Emails confirm Mayor Cooper’s administration kept public out of State of Metro in violation of city charter

In April, Nashville Mayor John Cooper provided the yearly ‘State of Metro’ address to the citizens of Nashville, which is required by the city charter to be open to the public. While the administration claims no one was turned away or denied an invitation, a newly fulfilled open records request details people who were told they could not attend, citizens who were turned away at the door because they were not on the invitation list, and a directed change of the announcement text making it ‘invite only’ and specifically not open to the public. The Mayor’s Chief Communications Officer TJ Ducklo claims none of this ever happened, despite the newly released administration emails detailing the denials.

Brandon Glass jailed on $50K bond after girlfriend wakes up naked, bruised, strangled & with no memory

Kirsten Carter says her boyfriend, 33-year-old Brandon Glass, began to bite her after they went to bed on July 3rd, in an attempt to initiate sex after the couple had been drinking all evening. She told him to stop biting her, and hit him. She says he then pulled her hair, and everything went black. Carter says the next thing she remembers is waking up naked on July 4th with bite marks all over her body, bruises on her legs, back, and torso, two black eyes, and a busted lip. Additionally, she had red marks on both sides of her neck/throat and it appears as if her air and blood flow had been restricted for a period of time. When first responders arrived, she was still seeing spots and flashes of light, and had a raspy voice and a hard time swallowing. She was transported to a local hospital for treatment and Brandon Glass was charged with felony aggravated assault/strangulation.