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North to Step Down - Rooker to Run

Tennessean.com Blogs » Blog Archive » North decides to move on: "by Michael Cass Davidson County Property Assessor Jo Ann North has decided not to seek re-election to a fifth term, she announced today. North, who has held the office since 1992, said she’ll endorse her top deputy, George Rooker, and serve as his campaign treasurer. The election will be held in February. “After consulting with my family, and great deliberation, I decided it was time to turn the reins over to someone else,” North said in a news release. “I can do so with great pride in the accomplishments achieved during my 15 years as assessor and with the knowledge that the office can be placed in good hands with George Rooker Jr. ready to step up and continue the progress.” The release said North implemented “numerous new technologies which have improved the accuracy of property appraisals.” North was the first woman ever elected to countywide office in Davidson County when she won an at-large seat on the Metro Council in 1979. She served in the council until 1991. She is married to Steve North, an attorney and former Circuit Court judge who serves on the Metro Sports Authority. Their son Mark is a member of the Metro school board. This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 12:42 pm and "

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Why is gas $2.51 at the Home Depot in Smyrna, $2.59 at the Shell in Smyrna and $2.82 at Exxon and BP on Wedgewood and in Green Hills?

US House Staffers Advised They Need Vaccines before Attending NASCAR Events

Update: The delegation was not attending NASCAR races but visiting health care centers, detention facilities and other operations where they could be exposed to communicable diseases.

Charlotte.com : Charlotte news, events, Panthers, Bobcats, jobs, cars, homes: "Staff who organized the trips advised the NASCAR-bound aides to get a range of vaccines before attending -- hepatitis A, hepatitis B, tetanus, diphtheria and influenza.

Rep. Robin Hayes, a Republican from Concord, took umbrage when he heard about it.

'I have never heard of immunizations for domestic travel, and as the representative for Concord, N.C., I feel compelled to ask why the heck the committee feels that immunizations are needed to travel to my hometown,' Hayes said in an Oct. 5 letter to Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chairs the Homeland Security panel.

'I have been to numerous NASCAR races, and the folks who attend these events certainly do not pose any health hazard to congressional staffers or anyone else,' Hayes added. Lauri Wilks, vice president of communications for Speedway Motorsports, which owns Lowe's Motor Speedway and other tracks, said Wednesday that immunizations aren't needed for the race. 'There's no health risk that we know of,' she said, laughing. 'We have never had any disease outbreak during one of our weekends.'"

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What ails you - Homes sales down 25%

The following is the first paragraph sent to members of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors announcing that September 2007 sales were down 25% compared to September 2006.

Greater Nashville home ales [sic]decreased 25% in September, Third quarter
figures are down 17% and year-to-date numbers are down 11%. Home prices have
actually continued to increase, as has inventory. You can click here for additional details on current closings, as well
as historical data.

Now obviously they meant home "sales", but I thought is was almost Freudian that what they were thinking was "ails"

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Are they selling a new weight loss program?

A reminder of why I liked West Wing