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She's not mayor yet!

I am editing this. Mrs. Barry will take office on September 25, 2015. Until then she is the mayor-elect. 03:40, 11 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.153.218.2 (talk)

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Personal life or political career?

Barry had an affair with a city employee. So that was a political career issue and a #MeToo issue.^[1] There may be nepotism issues as well (the employee made an extra $50K in "overtime" and travelled on taxpayer money to Paris, Athens, Washington, New York, etc).^[2] She, however, claims the employee was not a subordinate, so this would be a personal life issue. I am not clear as to what section this belongs to.XavierItzm (talk) 06:52, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We may have to wait a bit to see what ends up happening. For example, if she is pressured to resign then it is a political career issue. I feel this may need to be a subsection in between "personal" and "political" Can it be a subsection under "Mayor of Nashville" as this happened during her time in office. ~~This affects public life more than person, although what makes it personal is that she was married, which is a private and personal thing.~~HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:05, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Let me clarify, I feel this is more political at the moment as this affects taxpayers (because of "overtime") and people's trust in her. However, I do believe that it is too soon to see the full effect this will have.HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 07:12, 1 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ STEVEN HALE (31 January 2018). "Mayor Megan Barry Admits to Affair With Head of Security". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 1 February 2018. about the propriety of a relationship with a subordinate, Barry said she did not want the revelations to "muddy the #metoo movement."
^ Eli Rosenberg. "Nashville mayor Megan Barry admits to having an affair with the officer who ran her police detail". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 February 2018. Forrest accompanied Barry on trips to Paris, Athens, Washington, New York, Denver, Oakland and other cities in the past year. Forrest racked up around $33,000 in expenses for the trips and more than $50,000 in overtime in 2017

[1] STEVEN HALE (31 January 2018). "Mayor Megan Barry Admits to Affair With Head of Security". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 1 February 2018. about the propriety of a relationship with a subordinate, Barry said she did not want the revelations to "muddy the #metoo movement."

[2] Eli Rosenberg. "Nashville mayor Megan Barry admits to having an affair with the officer who ran her police detail". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 February 2018. Forrest accompanied Barry on trips to Paris, Athens, Washington, New York, Denver, Oakland and other cities in the past year. Forrest racked up around $33,000 in expenses for the trips and more than $50,000 in overtime in 2017

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