> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://pamphleteer.co/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Where the Sidewalks End - URL: https://pamphleteer.co/newsletter/where-the-sidewalks-end/ - Published: 2026-09-14T19:18:46.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-14T19:18:46.000Z - Description: 🚧 Half a cent, half a sidewalk?· $16M Metro trash truck deal under fire · Dolly flies high · Much more! - Author: The Pamphleteer - Tags: Newsletter ****Good afternoon, everyone.** Nashville’s Choose How You Move sidewalk plan is moving forward, but its reach falls far short of the city’s sidewalk needs... Metro's $16M trash-truck deal under federal scrutiny... Nashville International Airport board votes unanimously to begin the process of adding Dolly Parton’s name to the airport... And much more! ****Upcoming Pamphleteer Activities** We have a flurry of events over the next two months with more on the way. From our end of summer happy hour this week to Peter Thiel's series of lectures. Bard-level perks apply to all of these events. We hope to see you out there. ([View Events](https://luma.com/realpamphleteer?ref=pamphleteer.co)) ****Big Council Watch Update.** Our council tracking tool is no longer just a campaign finance scorecard. Follow your councilmember, and we'll tell you what they actually do. ([Take a look](https://councilwatch.pamphleteer.co/?ref=pamphleteer.co)) ****Like what we do?** Forward us to a friend. #### Nashville’s Choose How You Move sidewalk plan is delivering, but the city’s pedestrian network still has miles of catching up to do. *From [Megan Podsiedlik](https://pamphleteer.co/author/megan/)* “Your Half Cent at Work” signage is going up across Nashville on public transit and at events. But if you voted for Choose How You Move hoping it would make a meaningful dent in Music City’s sidewalk problems, you may be disappointed. When speaking during today’s Mayor's Advisory Committee on Transportation [meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31xjGPDDcqU&ref=pamphleteer.co), Chief Program Officer Sabrina Sussman explained how CHYM projects are limited to what is included in the [Transportation Improvement Program](https://www.nashville.gov/featured-initiatives/transit?ref=pamphleteer.co). “It has a list of projects, and the revenues that are there are dedicated specifically to those projects, and that does mean it's only 86 miles of sidewalk,” said Sussman. "The sidewalk needs across the county are much, much more significant than that.” Sussman says CHYM is hoping to coordinate with the Nashville Department of Transportation to build on existing sidewalk projects and close gaps in the network, but that type of partnership requires NDOT to dip into general fund dollars. “If the only sidewalks we built were the Choose How You Move sidewalks, we would still be leaving significant gaps across the county,” said Sussman. “And so being able to pair \[that\] funding to really ensure the networks are complete is a critical, urgent need.” According to committee member and Vice Mayor Angie Henderson, Nashville is “80 to 90 years behind on sidewalk infrastructure.” Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s half-cent sales tax initiative was championed under the slogan “Sidewalks, Signals, Service, Safety.” The actual rollout of sidewalks, however, tells a different story, and voters who expected those priorities to be addressed in that order feel shortchanged. As it stands, six CHYM sidewalk projects are “unofficially” complete, five are moving toward construction, and 61 additional sidewalk projects are entering various stages of planning/survey/design. ✰ ✰ ✰ #### ✹ **UPCOMING PAMPHLETEER ACTIVITIES** [![](https://pamphleteer.co/content/images/2026/09/summer-schedule-2026.jpg)](https://luma.com/realpamphleteer?ref=pamphleteer.co) **Upcoming Pamphleteer Activities** We have a flurry of events over the next two months with more on the way. From our end of summer happy hour this week to Peter Thiel's series of lectures. Bard-level perks apply to all of these events. We hope to see you out there. ([View Events](https://luma.com/realpamphleteer?ref=pamphleteer.co)) ✰ ✰ ✰ #### HEADLINES - **🚨 Massage-parlor investigation: 2 arrested, $104K seized.** Columbia police arrested two people and seized more than $104,000 after a months-long investigation into two massage businesses allegedly involved in prostitution and potentially human trafficking. One person was charged with promoting prostitution and another with prostitution; investigators also identified three workers who were allegedly unlawfully present in the U.S. The investigation is part of a broader statewide operation involving searches in Nashville, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Cookeville, Kingsport and other Tennessee communities. ([WSMV](https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/10/2-arrested-more-than-100k-seized-massage-parlor-investigation-operations-targeting-prostitution-human-trafficking-continue-tennessee/?ref=pamphleteer.co)) - **✈️ Nashville airport may add Dolly Parton’s name to BNA.** The Nashville International Airport board voted unanimously to formally begin the process of adding Dolly Parton’s name to the airport. “Dolly Parton Nashville International Airport” is one name under consideration, but no final name has been chosen, and the airport's BNA code will remain unchanged. ([WSMV](https://www.wsmv.com/2026/09/11/nashville-airport-board-votes-officially-begin-process-adding-dolly-partons-name-bna/?ref=pamphleteer.co)) - **🚛 Metro's $16M trash-truck deal under federal scrutiny.** Metro Nashville ultimately spent more than $16 million on 14 trash trucks leased through Cumberland Capital, a company owned by developer Mack McClung, after Nashville's primary trash collector went bankrupt in 2021\. The emergency arrangement involved then-Metro Water Services official John Honeysucker and engineer/land planner Roy Dale, all three of whom are now subjects of an ongoing federal investigation, although no federal charges have been filed against them. ([NewsChannel 5](https://www.newschannel5.com/news/state/tennessee/davidson-county/metro-paid-millions-for-trash-trucks-in-deal-involving-city-official-developers-under-federal-investigation?ref=pamphleteer.co)) ✰ ✰ ✰ #### ✹ **PAMPHLETEER TOOLS** ![](https://pamphleteer.co/content/images/2026/09/Metro-in-english.png) **Pamphleteer Tools** [Council Watch](https://councilwatch.pamphleteer.co/?ref=pamphleteer.co) tells you who funds your councilmember and how they vote. The [Property Tax Calculator](https://tax.pamphleteer.co/?ref=pamphleteer.co) tells you what that cost you. ✰ ✰ ✰ #### DEVELOPMENT - Largest nursing school in country to open Nashville campus at MetroCenter ([Post](https://www.nashvillepost.com/chamberlain-university-to-open-nashville-campus/article%5F068fa1ac-36d8-4eb4-bc38-fdccfcf71f5d.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)) - Three-skyscraper project eyed for Rutledge Hill seemingly scrapped ([Post](https://www.nashvillepost.com/three-skyscraper-project-eyed-for-rutledge-hill-seemingly-scrapped/article%5F87924b15-2d02-4afb-9b98-01931a64020a.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)) - Plans advance for residential project eyed for Chestnut Hill ([Post](https://www.nashvillepost.com/plans-advance-for-residential-project-eyed-for-chestnut-hill/article%5Fd32fa775-afda-4eef-87ed-489ce55e58ee.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)) - Infinity Hospitality pays $7.5M for two events properties ([Post](https://www.nashvillepost.com/infinity-hospitality-pays-7-5m-for-two-events-properties/article%5F4c3867a1-c6ec-4bdf-a1b1-3b9aea9daa32.html?ref=pamphleteer.co)) ✰ ✰ ✰ ![Entertainment](https://pamphleteer.co/content/images/2022/01/Group-27.png) #### THINGS TO DO *View our calendar for the week* [*here*](https://pamphleteer.co/calendar/events-for-the-week-of-september-14th/)*.* 📅 Visit our [On The Radar](https://pamphleteer.co/post/on-the-radar/) list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: [Pamphleteer's Picks](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46Yds4VbS47NzRa4blrWUY?si=2040311a7d7f403f&ref=pamphleteer.co), a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻‍🌾 Check out our Nashville [farmer's market guide](https://pamphleteer.co/post/nashville-farmers-market-guide/). #### TONIGHT 🪕 Bluegrass Mondays with Kyle Tuttle @ Dee's Lounge, 6p, $10, [Info](https://tunehatch.com/shows/bluegrass-mondays-featuring-kyle-tuttle-2?ref=pamphleteer.co) 🪕 The Time Jumpers @ 3rd and Lindsley, 8p, $25.61, [Info](https://www.3rdandlindsley.com/calendar/?ref=pamphleteer.co) 💀 Grateful Monday @ Acme Feed & Seed, 7p, Free, [Info](https://www.acmefeedandseed.com/calendar1?%5Fgl=1%2Abf6r9a%2A%5Fup%2AMQ..%2A%5Fga%2AMzU1Mjc0MjExLjE3ODM4NzA2MTc.%2A%5Fga%5FBCZPTYVEEB%2AczE3ODM4NzA2MTckbzEkZzAkdDE3ODM4NzA2MTckajYwJGwwJGgxOTA4NTUwMjc4&ref=pamphleteer.co) 🕺 Motown Monday @ The 5 Spot, 9p, $5, [Info](https://the5spotnashville.com/?ref=pamphleteer.co) ![In case you missed it...](https://pamphleteer.co/content/images/2023/01/Group-20.png) 📰 *Check out the full newsletter archive [here](https://pamphleteer.co/tag/newsletter/)*. 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