Matthew Bond
@mjb1959.bsky.social
Tutor, writer, crank--prefers pressing clothes to pressing issues.
Yes, the pro-development, anti-neighborhood folks would hate a truly democratic process.
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Yes, the pro-development, anti-neighborhood folks would hate a truly democratic process.
The more they pay, the more frightened they are! A large turnout from Nashville, and from the patriots in the rest of District 7, and we flip the seat.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The more they pay, the more frightened they are! A large turnout from Nashville, and from the patriots in the rest of District 7, and we flip the seat.
I suggest reading more than one sentence. Also, look at the graphs.
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I suggest reading more than one sentence. Also, look at the graphs.
Yes, and a strong bench for baseball or softball, too. Sean Parker at 2nd base.
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Yes, and a strong bench for baseball or softball, too. Sean Parker at 2nd base.
Building more houses doesn't keep prices low: constructioncoverage.com/research/cit....
U.S. Cities Building the Most New Housing [2025 Edition]
Analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Zillow, researchers identified the U.S. metros and states that are building the most new homes.
constructioncoverage.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Building more houses doesn't keep prices low: constructioncoverage.com/research/cit....
My point holds. Thanks. The re-zonings are divisive, and C.M. Welsch is a prime example of the divisiveness.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My point holds. Thanks. The re-zonings are divisive, and C.M. Welsch is a prime example of the divisiveness.
Why does Shirley Li refer to Woody Allen as a "real-life disgraced figure" when the accusations against him were investigated thoroughly and found to be without substance? If he is *disgraced* while having done nothing disgraceful, then that says more about us than about Allen, doesn't it?
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Why does Shirley Li refer to Woody Allen as a "real-life disgraced figure" when the accusations against him were investigated thoroughly and found to be without substance? If he is *disgraced* while having done nothing disgraceful, then that says more about us than about Allen, doesn't it?
Come back the next day in full makeup. It'll work out.
October 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Come back the next day in full makeup. It'll work out.
A very, very good movie.
October 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A very, very good movie.
You think that Ondaatje owed Maxwell $$, and this blurb helped pay off the debt? 😀😉
October 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You think that Ondaatje owed Maxwell $$, and this blurb helped pay off the debt? 😀😉
Baseball is a game of failure and mistakes. What makes it especially painful--and fascinating--is that so many of the mistakes are totally visible, made by one or two players isolated from all the others, in situations recorded and then replayed forever.
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Baseball is a game of failure and mistakes. What makes it especially painful--and fascinating--is that so many of the mistakes are totally visible, made by one or two players isolated from all the others, in situations recorded and then replayed forever.
It neutralizes ad hominems, though.
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It neutralizes ad hominems, though.
Yes, and getting that excerpt into a Bsky tweet took a long time. I am VERY computer un-savvy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Yes, and getting that excerpt into a Bsky tweet took a long time. I am VERY computer un-savvy.
Maybe I'm mistaken. Please provide the link(s) for your sources for all of C.M. Horton's campaign contributions, and I will look again. Thanks in advance.
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Maybe I'm mistaken. Please provide the link(s) for your sources for all of C.M. Horton's campaign contributions, and I will look again. Thanks in advance.
C.M. Evans-Segall has already admitted that almost all C.M.s have received money from developers. A quick look at C.M. Horton's spreadsheet finds many of the larger donations from developers or private equity investors, who often fund developers.
October 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
C.M. Evans-Segall has already admitted that almost all C.M.s have received money from developers. A quick look at C.M. Horton's spreadsheet finds many of the larger donations from developers or private equity investors, who often fund developers.
Actually NEST & Project 2025 are on the same page:
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Actually NEST & Project 2025 are on the same page:
No offense, but whether you approve of her behavior at a public hearing where a C.M. slanders her is not of much relevance. I find the behavior of several C.M.s that night to be more relevant, showing the divisiveness of these hasty, radical rezonings.
October 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No offense, but whether you approve of her behavior at a public hearing where a C.M. slanders her is not of much relevance. I find the behavior of several C.M.s that night to be more relevant, showing the divisiveness of these hasty, radical rezonings.
The duplexes are long-gone b/c the Planning Commission, c. 2005, rubber-stamped repeated building of tall-skinnies; Codes looked away, and these boxes had barely a hairsbreadth between them.
I see your first point, but I think that some of the voices against were actually from long-time residents.
I see your first point, but I think that some of the voices against were actually from long-time residents.
October 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The duplexes are long-gone b/c the Planning Commission, c. 2005, rubber-stamped repeated building of tall-skinnies; Codes looked away, and these boxes had barely a hairsbreadth between them.
I see your first point, but I think that some of the voices against were actually from long-time residents.
I see your first point, but I think that some of the voices against were actually from long-time residents.
I don't recall seeing "Protect charming houses from the bulldozer so they won't be replaced by stacks of flats" in Project 2025. I do recall, however, much work to eliminate regulations, making rich developers even richer.
NEST fits nicely with the Libertarian part of Trumpworld.
NEST fits nicely with the Libertarian part of Trumpworld.
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I don't recall seeing "Protect charming houses from the bulldozer so they won't be replaced by stacks of flats" in Project 2025. I do recall, however, much work to eliminate regulations, making rich developers even richer.
NEST fits nicely with the Libertarian part of Trumpworld.
NEST fits nicely with the Libertarian part of Trumpworld.
So, C.M. Parker: Please tell us about your text conversations during the August 5th Council Meeting, the ones to which C.M. Ellis referred, so you had to lean over her desk and curse at her?
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So, C.M. Parker: Please tell us about your text conversations during the August 5th Council Meeting, the ones to which C.M. Ellis referred, so you had to lean over her desk and curse at her?
What are you denying about what I said? C.M. Welsch slandered Lauren Magli, and she stood up and shouted (not screaming) to deny the slander. That's all recorded.
It's also irrelevant to this recall, though relevant to the divisiveness caused by these radical re-zonings.
It's also irrelevant to this recall, though relevant to the divisiveness caused by these radical re-zonings.
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What are you denying about what I said? C.M. Welsch slandered Lauren Magli, and she stood up and shouted (not screaming) to deny the slander. That's all recorded.
It's also irrelevant to this recall, though relevant to the divisiveness caused by these radical re-zonings.
It's also irrelevant to this recall, though relevant to the divisiveness caused by these radical re-zonings.
Ironically, neither Lauren Magli nor Rollin Horton has lived in Nashville very long.
October 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ironically, neither Lauren Magli nor Rollin Horton has lived in Nashville very long.
Nat'l Association of Realtors PAC is definitely Nashville culture. It's the culture of NEST, the culture of "upzoning," and the culture of the constant din of a "housing crisis" that ignores the unhoused, ignores workforce housing, and focuses on giving ever more to Nashville's lily White population
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Nat'l Association of Realtors PAC is definitely Nashville culture. It's the culture of NEST, the culture of "upzoning," and the culture of the constant din of a "housing crisis" that ignores the unhoused, ignores workforce housing, and focuses on giving ever more to Nashville's lily White population