Day: June 8, 2017

Predators Fall to Penguins in Game 5 of Stanley Cup Final, 6 to 0

Tennessee Star Staff

The night began with high expectations for the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the PPG Paints Arena, but hopes of taking a one game lead in a series tied at two games apiece vanished quickly as the Penguins jumped to a 3 to 0 lead in the first period. Fans back in Nashville packed Bridgestone Arena for a watch party, but there was little to cheer about after the opening face off. Things got worse for the Predators in the second period when the Penguins added another 3 goals. Down 6 to 0 at the start of the third period, the Predators remained unable to get their offense going, and when the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Predators had been shut out. The Penguins now lead the series 3 games to 2, and can clinch their second consecutive Stanley Cup with a victory in Game 6. The Predators will have to win both Game 6 and Game 7 to claim the NHL championship trophy.  

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President Trump Addresses the Faith and Freedom Coalition

Tina LaFleur
Tennessee Star

  While the whole of the Establishment/Media Complex are hovered around their various media devices, hanging on the words of spurned former FBI Director James Comey, President Trump is out with the people who helped elect him. Thursday, President Trump spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington DC to a capacity crowd. President Trump reminisced, “I’ve spoken to this group so much and so often – and I’ll be back. Most recently, one year ago this week when I came here to ask for your support, your help and your prayers. And WOW, did you deliver – you really did.” Watch his full remarks:

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Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Names Campaign Chairman For Senate Race

Wendy Wilson

  Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is running for the U.S. Senate and this week announced that a former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party will lead his campaign. Moore, a conservative Christian known for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses and for promoting courthouse displays of the Ten Commandments, is running for Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former Senate seat. Bill Armistead was state GOP chairman from 2011 to 2015 and served two terms in the state Senate starting in 1994. Armistead shares Moore’s conservative values and is a vocal opponent of gay marriage, reports AL.com. “Bill will help us engage the real people of Alabama who are frustrated by establishment politics in Washington and want a senator who will be their voice,” Moore said in a press release. Moore was suspended as chief justice last year after he told probate judges they had to uphold the state’s ban on gay marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 struck down laws banning same-sex marriage in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Moore has maintained that the federal government does not have constitutional authority to redefine marriage. In April, Moore resigned as chief justice to run for the Senate in a special election…

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Tennessee Star Poll: GOP Primary Voters More Likely to Support Gubernatorial Candidate Who Will Repeal Gas Tax Increase, 48 Percent to 29 Percent

Tennessee Star Staff

The Tennessee Star Poll of 1,007 likely Republican primary voters shows that by a wide margin, 48 percent to 29 percent, they are “more likely to support” a gubernatorial candidate who supports a repeal of the 6 cents per gallon gas tax increase and 10 cents per gallon diesel tax increased passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and signed by Gov. Haslam last month. When asked “Are you more likely or less likely to vote for a candidate for governor who promises to repeal this gas tax increase if elected?” 48.1 percent of likely Republican primary voters said they were more likely to support such a candidate while 29.8 percent said they were less likely to support that candidate: 24.3% Much more likely to support 23.8% Somewhat more likely to support 16.5% Somewhat less likely to support 13.3% Much less likely to support 22.1% Not sure/don’t know That is good news for State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), the only one of the three announced candidates who supports repeal of the gas tax increase. In fact, at her announcement on Saturday, Beavers declared repeal of the gas tax increase will be one of her top priorities, if she is elected…

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Metro Council Pushing Illegal Aliens Who Commit Crimes Back into Nashville Communities

Chris Alto

  This week, two proposed ordinances intended to effectuate sanctuary city practices that will protect illegal aliens who commit crimes in Davidson County, were introduced and processed through a first reading. The TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), a formal affiliate of the National Council of La Raza and recipient of funding from George Soros, assisted the bills’s primary co-sponsors, Bob Mendes and Colby Sledge, in drafting the language. Sledge is married to TIRRC’s co-director Lindsey Harris. Two days after President Trump issued his Executive Order calling for enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and the removal of criminal aliens, TIRRC called for local governments to stop cooperating with federal immigration authorities, a key feature of sanctuary city policies and practices. Councilman Mendes denies that the bills create sanctuary policies. However, Mayor Megan Barry, Mendes, Sledge and TIRRC, have consistently used coded language reflective of their bias and objectives with references such as “undocumented immigrant,” “non-citizens,” “welcoming” and “family reunification” to signal their support for open borders and shielding both criminal and non-criminal illegal aliens from deportation. Openthebooks.com’s report which includes Nashville as a sanctuary city, says that “operationally, the DOJ enforces a legal definition of sanctuary city,” relying on…

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EPA Delays One of the Agency’s Most Expensive Regulations Ever

Tennessee Star Staff
Tennessee Star

The Trump administration announced Tuesday evening it would delay the implementation of a smog rule that’s been called one of the costliest clean air regulations ever. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt sent a letter to governors saying there’s “insufficient information” to fully implement the 2015 rule on its current timeline. The rule lowers the national…

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Public Meetings On I-65 Congestion To Be Held This Month

Wendy Wilson
Tennessee Star

  Tired of getting stuck in traffic on I-65? The Tennessee Department of Transportation wants to hear about your problems. Last year, the department launched a study to determine the biggest problem areas along the I-65 corridor stretching 120 miles from Alabama to Kentucky. After collecting data and feedback, the department will develop a list of project ideas and costs to make improvements. The study is expected to be completed this summer. There are three public meetings this month at which the public can offer input: June 12, 2017 5:30-7:00 p.m. Delmas Long Community Center – Meeting Room 2 200 Memorial Drive Goodlettsville, TN  37072 June 20, 2017 5:30-7:00 p.m. Brentwood Library – Meeting Room A 8109 Concord Road Brentwood, TN  37027 June 22, 2017 5:30-7:00 p.m. Spring Hill City Hall – Courtroom 199 Town Center Pkwy. Spring Hill, TN  37174 For more information on the I-65 Multimodal Corridor Study, visit https://www.tn.gov/tdot/article/i65study.

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Trump: We Won’t Let ‘Our Nation Become a Museum of Former Glories’

Tennessee Star Staff

President Donald Trump pledged his administration will scale back burdensome federal regulations to give state and local governments “the freedom and flexibility they need to revitalize our nation’s infrastructure,” during a speech Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio. The president said his administration will deliver on the “promise of a safe, reliable and modern infrastructure.” Trump blasted the…

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Rand Paul: Lindsey Graham ‘Needs to Mind His Own Business’

Tennessee Star Staff

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “mind his own business” after his colleague asserted he is a definite lost vote on repealing and replacing Obamacare, during an interview Wednesday on “The Laura Ingraham Show.” Paul has been a staunch advocate for completely, rather than partially, repealing Obamacare. The Kentucky senator did express dissatisfaction…

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Wayne Gretzky Visits Ford Ice Center in Antioch

Wendy Wilson

  Wayne Gretzky visited the Ford Ice Center in Antioch on Tuesday to see the inaugural Gretzky Hockey School in action. More than 90 kids are participating in the summer training camp, run by Gretzky’s son, Ty. The National Hockey League Hall of Famer, known as “The Great One,” signed autographs and had his photo taken with fans, reports WKRN News 2. “We would like to give a big thank you to Wayne Gretzky for stopping by to meet the boys and girls attending the Gretzky Hockey School! It was an experience of a lifetime,” the Ford Ice Center posted on Facebook. The Canadian-born star, now 56, retired in 1999 after twenty seasons playing on four teams in the NHL. Ty Gretzky told WKRN he’s impressed with the enthusiasm of the kids in the program, which he attributed in part to the hype surrounding the Nashville Predators vying for the Stanley Cup. “It is very special for them to be able to feel this right now as it is going on,” he said. Ty is one of Wayne Gretzky’s five children with his wife Janet. “Gretzky’s proudest role is as a father and a husband,” his website says.

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Tennessee Star Poll: 84 Percent of Republican Primary Voters Reject In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens

Tennessee Star Staff
Tennessee Star

  The Tennessee Star Poll conducted of 1,007 likely Republican primary voters in the state shows they reject in-state college tuition for illegal aliens by a stunning 84 percent to 11 percent margin. When asked “In 2018, the Tennessee General Assembly is expected to reconsider a bill to provide in-state college tuition to illegal immigrant students. Do you support or oppose providing in-state college tuition to illegal immigrant students?” Tennessee likely Republican primary voters resoundingly rejected the idea–with high levels of intensity. 68.9% Strongly Disapproved 15.5% Somewhat Disapproved 5.9% Somewhat Approved 5.2% Strongly Approved 4.5% Not Sure/don’t know In-state tuition for illegal aliens and repeal of the gas tax increase are likely to be two of the hottest topics of the 2018 election in the gubernatorial race as well as a number of contested state legislative races. Two bills proposed in this year’s session of the Tennessee General Assembly introduced by State Senator Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) and State Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis) that promised in-state tuition at Tennessee’s public colleges failed to become law. One bill, HB660, “would authorize the new college and university governing boards to decide which students are eligible to pay in-state tuition rates.” Another bill, HB 863,…

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Faith: Verse of the Day for Tuesday, June 8

Dana Hunsinger Gill
Tennessee Star - Verse of the Day

  VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing June 7, Thursday Galatians 5:1, 7-10 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. 7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 9 “A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.” 10 I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion, whoever that may be, will have to pay the penalty.

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