate tempers ignite" on Nashville City Paper) . From John Rodgers' report: One of the signature achievements of former Lt. Gov. John Wilder’s legacy — Tennessee’s method for selecting judges — took another step toward extinction...
Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Cornelia Fort, The Real-Life Flight Instructor Depicted in Tora! Tora! Tora! From the PBS series Fly Girls: On December 7th, 1941 Cornelia Fort, a young civilian flight instructor from Tennessee, and her regular Sunday-morning student took off from John Rodgers...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The state had already issued Alcoa its permit when opponents discovered in April that a required legal notice hadn't been published. The state reopened the permit for comment. In response, Stanly County filed reports last week that described contaminated sediment and an array of "significant environmental problems" at 5,300-acre Badin Lake. A report by Clemson University professor John Rodgers,...
NewsObserver.com - Local & State (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... environmental problems" at 5,300-acre Badin Lake. A report by Clemson University professor John Rodgers, a specialist in environmental toxicology, said Alcoa's dam operations influence those problems.One report cited evidence of contaminated sediment at swim areas on the lake near Alcoa's old smelting plant, which produced tons of hazardous waste while it operated.Testing for Stanly...
