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Rollin Horton

@rollinhorton.bsky.social
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🇺🇸 Nashville Metro Council Member representing District 20 📍The Nations, Charlotte Robertson, White Bridge, Hillwood 🚌 Transit and Housing

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James Guthrie @jeguth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This came up at lunch with friends just yesterday. People paying $100K/yr for college have Wikipedia pages with a "Preceded By" tag. All angst about college costs should be redirected toward childcare, which costs more, comes with less notice, and lasts for more years.
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Quin Evans Segall @quinevanssegall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
media0.giphy.com/media/0dAFzm... Whoops.
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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
chat is this good?
all construction dropping massively.
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The two authors of this alleged think piece live in single family homes in Hillsboro West End, both zoned single family, with a combined assessed value of 2.9 million dollars.
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East Nashville Urban Design @urbaneastnash.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Nashville would be a better city & Tennessee a better state if the inner loop highways were removed. -Valuable land freed up to become productive (More sales tax for state, more property tax for the city) -Street connectivity restored. Good for all modes of traffic -Thru traffic uses outer loops
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Metropolitan Council Office @nashvillemco.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In case you missed it: Vice Mayor Henderson Appoints 2026-2027 Committee Chairs
Vice Mayor Henderson Appoints 2026-2027 Committee Chairs

Nashville, Tenn. (August 14, 2026) – Via memorandum earlier today, Vice Mayor Angie E. Henderson announced Metro Council 2026-2027 Standing Committee Chairs and updated committee membership assignments.
 
The newly appointed chairs for 2026-2027 are as follows:
 
Budget & Finance 
Jason Spain
 
Transportation & Infrastructure 
Quin Evans Segall
 
Public Health & Safety 
Jeff Preptit
 
Government Operations & Regulations 
Jeff Eslick
 
Arts, Parks, Libraries, & Entertainment 
Terry Vo
 
Rules, Confirmations, & Public Elections 
Sandra Sepulveda
 
Charter Revision 
Clay Capp
The Planning & Zoning Committee will continue to be chaired by Rollin Horton, who was elected to a two-year term by the Council in 2025. The Ad Hoc East Bank Committee will be chaired by Sean Parker.

Appointed chairs will oversee their first meetings on Monday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 1 and have been asked to select a vice chair by Friday, August 28.
 
The Vice Mayor expressed special thanks to the 2025-2026 committee chairs, all of whom have prepared a transition memo to ensure that the Council maintains institutional memory and continuity in its work efforts.

"I am grateful to those council members who have agreed to retain or accept a leadership role for the coming year," said Henderson. “Many other members continue to represent the Council on a variety of Boards & Commissions, whether by my appointment or election by the Council, and I appreciate their service as well.”

Vice Mayor Henderson concluded, “as we come to the final year of the term, every council member has multiple projects in progress that deserve their attention, and it is my privilege to support them in all facets of their service to Nashville.”
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Cameron Sexton doesn’t support Nashville’s Vision Zero
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Nashville Right-on-Red Ban Proposal Draws Legislative Opposition
Nashville’s Metro Council proposed limiting right turns on red after a pedestrian death, facing opposition from Republican state leaders.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you’re fighting to make your downtown more successful — and especially if your city is having a debate about whether or not to pedestrianize a commercial street — give my podcast interview with @downtownvan.bsky.social a watch. And then please help share it. It’s an important discussion.
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Can only imagine closing lower Broadway to car traffic would have a similar effect. Businesses often benefit much more from active transportation like walking and biking than from car traffic
forbes.com
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
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Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
No Right Turn On Red: Personal Stories @benvaught.bsky.social
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Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Everyone should be able to walk/bike across the street without fearing for their life. Yet Nashville continues to see pedestrians killed while crossing our roads. No turn on red is a proven step that can help prevent these tragedies. We’ve studied the issue long enough. It’s time to act.
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Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Technology is changing rapidly, but transparency and accountability should never be optional. That's why I've introduced the Sunshine Over Drones Act to close a loophole that allows surveillance drone technology to be deployed without the public oversight our laws were designed to require.
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Always lovely to host @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social in the Nations, making our neighborhood safer and more walkable
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Neither YIMBY nor NIMBY, but a third, secret thing (a NIMBY)
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
That ought to do it
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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is abundantly true for Davidson County. If you’re a progressive in nashville you should be banging down the doors for abundant housing so every queer kid in the entire state of Tennessee knows they can move here and be a few degrees more protected.
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
the land use policies of almost every blue city in America are flatly homophobic
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 17/07/2026
People do not want to engage with the difficult task of driving because it is exhausting and they’re only doing it because they lack other options. Watching vertical videos while you sort of operate a motor vehicle is less exhausting.
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Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
What’s your favorite book of all time? 📚
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nicole has a collaborative spirit @startleseasily.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Non-USD areas of the county have been underpaying for decades. And a reminder: everyone pays GSD taxes. Including people in the USD. I wrote about the infamous Raftelis study for the @nashvillescene.com back in my writing days: www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...
nashvillescene.com
Have Some Nashvillians Been Overpaying for City Services?
According to a recent study, property owners in urban areas have essentially been double-paying for some services
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 11/06/2026
This week’s cover story: The historic zoning commission wrote a whitewashed story of a 100-year-old model home in Green Hills East. The history lives deeper. www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverst…
Nashville Scene cover for 6/11/26: A building plan with title "Veneers of History in Green Hills East"
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A new @pewresearch.org study finds that infill housing near jobs, stores, and transit costs governments ~$21,000 less per home to serve, cuts long term infrastructure maintenance costs in half, and generates 13% more in annual property tax revenue per acre than sprawl.
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Julianne Akers @julianneakers.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Nashville does not currently have any regulations on the construction or operation of data centers in Davidson County. That could soon change with the proposal of a new zoning bill by Councilmember Rollin Horton.⬇️ www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
nashvillescene.com
Metro Council to Consider Data Center Regulations
Councilmember Rollin Horton files bill to impose local restrictions on massive tech powerhouses
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
NEW INTERVIEW: Regulating Data Centers in NASHVILLE — with councilman Rollin Horton “I looked into what regulations we had to govern these. The answer was none. This is an effort to give Nashvillians a say, so they aren’t snuck by in the dead of night.” Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DY7663p...
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Zohran just cited Minneapolis, Austin, and Auckland as cities that lowered housing costs via upzoning certified ball knowledge, Auckland is a deep YIMBY cut
Zohran Mamdani with local councilmember and government officials
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I introduced legislation to regulate data centers in Nashville today, which will be on first reading next Tuesday
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Rollin Horton files bills to restrict & regulate data centers in Nashville
Nashvillians deserve a say on data centers
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Pedestrianized streets are safer for kids, quieter for residents, better for businesses, and happier places to be!
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 22/05/2026
Lmao who else is supposed to own a rental building?? You’ve only got like three private ownership options – private equity, family offices, and institutional investors. I don’t believe anybody smashing the repost button on this one even knows what any of these words mean.
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Separated bike lanes can make Nashville streets safer for all roads users - for people walking and biking as well as driving
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Tour de Nash was so much fun yesterday. This may have been my favorite starting location yet - reclaiming Broadway and downtown was pure joy. @walkbikenashville.bsky.social
A lot of people on bicycles at the starting line of Tour de Nash People hanging out at the start of Tour de Nash A lot of people riding Tour de Nash A girl on a balance bike riding on an open downtown street
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Put it on my tombstone www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
STUDY: Those microplastics from tires and such don’t just pollute the air and prematurely kill us. They’re also fuelling the climate crisis. #UrbanTruth www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
bloomberg.com
Microplastics in the Air Are Making Earth Hotter, Study Finds
The tiny particles trap heat in the atmosphere, exacerbating climate change.
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Maybe we should stop our climate torching policies of forcing people to live 50+ miles from their job to afford a home
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America’s Army of Supercommuters Is Reeling Over High Gas Prices
While real estate far from big cities is cheaper, filling up for long drives has become painful.
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Demographic breakdown of metro full time employees
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Quin Evans Segall @quinevanssegall.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Posted this on the other socials today and curious what this crowd thinks, too. Basic question is whether the benches are worth the liability concerns. (And apologies for making everyone here watch a video, which is decidedly not the point of this site!)
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Dystopian
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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Is Nashville’s Vision Zero plan working? We asked Vision Zero Advisory Committee chair @charlieweingartner.bsky.social:
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Nashville Pedestrian Deaths Continue To Rise. Why? - City Cast Nashville
We are in the final year of Nashville’s Vision Zero plan, which set a goal of zero fatalities on our roads. But pedestrian deaths are rising, bike...
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 22/04/2026
DADUs on nonconforming lots passes unanimously on third reading! Thank you to the young, growing family that brought this to my attention.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The average American family paid $1,700 in tariffs last year, according to the bipartisan Congressional Joint Economic Committee. Few will ever see any of that money back. The refunds will go to companies, if doled out at all. What a joke.
A clip from The New York Times reads: "But only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money. That means that the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices for the products they bought — are not able to apply for direct relief.

The extent to which consumers realize any gain hinges on whether businesses share the proceeds, something that few have publicly committed to do. Some have started to band together in class-action lawsuits in the hopes of receiving a payout."
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A familiar story
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I have no more passwords left in me
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Building new housing helps preserve existing more affordable housing
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Building more housing lowers rents
pew.org
Austin’s Surge of New Housing Construction Drove Down Rents
After decades of explosive growth, Austin, Texas, in the 2010s was a victim of its own success. Lured by high-tech jobs and the city’s hip reputation, too many people were competing for too few homes....
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
do NOT show this to Save Our Nashville Neighborhoods
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Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 @maxdubler.com · 30/03/2026
Cracking down on single family rentals will exclude poor and working people from desirable neighborhoods. It is profoundly inequitable.
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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Make spending government money efficiently sexy again
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Rollin Horton @rollinhorton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New book!
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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
At more than 50% of trips being in a car, happiness drops. Look at people finding equilibrium once they have adequate tools.
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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 12/03/2026
I wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post with Allie Cannington – at The Kelsey, a disability-forward affordable housing developer – about how America's elevator accessibility rules backfire for small buildings, and about how a clarification from HUD could fix it www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | How elevator rules are throwing a wrench into America’s housing market
The unintended consequences of a 1988 law are making housing less accessible and driving up prices.
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Hannah “Charles Barkley” Pechan @hpechan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
One of the 2025 biggest housing learnings for me - institutional investors reduced segregation through SFH rentals www.npr.org/sections/pla...
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Here's what happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood
What makes rents go down and neighborhood diversity go up? Corporate landlords. But they also make it harder to own for yourself.
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