Mike B. has some interesting scoop out of Salemtown.

On the same day that the K & M Market at the corner of 7th and Garfield (where the store owner was shot 8 days ago by a suspect still on the lam) reopened to peddle its primary product of single serve beers, Salemtown Neighbors Neighborhood Association voted unanimously to support Council Member Erica Gilmore’s bill to prohibit the sale of single-serve 40 ounce bottles of malt liquor. That bill was deferred by CM Gilmore indefinitely in November, although she spoke of plans to bring a revised version back up for consideration.

He writes about a bit of what its like to have K & M in the neighborhood and he delves into some of the recent history and the landscape of why the market is more than a nuisance.

But it’s the owners that Byrd reports which gives this story an interesting dynamic.

 Another interesting detail is that all three properties are owned by Kenny Norman, who was once the Juvenile Court Clerk described by the Nashville Scene as having “a reputation—deserved, by most accounts—for being an inaccessible, politically driven and incompetent administrator.” But Mr. Norman–whose mailing address is in Goodlettsville–looks locked into a slew of very influential power brokers. His sister is Circuit Trial Judge Barbara Haynes, whose husband is State Senator Joe Haynes from Goodlettsville. Their son, Scott Haynes, is an attorney with Boult, Cummings, served as co-chair of Kenny Norman’s campaign, and he has connections with former mayoral candidate and Congressman Bob Clement.

Read the whole thing about the curious case of the K&M Market and how it is affecting Salemtown.