Metro Council Candidate John Reed starred in adult film as “timid Tennessee boy”

#NSFW ‘Chip Currie’ is described as a “timid Tennessee boy” in an episode of the adult film series “Blacks on Boys,” of which he starred in a scene a few years ago. ‘Chip,’ who is better known as District 29 Metro Council candidate John Reed, plays the role of a small-town boy who says that interracial sex is frowned upon in his town, according to a plot description of the scene provided on several adult video sites. Reed provided a statement (full statement in story) revealing the video gave him the opportunity to earn the money he needed to survive. He says the decision, though tough, was about survival. He was then able to get out and create a stable and safe life for himself.

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.

Joseph Crutchfield charged with drag racing & marijuana in Nashville’s street racing initiative crackdown

Metro Nashville Police Officers working the “Street Racing Initiative” say they observed 24-year-old Joseph Crutchfield III racing another vehicle and passing cars on Murfreesboro Pike near Morton Lane. He was traveling at high rates of speed. Police caught up with him on the 3700 block of Nolensville Pike and conducted a traffic stop to take him into custody. During an inventory search of his vehicle, a small amount of marijuana and paraphernalia was located, for which he was also charged.