They say fences make good neighbors, but around Neely’s Bend School, a fence has confused many community members.
A resident who chooses not to be identified tells Messed Up that a fence was constructed this past fall directly across a popular walking track behind the elementary school. The fence stretches approximately 100 yards and cuts the walking track in two.
Messed Up goes to the school system and this is what Communication Director Olivia Brown told us:
“There is a walking track that’s been there for years. It is maintained by the school. There was a change of ownership in neighboring property last year, and the new owner contacted schools late in the fall and said that track was on his property, and he was concerned of liability if someone was injured on the track. So to answer his concerns, the district erected a fence to keep kids from straying over.”
Brown says the fence was put up with the idea that this spring the track would be reconfigured so that it completes a circuit all on school property.
When told of this, the resident told Messed Up he is pleased and looks forward to using the track when the weather warms up.
A warning tonight from the Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee:
“Never allow your insurance company to write a check to both you and the contractor doing the repair work on your home.” 
The warning comes after I share with the agency the story of north Nashville resident Jeff Turner.
The Metro Water worker says his roof sprung a leak in mid-October. He says his insurance company authorized a repair job for $5,400. Turner signed a contract with a roofing company to do the job, and he thought that was the end of it.
That was months ago, and Turner still has a gaping hole in the ceiling of his workout room, and multiple buckets on the floor to catch the water.
Here’s the problem – The insurance company cut a check to both Turner and the roofers. The roofers cashed the check but never fixed the roof.
That was on December 2, two months ago.
I call the roofing company and begin asking for answers.
An owner gets back to me. I ask why he pocketed the $5,400 when he hasn’t fixed the roof. The owner tells me that the weather has held him up and said his contract allows him three months to finish a job.
Three months to finish the job?
Mr. Turner says he has checked the contract and he doesn’t see anything in the fine print claiming the company has 90 days to complete a job.
When I tell Kathleen Calligan with the BBB about this she admonishes all citizens: Do not sign a contract with a company that takes the money up front and then claims they have 90-days to fix the roof.
Calligan warns consumers to demand insurance checks be written to you the consumer, since it is you the consumer, she says, who pays the premium.
Calligan also says don’t pay the contractor a dime till the job is completed.
I checked with the BBB and the roofing company in question has a good record.
We are not naming the roofer, because by phone, he promises that Mr. Turner’s roof will be fixed soon, weather permitting.
Messed Up plans to hold him to his promise.
What began as a series of traffic accidents seven months ago is starting to feel like disrespect to family members, whose loved ones are buried at the Nashville National Cemetery on Gallatin Road.
The problem is the wall lining the cemetery has been destroyed. There is crime tape and car parts scattered about. That debris and destruction are only a few feet away from headstones.
According to Metro Police, there were actually two wrecks at this section of wall, two weeks apart.
The first wreck on June 2nd started as a tire blowout, according to Metro Police. The Driver was cited for not having a license.
Investigators tell Messed Up the 2nd wreck on June 15th hit the same stretch of wall. The driver was a 17 year old mentally challenged teen who also was not licensed to drive.
Kim Mahone’s grandparents are buried here. She says it’s disrespectful to not repair the damage next to her grandparents’ grave.
“The whole brick wall in front of her grave is knocked down. Bumper and bricks and pieces of head light have been laying there for a while. We try calling and ask when will they fix it. I went up to the office. I get up there and they are busy, I am doing this for everyone’s family. Those people fought in the war. It’s an invasion of privacy.”
Mahone says she just wants the wall repaired. 7 months is long enough she says.
“We are upset!”
We contact regional director, Paul Martin, who tells us his agency is working on the issue, but there is no time table for repairs.
By phone Martin tells Messed Up:
“Of course we care about what happens in the cemetery and how it affects the next of kin of our soldiers. This all takes considerable time. The wall is old, and so we want to be sure to get the right materials.”
Martin tells us that the federally subsidized cemetery has a budget that allows for upkeep, but not necessarily for destruction of this magnitude.
Martin wants families to know that the cemetery is working with the parks service to address the issue and is not taking this issue lightly.
Messed Up first brought you the chaotic renovations at the Nashville International Airport.
At the time, many of you complained about dangerous and confusing driving conditions. Airport officials told us to hang in there, that it would be over soon.
Messed Up has been following the issue for weeks.
Sources at the airport now tell me that by mid-week, IT’S DONE!
By and large, the source confirms that the renovations to Ring Rd, which circles the airport are completed.
Gone are the confusing signs, and squiggly arrows and lanes that stop and start for no apparent reason.
Enjoy the smooth sailing and pay attention to the new signage.
Now if I could only promise that your pilots won’t be texting and flying.
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