Acklen Park Productions Second Franklin Hot Air Balloon Festival Was Also a Bust

Yesterday I led my readers on a little stroll down memory lane as we revisited the first ever Franklin Hot Air Balloon Classic, which like most events hosted by Nashville's Acklen Park Productions, was a major disappointment.  And worst of all, they seemed to have learned nothing from their previous year's failure, as Acklen Park …

Acklen Park Productions’ Franklin Hot Air Balloon Festival was a Major Bust

By now loyal readers of my site are familiar with Nashville's Acklen Park Productions and rightly associate their name with poorly organized events that suck and piss everyone off.  It happened in Chattanooga a few weeks ago.  It happened in Clarksville last week.  It happened again today in Jackson.  But after doing some research on …

Jackson Hot Air Balloon Classic: a Classic Acklen Park Shit Show

This will be brief because I'm on my phone at the airport today. But I just noticed that ANOTHER Acklen Park Production has devolved into a shit show failure of epic proportions.  Just like the Clarksville Taco shit show from last week, ticket holders at the Jackson Hot Air Classic found out the event was cancelled at …

The Clarksville Taco & Tequila Fest: Another Acklen Park Shit Show

Loyal readers of my esteemed lifestyle blog will no doubt remember the scandal that erupted a few weeks ago at the Chattanooga Taco & Tequila Festival.  Lines were long, tacos were scarce, and many trusting citizens of the Scenic City felt like they had been scammed by some fast talking snake-oil salesmen from Nashville's Acklen …

Join Me in Supporting Chattanooga’s War on Beggars

The City Council recently took action to eradicate poverty from Chattanooga's streets by making it easier to jail citizens who are shameless enough to beg for my change.  The new ordinance, which criminalizes a broad range of behavior classified as "aggressive panhandling," drew the ire of Community Advocates.  They accused lawmakers of attempting to punish people for …