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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 · 12h

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

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 12h

ZOHRAN WE NEED YOU.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 14h

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nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 17h

BE.*

IT IS EARLY. CUT ME SOME SLACK.

nicole wants fare-free bus rides for all @startleseasily.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 1d

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 · 18h

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 · 18h

If so, should Metro buy it?

Carly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 1d

Is America a dead mall?

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

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

The positive side of induced demand.

Demand also correlates with FREE BUSES.

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

🚌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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

So, funny story: this is a lie.

Matthew Bond @mjb1959.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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.