Year: 2021
One more flying leap for Black entrepreneurs
It’s such a Nashville story…. young people coming to Middle Tennesseeand soaring beyond their wildest dreams. A young, Black couple is betting their future success on an airport conceptthat might well launch a national network. Nashville Threads is the brainchild of creators Jamie and Karen Anderson-Isabel, who have already flourished with their parent company, DalmatianCreative Agency, Inc. They have been
Read MoreTOP QUESTION FOR LEGISLATURE: WBFT?
There are only a few times in an office holder’s career that a milestone moment arrives when the primary question should be: What’s Best for Tennessee? (WBFT?) One of those times is this week during the General Assembly’s special session called by Gov. Bill Lee. It offers a chance to make a bold, bipartisan statement demonstrating that employment opportunities benefit
Read MoreBest EV incentive Free “Gas” for three years!
Let’s give free charging to all who make and EV purchase over the next decade. As a country we’re looking for ways to incentivize the purchase of clean vehicles. We have tax incentives on new car purchases and various other perks. One sales tactic I’ve seen in the past is a local dealer giving free gas for a year. Or
Read MoreNever forget how Tennessee athletes shone in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Tennessee State University Coach Ed Temple’s Tigerbelles sent many champions to Japan. When the national teams paraded in the Opening Ceremonies at the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, many viewers with Tennessee connections watched with pride while recalling and reliving the first Tokyo games in 1964. A compelling highlight from that 1964 competition saw two close friends toe the starting
Read MoreThe best way to spur EV adoption and why it will never happen
One great way to spur EV adoption doesn’t involve giveaways or financial incentives, but will never happen in the US. It’s easy and could be implemented in months. Create an EV Autobahn Imagine if EVs had a different speed limit than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. It is a known fact that ICE vehicles pollute less over the same distance
Read MoreAn open letter to first lady (and first teacher) Jill Biden
Our country must make a direct investment in the very people who have the future of our society in their hands — K-12 public school teachers. Bo Roberts is a Nashville-based marketing consultant. He may be reached at bo@roberts strategies.com. Thanks to recent Belmont University graduate Emily Vo for her research on this project.Dear madam first lady: I am writing
Read MoreOur fragile democracy calls for formidable Republicans
A modest, honorable, former Republican president leaned in close to a modest, honorable, congressional Democrat leader, and, speaking through his face mask, said: “Joe Biden is the only one who could have been elected.” Those words, relayed by receiver Rep. Jim Clyburn of S.C., stood out most amidst all the immensely moving speeches, poems and songs heard on Inauguration Day
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