Recently, the Nashville Banner conducted an online survey, asking Nashvillians how they thought the Metro Council and Mayor Freddie O’Connell were doing as they reached the halfway point of their terms in office.
Those who responded represented a wide range of policy beliefs. Some said Metro should cut taxes and beef up law enforcement capabilities. Others worried that their neighborhoods were being left behind by the city’s growth.
Some had questions about a weeklong Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Nashville in May or about efforts to fight homelessness, including the opening in 2024 of Strobel House, with 90 homes and connections to services that include health care and career assistance.
Those responses inspired — either directly or thematically — many of the questions the Banner asked the mayor during an end-of-year interview.