It’s the monthly appearance of Mayor Freddie O’Connell — here to take your questions and hear your comments.
It’s been a busy summer. Today we jump right in with the latest points of tension: data center regulation, police surveillance tech and the Boring tunnel. But so much more flies under the radar. This is your moment to make Nashville’s leader aware of what’s going on. Or get a question answered. Phones are open: 615-760-2000. We’re also streaming video at youtube.com/@wpln and you can chime in there in the chat.
Plus, Curious Nashville takes up a question about the ubiquitous kudzu — an aggressive, invasive vine that grows so prominently in our region. WUOT reporter and host Jacqui Sieber and WPLN news director and Curious Nashville host Tony Gonzalez answer, “how did kudzu first get introduced to the area?”
Guests:
- Freddie O’Connell, mayor, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Related links:
- The nation’s top transportation official answers your questions about Nashville’s Music City Loop project (Newschannel5)
- What’s behind America’s data center revolt? (NPR)
- Cheekwood Seeks to Counter Residents Against Garage Effort: Nonprofit starts petition drive as neighborhood group asks Metro to pause construction of facility (Nashville Scene)
- Nashville’s data center ordinance lost a key environmental safeguard. What you need to know (WPLN)
- Report: $127M+ repair backlog across Nashville’s park system (WKRN)
- Nashville boosts spending on parks, reaching national average (WPLN)
- Work on Music City Loop’s Second Tunnel Looms: The Boring Company preps for next phase of 19-mile underground transportation system linking downtown to airport (Nashville Post)
- Metro agency: Policing technology report ‘fundamentally flawed’ (WPLN)
- A homeless man was charged with a felony for camping. He’s one of the first (NPR)
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