Jason Bergeron
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Wandered into a whimsical night parade in Atlanta tonight. The Beltline is 15 years ahead of Nashville’s parks and greenways. This is what we should be investing in @freddieoconnell.bsky.social.
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wandered into a whimsical night parade in Atlanta tonight. The Beltline is 15 years ahead of Nashville’s parks and greenways. This is what we should be investing in @freddieoconnell.bsky.social.
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Idk, my definition of “catastrophic flooding” includes loss of life and significant structural damages. Curious what’s easy about that clean up…
@stephenelliott.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Idk, my definition of “catastrophic flooding” includes loss of life and significant structural damages. Curious what’s easy about that clean up…
@stephenelliott.bsky.social
@stephenelliott.bsky.social
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Nashville is losing a hardworking champion for our city.
Bob Mendes, a top adviser and campaign supporter of Mayor Freddie O'Connell, is leaving the Nashville mayor's office at the end of next month.
Top Nashville Mayoral Aide Bob Mendes Stepping Down - Nashville Banner
Bob Mendes, top adviser to Mayor Freddie O'Connell, is leaving the mayor's office. His departure marks a key exit from the team.
nashvillebanner.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Nashville is losing a hardworking champion for our city.
Again, I ask what other orders did the Fair Board Chair receive on just this text chain, or in any other communications with Bristol lobbyists? What privileged or confidential Metro information did the Fair Board Chair leak to Bristol’s lobbyists?
Wow I am stunned that a public official would take instructions directly from a special interest
September 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Again, I ask what other orders did the Fair Board Chair receive on just this text chain, or in any other communications with Bristol lobbyists? What privileged or confidential Metro information did the Fair Board Chair leak to Bristol’s lobbyists?
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Wow I am stunned that a public official would take instructions directly from a special interest
September 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wow I am stunned that a public official would take instructions directly from a special interest
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An ethics complaint has been filed against Jasper Hendricks, chair of the Metro Board of Fair Commissioners and former candidate for Metro Council.
Metro Fair Board Chairman Faces Ethics Complaint
Speedway-area residents allege Jasper Hendricks accepted gifts, negotiated secret deal
www.nashvillescene.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
An ethics complaint has been filed against Jasper Hendricks, chair of the Metro Board of Fair Commissioners and former candidate for Metro Council.
Well put, is @freddieoconnell.bsky.social listening?
Letter to Mayor O'Connell: Don't bring NASCAR into our neighborhood | Opinion
Mayor Freddie O'Connell may be close to a deal to bring a NASCAR racetrack to the Nashville Fairgrounds. Nearby residents oppose the idea
www.tennessean.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Well put, is @freddieoconnell.bsky.social listening?
It is alleged that the sitting Fair Board Chair was taking direction from Bristol’s lobbyists (among other allegations). What privileged Metro information & strategy has been disclosed to Bristol and others? Who has the Fair Board Chair been advocating for in the negotiations: Metro or Bristol?
Ethics complaint accuses Fair Board chair of accepting inappropriate gift
The complaint, filed last week, comes amid speculation that Mayor Freddie O'Connell could soon propose a racetrack revitalization plan.
www.axios.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It is alleged that the sitting Fair Board Chair was taking direction from Bristol’s lobbyists (among other allegations). What privileged Metro information & strategy has been disclosed to Bristol and others? Who has the Fair Board Chair been advocating for in the negotiations: Metro or Bristol?
These are serious and galling accusations….
Ethics complaint accuses Fair Board chair of accepting incentives for speedway deal
A former Metro Nashville Council member signed onto an ethics complaint against Jasper Hendricks, the chair of the Metro Board of Fair Commissioners.
www.tennessean.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
These are serious and galling accusations….
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I got to be the guest on today’s episode of @citycastnash.bsky.social, which is all about the present and future of sports gambling and why the DraftKings bar is basically a modern Planet Hollywood:
Will Tennessee Ever Legalize Gambling? by City Cast Nashville
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September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I got to be the guest on today’s episode of @citycastnash.bsky.social, which is all about the present and future of sports gambling and why the DraftKings bar is basically a modern Planet Hollywood:
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What a gem of a movie. I ran into David Strathairn at Vetri in Philly while he was doing a play at the Wilma and when I shook his hand I said "Sneakers is one of my all time favorites" and he said "most fun I ever had and hardly anyone brings it up"
Gonna watch it tonight.
Gonna watch it tonight.
I wrote about Robert Redford's environmentalism and, obviously, Sneakers.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What a gem of a movie. I ran into David Strathairn at Vetri in Philly while he was doing a play at the Wilma and when I shook his hand I said "Sneakers is one of my all time favorites" and he said "most fun I ever had and hardly anyone brings it up"
Gonna watch it tonight.
Gonna watch it tonight.
Well this seems like a cool project. We could use this in Nashville like yesterday….
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September 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Well this seems like a cool project. We could use this in Nashville like yesterday….
“World Class” (self-proclaimed) event company puts on embarrassing boondoggle. Seems like a bad group to go into business with…. @mendesbob.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“World Class” (self-proclaimed) event company puts on embarrassing boondoggle. Seems like a bad group to go into business with…. @mendesbob.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
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As crime stats improve, reactionaries move the goalpost from facts to feelings -- citing polling numbers to justify expanded surveillance and ballooning police budgets.
nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/02/n...
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Nashville's Violent Crime Drops by Nearly 10 Percent - Nashville Banner
Violent crime in Nashville has decreased by nearly 10% compared to last year, with homicides down 18% and property crimes down 27%.
nashvillebanner.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
As crime stats improve, reactionaries move the goalpost from facts to feelings -- citing polling numbers to justify expanded surveillance and ballooning police budgets.
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Affordable housing up and running and many more community benefits on the way at the Fairgrounds, all of which will be destroyed if Metro allows Bristol Motorsports to build a cynical tourist playground that benefits only out of town millionaires and their lobbyists.
New Nashville affordable housing near Geodis Park, Fairgrounds Speedway is 'about dignity'
A mixed-income apartment building was unveiled near Geodis Park and the Nashville Fairgrounds. The development team has more projects on the way.
www.tennessean.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Affordable housing up and running and many more community benefits on the way at the Fairgrounds, all of which will be destroyed if Metro allows Bristol Motorsports to build a cynical tourist playground that benefits only out of town millionaires and their lobbyists.
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Nashville needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. My latest column up today at @tennesseelookout.com.
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Nashville is a city on the move but running in place • Tennessee Lookout
Columnist Bruce Barry writes that Nashville appears to be growing by some measures, but feels stagnant for locals.
tennesseelookout.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Nashville needs to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. My latest column up today at @tennesseelookout.com.
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“…Block by Block offers beautification and maintenance services for public spaces and runs city hospitality programs like Nashville’s yellow-shirted downtown ambassadors.”
So, like, what does NDP actually do themselves?
So, like, what does NDP actually do themselves?
The Nashville Downtown Partnership says a subcontractor, Block by Block, was responsible for the fourth-floor space under scrutiny by Nashville Fire Department investigators.
Nashville Downtown Partnership Points to Subcontractor for Library Fire
NDP says cleaning company Block by Block stored unknown materials at origination point identified by investigation
www.nashvillescene.com
July 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“…Block by Block offers beautification and maintenance services for public spaces and runs city hospitality programs like Nashville’s yellow-shirted downtown ambassadors.”
So, like, what does NDP actually do themselves?
So, like, what does NDP actually do themselves?
“…thanks for bringing about a future in which scions like myself are given unlimited influence over government and veto power over bike lanes….”
Why I'm Sending Issues of 'The Onion' To Every Member Of Congress
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June 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“…thanks for bringing about a future in which scions like myself are given unlimited influence over government and veto power over bike lanes….”
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every year on patriots' day we commemorate the “here comes the pizza” incident from 2007, in which don orsillo and the late great jerry remy grow increasingly deranged trying to understand the motives of the man who hurled a slice of pizza at a guy attempting to catch a foul ball
#redsox 🍕 ⚾️
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April 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
every year on patriots' day we commemorate the “here comes the pizza” incident from 2007, in which don orsillo and the late great jerry remy grow increasingly deranged trying to understand the motives of the man who hurled a slice of pizza at a guy attempting to catch a foul ball
#redsox 🍕 ⚾️
#redsox 🍕 ⚾️
Poll from pro-Nashville Fairgrounds group finds opposition to NASCAR on site tennesseelookout.com/briefs/poll-...
Poll from pro-Nashville Fairgrounds group finds opposition to NASCAR on site • Tennessee Lookout
A recent poll of Nashville voters on potential uses for Fairgrounds Nashville and found a majority of respondents oppose NASCAR races.
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March 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Poll from pro-Nashville Fairgrounds group finds opposition to NASCAR on site tennesseelookout.com/briefs/poll-...
SMI, of course, has spent years trying to strong arm Nashville into building a new mega speedway in the heart of Nashville’s neighborhoods (for SMI to profit from), doing so via threats and various underhanded, behind closed door maneuvers by their cynical lobbyists. #MetroCouncilNash
March 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
SMI, of course, has spent years trying to strong arm Nashville into building a new mega speedway in the heart of Nashville’s neighborhoods (for SMI to profit from), doing so via threats and various underhanded, behind closed door maneuvers by their cynical lobbyists. #MetroCouncilNash
CM Weiner always seems to be most impassioned when it comes to supporting James Weaver’s clients like Axon…
"I am as scared as anyone in this room," says Weiner. "We don't need to be here fighting over this. We need to do both. We need to support Fusus. We need to support the police who keep us safe, and...we need to come up with the social solutions," says Weiner.
December 4, 2024 at 3:41 AM
CM Weiner always seems to be most impassioned when it comes to supporting James Weaver’s clients like Axon…