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Andy
@wildman.bsky.social
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Husband, girl dad, numbers guy. Cities should be car-optional. Pro-bus, pro-bike, pro-immigrant, pro-housing. These smart, walkable, mixed-use skeets are mine alone, and will veer into economics, sports, and Nashville.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 18h
Austin Texas: Super Duties and HEBs

In this essay I will…
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 1d
Sometimes what you need is an afternoon off from creating shareholder value to take the toddler to ice cream and the grocery store by bike and then watch the sun set.
Toddler with ice cream. She said “this waffle bowl is yummalicious.” Tern cargo bike with child seat locked up at Riverside Village bike parking. Sunset in East Nashville.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 1d
A bunch of true believers in SV actually believe that, yes.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 2d
I’d put the chance that “one of the 218 discharge petition votes is retired or dead by the end of October” at higher than 25%.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 2d
In over 2 years we’ll review the zoning code to see if our application of 100+ zoning classifications (matrixed across 6 transects) is working for all Nashville residents or just our landowner class.

It’s really hard to know so the review might require a year of staff work and community engagement.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 3d
Guy who is against the bill to create these zoning districts because they’re not dense enough and we already have the tools we need to allow more homes to be built.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 3d
"airbnb clarkville tn fashion house party house"
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 3d
As a proud member of the "primary the septuagenarians" caucus, this is a good thing.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 3d
Correct on the Bosch motor. Tern Vektron. Accommodates a Thule kid's seat on the back. Have been looking for one on FB marketplace for a couple months.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5d
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 5d
Franklin real estate agent living in a Nashville house her parents own is mad a big vibrant city is evolving to allow more homes for more neighbors.

If she wants the suburbs she can just go home. This attempt will fail and that failure will embolden more Nashville councilmembers to support housing.
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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 5d
This. Immigrants are awesome, and I wish we weren’t so afraid to say it.
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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 5d
As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 6d
"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 8d
The sunrise was good again today, but I’m more excited to fly home to Nashville.
Dania beach pier at sunrise Departing flight from FLL over the Port of the Everglades and the Atlantic Ocean. Sunrise in Florida.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 9d
Ran this morning along the beach. Jumped into the ocean. Had a Cuban coffee. Watched the sun rise. It was glorious.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 9d
Congratulations Hayden!!
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 10d
So they just...took away the cars and everything got better?
A screenshot from a Nashville Banner article about parking at the Titans stadium https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/30/tennessee-titans-parking-east-bank-nissan-stadium/
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 10d
The neighborhood online groups bellyache about both outcomes ($2M houses in a ~$500k neighborhood AND upzoning a pair of lots for 7 homes that were previously zoned for 3).

In a growing city like Nashville, there's not a secret third option. Either we allow more homes or we'll see more $2M homes.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 10d
Our zoning preserves large lots for ever-wealthier future homeowners, who will surely raise good-faith, morally-grounded issues like stormwater runoff any time a few more homes are proposed in their neighborhood.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 10d
We have a range of choices to "maintain" our neighborhood:

Maintain current laws & watch existing attainable housing get torn down for $2M new builds.

Or

Maintain affordability for neighborhood characters to be able to live here (allow more, smaller units to compete with those $2M new builds)
2304 Riverside Drive, Nashville TN 37216, listed for $1.8M last year, a single family modern McMansion (5 beds, 4.5 baths) on a lot right next to a neighborhood commercial corner. A rendering of 1265 McGavock Pike, Nashville TN 37216, a currently vacant lot upzoned to allow 7 small (sub-2k square feet) homes (likely to list for ~$500k each), also right next to the same neighborhood commercial corner.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 10d
The latest product of Nashville's "Neighborhood Maintenance" zoning conventions is this 6 bed, 5 bath, 3 story, $2M house.

The neighborhood that the zoning is purporting to maintain is full of 800-1600 sq ft houses that sell for $300k-$500k.

You need to make $400k+ a year to afford the new house.
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 10d
Wishing you a year filled with on-time buses that are full of friends.
Spencer, DJ, and Andy serendipitously on the same WeGo bus on a Tuesday night in April.
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Spencer Sharpe @jspencersharpe.bsky.social · 16d
THE BUS BOYS
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Andy @wildman.bsky.social · 16d
Looking for Neil. @cbowe34.bsky.social and I haven’t seen him or his tweets for at least three hours.
Andy and Chris in Cava.
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