Response to Wednesday’s story, Neely’s Bend Walking Track, from property owner Phillip Mitchell:
Hello Andy: I am the owner of the property on 700 Marlin Pass that has been encroached upon by the school walking track and playground. Upon taking ownership of the property in question and preparing its clean-up and restoration from the small landfill and brush pile it had become, the encroachment was discovered. After contacting Mr. Edgings with the Metro school systems engineering/construction dept., after notifying him of the problem, he met with me and brought a survey plan that showed the known discrepancy years earlier. I had also contacted my councilman (Jim Forkum) in the matter and offered to sell Metro Schools AT MY COST (Est. $4500.00 to $5000.00), lease, or partial trade for similar property connected to my property, the portion of property that the track was on so that the school and community could keep the track and surrounding equipment. Jim Forkum asked Mr. Edgings to work out the deal with me on the property. Instead Mr. Edgings decided to demolish and spend who knows how many thousands of TAX PAYERS dollars on the proposed track and playground demolition and relocation. The fence alone, currently installed was estimated by my local fencing contractor to cost over $4,000. Although my major concern was liability, the Metro schools legal dept. would not provide me a waver of liability for use of the property until the problem was resolved, thus the fence was installed. I was told that the fence installed was temporary until a resolution was reached. What’s messed up is that with the failing economy and budget shortfalls in the school system, the Metro school administration is willing to spend big money instead of taking the simple road to fix the problem. I was told by Mr. Edgings that the proposed purchase paperwork to acquire the property was “TOO MUCH WORK” and would have to be voted on three times by council members and the planning commission. NOW THAT’S MESSED UP!!
Bill Penn, Asst Metro Codes Director, sent us the following Messed Up update to a story we brought you in December about an abandoned home in Madison. The owner died, and neighbors are havnig a hard time getting the city to act on the abandoned property.
The health and safety of Nashville and its citizens continues to be our priority. However, the reality of the situation makes this a very difficult case. The owner of the property is unresponsive. From all indications, the property has been abandoned, but we are unable to determine whether or not a financial institution is pursuing foreclosure. Couple this with very limited resources for demolition and we are unable to proceed in the direction we intended. We continue to work within the confines of the laws which govern these situation and we will continue to work to compel the responsible parties to be just that…responsible.
We have brand new developments to the auto burglary story you saw exclusively on That Is Messed Up.
On January 18th we told you Franklin police were investigating a rash of car burglaries.
Franklin Police have now posted the following surveillance photo of two men who could be connected.
This image was taken at Walmart, and the men in the photo used a credit card that was stolen during that rash of car burglaries.
Franklin police released the following statement.
Franklin, TN – Detectives investigating a rash of recent auto burglaries have a new lead and are asking for help from the public to identify two suspects. The men pictured here used a credit card taken during an auto burglary that occurred in the Franklin Green Subdivision. The credit card was used at Franklin’s Walmart a short time after the early morning break-in on 01/14/2010. The suspects were seen driving away from store in a small grey 4-door vehicle.
Information about the identity of these suspects or the recent rash of auto burglaries in Franklin is worth cash by simply calling Crime Stoppers at (615) 794-4000. Information can also be provided by texting 615FPD, along with your tip to 847411. All tips are guaranteed 100% anonymous. Police want your information, not your name.
We encourage you to call if you believe you could be of help to this investigation.
According to the Metro Health Dept, the Kirkpatrick Elementary re-inspection (11/9/09) found the following:
- the leaking pipe in the boiler room has been repaired.
- middle tn exterminating co serviced the school on 10/15/09 no live insects observed
- some roof work has been done.
- damaged / unsafe picnic table s have been removed
- grass and weeds are starting to get high trash is gone from under portables
- trash, debris and old post have been removed from the playground area
- playground tarp is gone/covered. Ditch is still present rocks in ditch are covered with the leaves and mulch. Hole under fence is partially filled with old concrete.
- there is still an odor under the hand sink in room 114. An air freshener is present.
There score improved significantly. You can read our past stories drawing attention to the school’s condition:
You remember our story about the 1000’s of rockers who pack River Front Park for Buzz Fest 2009? Part of the show was cancelled due to rain.
We have an update: Alice in Chains is coming back to Nashville to do teh fans right.
Buzzfest Fan Appreciation Show with Alice In Chains - March 1st, 2010 @ Municipal Auditorium
Tickets go on sale 11/20 @ 10am at all Ticketmaster locations or the Municipal Auditorium Box office.
All Buzzfest 09 ticket holders have a 30 day window to exchange their Buzzfest ticket stub for a free ticket to the show. The window is from November 20, 2009 - December 20, 2009 to do their exchange.
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