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Steve Ganaway: Business Mogul or Nashville's Numbers King?new
Listening to Nashville businessman Steve Ganaway talk earnestly about community development, it's hard to believe he's a man with the time — much less desire — to run a sprawling numbers game. Then again, Ganaway's business is show business, where perception and reality have always been worlds apart.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
01-30-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tenn. Bill Would Allow Transgendered to Revise Birth Certificatesnew
Since 1977, state law has prohibited sex-change recipients from retroactively revising the sex designation on their birth certificates to correspond with their new gender identity. It is the only state with such a law.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-28-2008 |
Sex
Behind the Bars in Tennesseenew
Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe is at the center of human rights abuses at his facility -- but he doesn't see it that way.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Other Volznew
Eric Volz's little sister scuffled with her illegal boyfriend and his brother. Now she's having them deported.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
01-18-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Courthouse Interpreters Accused of Giving Bad Advice to Spanish-Speaking Defendantsnew
Legalese is tough for anyone to understand. But if you don't speak English and go to court in Nashville, some pretty significant facts get lost in translation. Not least of these is the right to plead not guilty.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
11-27-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Not-So-Special Educationnew
When things go terribly wrong for Nashville's most vulnerable students, parents are the last to know.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
11-02-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
High Fashion Follynew
A Nashville fashion magazine goes belly up, leaving employees and advertisers holding the bag.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
10-01-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
In Nashville, a Lap Dance is Illegal, but Not Group Sexnew
Under Nashville's Sexually Oriented Business ordinance -- which began being enforced last year -- any strip club or cabaret must comply with a rigorous set of guidelines that limit everything from a dancer's proximity to a client to the required height of a stage.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
08-24-2007 |
Sex
Civic Development Group Takes Till It Hurtsnew
The Tennessee Fraternal Order of Police uses this suspect telemarketing firm to separate Hispanics from their money.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
05-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
From Bad to Worsenew
Hispanic businessman Robert Chavez faces permanent termination while his lawyer withdraws from his case.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-08-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Robert Chavez Gets Aroundnew
Detailing the sleazy practices of an influential Hispanic business leader.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
02-15-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Good Night and Good Lucknew
Local Spanish-language TV news comes to Nashville.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
01-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Renaissance (Weather) Mannew
A Nashville TV meteorologist breaks the blogging mold.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-28-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Liberal-On-Liberal Antagonismnew
A terminated employee calls one of Nashville's leading liberal activist organizations a racist "progressive plantation."
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-15-2006 |
Race & Class
The Nativists Are Restlessnew
The backlash against immigrants is at full boil in Tennessee.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
12-05-2006 |
Immigration
