Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Absolutely medieval nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...nashvillebanner.comChrista Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville BannerTennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility. 072
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 25/06/2026💯 - car was turning right on Charlotte at 51st…I was in the green paint bike lane…grateful for a low speed impact!! 240
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Thank you to Wally Dietz for his years of service to our city. Despite a constant barrage, Nashville has had some success in pushing back on state and federal overreach. Wally has been the chief architect and leader of that legal resistance. Thank you, Wally. nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/14/w...nashvillebanner.comWally Dietz reflects on tenure as Metro Legal director - Nashville BannerWally Dietz, Metro Legal director, will retire after five years of fighting high-profile battles against Trump administration and state legislature. 000
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 18/03/2026TFW your new law firm wins an injunction to pause the dismantling of childhood vaccinations… www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...reuters.comPediatricians win Round 1 in vaccine fight, but damage has been doneA federal court injunction put a check on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rapid assault on U.S. vaccine recommendations, but months of turmoil and misinformation have sown doubt about vaccine... 190
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Triple net leases are not good or bad. They are a knowing, negotiated allocation of risk in a long term lease. Tenants can have higher rent and not bear risk on increasing operating costs and taxes, or lower rent and bear the risk of opex/taxes. www.naiop.org/research-and...naiop.orgThe Benefits and Risks of Triple Net Leases | NAIOP | Commercial Real Estate Development Association 081
Reposted by Bob MendesJudith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Pick up a current issue of The Contributor and read our interview with @mendesbob.bsky.social. Thank you, Bob, for your thoughtful responses.thecontributor.orgQ&A with Bob MendesBob Mendes served Nashville as an at-large member of Metro Council from 2015-2023, followed by a two-year stint as the Chief Development Officer in the Mayor’s Office. 022
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 01/02/2026People are still without power & the frustration and danger are real. I just got my power back 10 hours ago. But the overhead power problem is like our sidewalk problem. Absent a time machine to go back 50+ years or unreasonable amounts of $$, incremental improvements are the best the city can do. 0100
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Yeah, I didn’t mean to suggest that I think it would work financially. 140
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I think CM Parker is hip to the nuance. His “we” could mean Metro or NES & doing it as part of a fiber network buildout would primary be spending money on a new utility/business (fiber). That would be done with revenue bonds backed by fiber income or GO bonds backed by prop taxes, not ratepayer $$ 150
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Per federal law, they can’t use ratepayer money to comprehensively bury all power lines. Metro can (eg, some of the undergrounding related to Music City Center) & NES can in some circumstances (eg, network capacity expansion). 150
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 31/01/20262nd largest outage in the city now! I know energizing this area will just reveal smaller failures closer to my house and maybe more time unpowered, but I’m glad for the progress on the list at least. 130
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 31/01/2026BUT…my constant refreshing of the outage list shows my local outage is now 3rd biggest in town (up from 65 when I found the Events tab earlier this week). 🤞🏼 130
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 17/12/2025In Sept, I told the CM next step is road/utility design for the entire site (excluding transit hub). Estimate was $4+ million?? About 45 days later, in my last week in office, I was asked what would be needed in the next 12 months to start/scope that work. I said the lower number that was in CSP. 160
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 17/12/2025tfw your texts light up at 10:10 pm because someone in the council says mean stuff about you…and then they lose their vote, badly…back to my book… 4191
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I just brought my college kid (home for the holiday!) to early voting. We have until 4:30 pm today to get the TN-7 early vote out in Nashville for @aftynbehn.bsky.social. Please take one last spin around friends, family, and neighbors, and encourage them to vote!!! 4349
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Early voting starts today and runs through Nov. 26 at these locations. 052
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I early voted today for @aftynbehn.bsky.social in the special election for TN-7. Please ask your family, friends & neighbors to vote. Driving turnout is something each of us can do to push back on getting gerrymandered! 47123
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Thanks, David…though the reappearance is less about my relative freedom, and more about not having an entire comms team to work with any longer!! 010
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We are fortunate to have local media able to commit the resources necessary to document important local events with this intense level of detail. It inspired me to make a donation to the Banner. If you can, please consider it -- nashville-public-media.fundjournalism.org/donate/nashville-public-media.fundjournalism.orgJoin | Nashville Public MediaNashville Public Media is supported by people like you. Support Nashville Public Media today. 030
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Must read journalism about the May ICE/THP traffic stop operation on our streets. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/05/t...nashvillebanner.comReviewing records of ICE, THP immigration operation in Nashville - Nashville BannerA review of records from ICE and THP's immigration sting in Nashville raises concerns about racial profiling and lack of transparency. Advocates demand accountability. 170
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Friday was my last day in the Mayor's Office. Here's a self-guided exit interview with reflections on my 10+ years in the Metro government. It's been a tremendous privilege. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of it. www.mendesfornashville.com/news/exit-in...mendesfornashville.comExit Interview — Friends of Bob Mendes - NashvilleI’ve been serving Metro in different ways since Mayor Dean appointed me to the NES Board in 2011. When people ask me to reflect on my time with Metro, so many thoughts come to mind that it’s hard to m... 1225
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Nicole — thank you for working so passionately to make local government more accessible and accountable. 1170
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 15/05/2025At EBDA meetings, we’ve said Metro remains primarily making policy decisions & EBDA is primarily for implementation with strong collaboration between them on both. This applies to the boulevard as well. 230
Bob Mendes @mendesbob.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Thank you, Judy. I appreciate your kind words more than you know. 040