Updates from MAC journey pass distro event #2: -people are being denied passes for not having accepted documentation -they are accepting physical EBT cards as proof of snap -they are accepting homelessness affidavits our outreach workers brought with *just in case*

Citations for trash, debris or inoperable cars on your property can lead to $50 fines a day until you’re in compliance. For elderly, cost-burdened homeowners in Nashville, this can be make or break. A new private-public-nonprofit partnership seeks to remediate code violations for these homeowners.

Pallet Shelters in the news: www.wkrg.com/northwest-fl...

The Donelson-Hermitage Exchange Club's Field of Honor on the Hermitage property starts this Friday and runs through next week in honor of Veteran's Day. 🇺🇲 #metrocouncilnash

Council just unanimously approved a bus fare suspension amendment to a SNAP resolution (left). WeGo announced new Journey Pass enrollment events earlier today (right) but council just sent a clear message that we must do more Share these events with SNAP recipients and service providers:

It's all happening here

I voted for DADUs, everyone

I am so grateful for MNPD's efforts, along with other law enforcement agencies, on the arrest of two suspects in this horrific double murder in Hermitage.

Under Tennessee's regressive tax system, low-income families pay a higher proportion of their income than businesses and wealthier families. @friedmanadam5.bsky.social reports.

This is BS. I spoke to an 85 year old woman today who helps take care of her 62 year old son with serious health issues. She said she didn't think she would have the $ to buy food this month. 💔

There is a fare freeze resolution on the council’s agenda tomorrow. It is an amendment to @erinfor12.bsky.social’s SNAP resolution. Let your council members know:

Why does everything have to be a fight? Just let people who have a SNAP card on the bus.

Where is Nashville's street art? 🦞

At 1:30 today, a Davidson County judge will consider whether deployment of the Tennessee National Guard to Memphis violates the Tennessee Constitution. @anitawadhwani.bsky.social previews the case.

It's for the state government's collective ego. It makes people in power feel good (like they're doing something) to watch the fund increase without guidelines on when it can be leveraged to actually solve a problem.

**Avert your eyes, bike riders**

A federal judge on Saturday issued a written order saying there is “no question” that U.S. Department of Agriculture contingency funds must be used to provide food assistance for 42 million Americans during the government shutdown. From @janenorman.bsky.social with @statesnewsroom.com.

A growing coalition is calling on WeGo to freeze fares during the lapse in SNAP benefits. Riders shouldn’t have to choose between going to the food bank and going to a Metro agency to get a bus pass. Let’s make transit a lifeline, not a burden. Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...

The federal government continues to make life harder for Americans, but we’re working every day in Metro to make it easier for Nashvillians. We’ve put together resources for people at risk of losing SNAP benefits as a result of the federal shutdown. www.nashville.gov/departments/...

No matter what Congress does, the amount insurers charge for coverage sold on the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act will increase by an average of 26% in 2026, according to KFF, a health research nonprofit. From @stateline.org.

Here’s an idea and you want to help people in you area, turn your itty bitty book library 📚 into a tiny food pantry. Again, please repost.

New Yorker's Ronan Farrow producing HBO documentary on Sean Williams. Johnson City settled a lawsuit for $28M brought by sexual assault victims who alleged local police covered for Williams, implicated in scores of rapes against women/kids www.wjhl.com/news/local/s...

I really appreciated what you said. What you shared is important to this discussion. (Dare I say more important than what people from the other side of the city wanted to share (for the millionth time.)

Leaving this here.

Doing the right thing shouldn't ever be partisan, and I commend Sen. Bailey for breaking with his party on this issue.

Tonight we'll be in Hermitage for the proposed planning and zoning reform legislation discussion. 👇 🦞

My friend who lives in Montego Bay Jamaica calls the #Melissa impact "devastating"

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, will use commonwealth funds to help SNAP recipients. California Gov. Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, has set aside $80 million in state funds for food. In Tennessee? Gov. Bill Lee set up a web site telling people where food banks are.

From a Mom of 5 kids. 👇

Discourse about these bills has shifted into being less about land use [and actual need] and more about Metro's ability to deliver on other things for the city (e.g. Codes enforcement, road construction/improvements, along with general "we don't trust you to not screw this up" feelings.

Democratic AGs, governors sue Trump over SNAP benefits as shutdown hits day 28 Nearly 700k in Tennessee won't get the monthly food benefit starting Nov. 1 without immediate action from court, Congress. tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/29/r... @fischler.bsky.social @tennesseelookout.com

It's Housing and Infrastructure Bills meeting night in the Southeast. #MetroCouncilNash 🦞

I know a thing or two about SNAP because President Biden appointed me to work in the office that oversees that program at USDA. You should know that people are going to go hungry this month because the Trump White House deliberately chose to withhold their benefits.

The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. We can no longer wait to be led by those with the power and authority to lead. You must lead, I must lead, all of us must lead. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.

This BEC meeting. 🤔

Gov. Lee won’t dip into the state’s $2.1 billion Rainy Day Fund to back Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits relied on by 690,000 Tennesseans. https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/state/bill-lee-shutdown-snap-benefits/article_e621a6ea-3616-53b3-8f8a-637a0f6eff48.html

My HS friend Trinette is starting to post videos from her home in Montego Bay as they wait for #hurricanemelissa. So far they've lost power: youtube.com/@professortr...

Former state Rep. Robin Smith was sentenced Friday to eight months in federal prison for her role in a corruption conspiracy described as a scheme to steal from Tennessee and its citizens through the General Assembly’s taxpayer-funded constituent mail program. Story: @timesfreepress.bsky,social.

“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.” @politico.com #SNAP www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Also, Nashville TN: If you know of anyone who will be in need of food, please send them to 2201 Osage St. between 2-5 TODAY for food donations (we partner with a food pantry every Saturday). We are giving away at our Community Day until they run out, so arrive early. Please RT and share.

I'll save you some time this morning - I just checked the news and it’s all bad.

"Joel Berg, CEO of Hunger Free America [...] “If the SNAP program shuts down, we will have the most mass hunger suffering we’ve had in America since the Great Depression.” 🦞

Yesterday we delivered about 150 pumpkins to The TN Justice Center. We are leaving the fundraiser open until Halloween to try & hit $1,000 for other community needs like rent assistance. We need ~$400 more. www.gofundme.com/f/support-na...

Dear republican congressman: You just got another week off, you have absolutely no plans since you were going to be in dc. How about some town halls? If you do three, that’s a total of 6 hours of work the whole week. Easy peasy!

That’s what I’ve been hearing here. I talked with a mom of three who’s worried about herself and everyone else who could lose benefits. “When you take that away, a lot of people cannot pay for rent, and pay the car note, and pay for food.” wpln.org/post/food-ai...

For a long time now, the US has maintained guardrails to keep teens out of dangerous and inappropriately adult jobs. Some of those protections are being deleted or diluted wpln.org/post/nashvil... @wpln.bsky.social

East Nashville food pantry prepares to meet growing need as SNAP benefits face cuts

Delays in Chicago & Nashville as US federal shutdown continues to hit ATC www.travelextra.ie/delays-in-ch...

Here's a new FAQ from WeGo about the Journey Pass program: www.wegotransit.com/assets/1/17/... 🦞