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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · Jul 2

Friends, it's time. After five years, I'm moving on from covering #MetroCouncilNash.

The July 15 meeting will be the last one I cover. It'll also probably be the last one I watch for some time.

I'll have more to say about this decision later, but for now, I want to thank some folks.

🦞

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 2h

Sometimes, CMs would do well to just let their colleagues speak and move on. When someone is withdrawing legislation you don’t like, you have already won!

Let them have their 3 minutes & get on with the business of the council. You’re wasting everyone’s time otherwise, & it makes you look silly.

manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 2h

Tom Cash is trying to say what @ginnywelsch.bsky.social's is saying is against the rules, but @angienashville.bsky.social says that's not the case but that it's against the will of the body and she needs to speak on why she's withdrawing

nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, I’ve seen committee chairs extend time in the past. It’s a smart move imo.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3h

Lemme guess: she said that you have to allow both viewpoints to be heard, so they have to allow an equal number of supporters and opponents to speak. (Or, if only one supporter was signed up, they’d have to bump someone from the opponents list and replace with the waitlist supporter)

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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 13h

Federal programs going away? Sounds like a good time to relieve costs on Nashvillians and provide free transportation using dollars we have locally!! At least just mail out Journey Passes to everybody making under 300% above the poverty line.

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Jason Bergeron @jmberg.bsky.social · 13h

Can always count on @startleseasily.bsky.social for deep cut references to Metro commission meetings from 3 years ago. It’s like a Widespread Panic fan instantly recalling a killer “Ain’t Life Grand” they played in Macon in 1998….

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 13h

I’m old enough to remember when Hendricks accused Bristol of threatening him if he didn’t vote for the original deal.

So he can’t be intimidated, but, if the allegations contained in the complaint are true, he CAN be bought, I guess…

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Angie E. Henderson @angienashville.bsky.social · 16h

🗓️TODAY’s the day! 3:00 to 6:30 at City Hall. Mark this annual task off your list & help keep yourself (& by extension, your family, friends, & colleagues) healthy this flu season. #NashvilleFightsFlu

Angie E. Henderson @angienashville.bsky.social · 2d

Our 3rd annual #FightFlu partnership with Metro Health is this Thursday. 85 free flu shots were administered last year. Can we make it 💯 this year? #MetroCouncilNash #NashvilleFightsFlu

nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

I am an excellent babysitter, with lots of availability. Just fyi. In case you’re still scrambling.

City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 2d

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time Tennessee sends someone YOUNG and HOT to Congress.

🔥💃🏼🗳️

(This is an @aftynbehn.bsky.social endorsement.)

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

ZOHRAN WE NEED YOU.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Sean Parker @seanforfive.bsky.social · 1d

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

BE.*

IT IS EARLY. CUT ME SOME SLACK.

nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

I legitimately may go to this just to get a flu shot.

I’ve done it the past two years, and it’s so easy. AND FREE. JUST LIKE BUSES SHOULD BS.

Angie E. Henderson @angienashville.bsky.social · 2d

Our 3rd annual #FightFlu partnership with Metro Health is this Thursday. 85 free flu shots were administered last year. Can we make it 💯 this year? #MetroCouncilNash #NashvilleFightsFlu

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

On First Reading: We Bought a Mall

In her latest Metro Council recap, @startleseasily reports on approval of the Global Mall purchase, plus unhinged but fun vibes

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 1d

If so, should Metro buy it?

Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 2d

Is America a dead mall?

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 2d

Kristen is a local treasure. If you’ve got time today, drop by Pearl-Cohn with a treat for her!

Kristen Stewart @kristenmstewart.bsky.social · 2d

It’s 4:53 and I’m awake because it’s an ELECTION DAY! If you have extra caffeine or food, I’ll be at Pearl-Cohn from 6a to 7p.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 2d

Had a dream that I was having a costume party birthday dinner and @jasonspaintn.bsky.social was dressed as the red M&M.

Also @kellykitty.bsky.social was Carmen Sandiego.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

I’m also obsessed with Dicey’s but I apparently have an intolerance to onions & garlic so pizza is basically off my menu. Sad, depressing times here.

Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 3d

Can we go to Dicey's? I had their pizza for the first time today and I am obsessed.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

The positive side of induced demand.

Demand also correlates with FREE BUSES.

Angie E. Henderson @angienashville.bsky.social · 3d

🚌Thx for sharing your ride on the (not express) airport route.

Disagree service “may be meeting current demand.” Demand is latent & correlates w/ frequency. We can’t judge need for a bridge by # of ppl swimming across a river.

If the bus ran more often, & were better promoted, more would use it!

Bryophile🌿🔬🏁 @wdbryopsida.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, what’s up Nashville!? We’re trying out the WeGo Airport Express (18) today. We’ll see how ambitious I am about posting as we go, but you can count on a trip summary outbound and inbound on this thread.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

Y’all know I’m not over here dying to defend Rollin, but like damn, let’s operate from a shared set of facts at the very least.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

So, funny story: this is a lie.

Matthew Bond @mjb1959.bsky.social · 3d

That's good information. Please point out that developers were among C.M. Horton's major contributors.

No one here is clean.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

You’re literally making this up lmao. I just looked at his campaign disclosures.

Tonya Hancock — noted anti-NESTer — got more from developers than Rollin did.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

LMFAOOOOOO

nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 3d

Get you a pup who likes holding hands.

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 5d

Keep the blood INSIDE the body, Molly.

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