Tue
Mar 3 2020
08:28 am
By: bizgrrl
Late last night, early this morning a deadly tornado hit Nashville from the Northwest to East. Lots of damage. Lots of power outages. Lots of government offices closed.
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still true
but the gop held legislative session to push permitless carry and a blatantly illegal anti-abortion bill through committee
of course, none of them hold office accountable to the voters of Davidson County
and of course, none of them would hold office in Davidson County
those of you inclined to make financial donations, please consider community foundation of middle tennessee (cfmt.org)
"but the gop held legislative
(in reply to Andy Axel)
"but the gop held legislative session to push permitless carry and a blatantly illegal anti-abortion bill through committee"
Seriously?