The issue of printing of public
notices/legals by some government entities has again
been raised in the state legislature. The Reader,
Rutherford County’s only privately owned weekly paper,
agrees with the state legislature that government needs
to be accountable to its citizens and make public notice
available to the largest number of its citizens via
“publications of general circulation.”
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New restaurant opens in La Vergne
The former Kim and Bev’s restaurant
in La Vergne not only has new owners but it has a new
name, “7 Pearls Grill.” Mark Thomas, owner of
Shoney’s in Smyrna has purchased Kim and Bev’s, located
at 400-B Old Nashville Hwy.
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Small business owners stand up
Part 1
A
group of small business owners have joined forces to
fight what they call a culture of over-regulation and an
absence of common sense in local government.
Members of the recently formed Small Business Alliance
of Rutherford County say the fees, ordinances, taxes and
regulations placed on small businesses are getting out of
control, and the City of Murfreesboro as an entity seems
concerned with collecting money and regulating every step of
the process more so than truly helping business prosper,
more concerned with aesthetics and conformation than keeping
safe and sanitary conditions. “It should be ‘what can I help
you do to open your business,’” says Jake Robinson, director
of the Small Business Alliance of Rutherford County. “That’s
where they get their revenue. They should be trying to help
them.” However, a common theme among Murfreesboro business
seems to be “The City is getting in the way of me doing
business.”
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group of small business owners have joined forces to
