Talk:Megan Barry

Latest comment: 6 years ago by HickoryOughtShirt?4 in topic Personal life or political career?

She's not mayor yet!

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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?

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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

  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