Ask the Mayor + The impact of a reduced Metro Council

It’s that time again! Time for you to talk with Mayor Freddie O’Connell.

Do you have a concern you would like him to address? Do you have a question about the direction of the city? Every month, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell joins us to discuss the latest happenings in and around the city — and take your calls! Plus, Last month, an appeals court upheld a state law reducing the Nashville Metro Council from forty members to twenty. We’ll hear a WPLN report on the 60-year history behind the council size and the effect the change could have.

Give us a call at 615-760-2000 to join the conversation.

This episode was produced by Cynthia Abrams and Mary Mancini

Further reading

• Metro asks TN Supreme Court to rule on council size as city leaders reflect on long history of the 40-member body (WPLN)
• Appeals Court upholds state law halving Metro Nashville Council (Tennessee Lookout)
• How Metro was made (Nashvillager podcast)

Previous episodes

2025

• Ask the Mayor, plus Metro Human Relations Commission at 60 (June 18, 2025)
• Ask the Mayor, plus property assessor Vivian Wilhoite (May 13, 2025)
• Ask the Mayor, plus Recycle and Reinvest (April 17, 2025)
• Ask the Mayor, plus Berkshire Place Apartments (February 20, 2025)
• Ask the Mayor, plus a state legislative update (January 30, 2025)

2024

• Ask the Mayor, plus Santas! (Dec. 19, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus Thanksgiving Traditions (Nov. 21, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor and Ask the Ghost Mayor (Oct. 31, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus presidential debates (Sept. 12, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor, plus International Overdose Awareness Day (Aug. 29, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor and Metro Legal Director with Freddie O’Connell and Wally Dietz (July 25, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Benton McDonough (June 18, 2024)
• Ask the Mayors with Freddie O’Connell and Ken Moore (May 30, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Taking Cover (April 17, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus Votes For Women (March 28, 2024)
• Ask the Mayor with Freddie O’Connell, plus photographer Jeff Fasano (Feb. 15, 2024)