Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is expected to announce her resignation Tuesday morning

[brooklynite]

Source: The Tennessean

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is expected to announce her resignation at a press conference Tuesday morning.

The mayor has begun calling close advisers to inform them of it, according to multiple sources.

The resignation comes amid an investigation of an affair with her former bodyguard Metro police Sgt. Robert Forrest.

The resignation means that Vice Mayor David Briley will become acting mayor.

Read more: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/03/06/nashville-mayor-megan-barry-expected-resign-press-conference-tuesday-morning/398440002/

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Local media apparently caught them canoodling in the City Cemetery.

[Docreed2003]

1. I really hate it

Barry has been a good mayor with vision and has continued the growth and boom of Nashville. While this affair is certainly self inflected, the politics at play behind the scenes are what is bringing her down.

[7962]

2. I dont get it. even every day people just cant keep it at home.

I sure dont want MY girl with another man, so why the hell would I go off with another girl??????

[Demit]

6. Ugh on the man/girl terminology.

Does a girl, in your view, ever become a woman?

[7962]

9. Oh for Petes sake. Whatever. The point is the same; keep it at home.

If I would've said "woman" someone would've complained about that too. Because thats what people do these days; complain about the simplest things.
My "girl" PREFERS being called that. She says its more intimate than "woman". I'll worry about what SHE thinks.

[Demit]

12. Nobody would have complained if you had called a woman a woman.

[moriah]

14. And how would you feel if I called you "boy"?

Especially if you were a grown man?

Especially if I was part of a group that had historically used the term to infantalize members of your group, suggest they weren't intelligent or mature enough to participate in public discourse, etc? Which sadly like the use of "boy" to prefer to grown black men, "girl" was a big thing in language used by men to dismiss women during our fight for suffrage. And also used in reference to grown women in any servile role (intersectionality hits hard here).

And while I might date a person who wants to be called "my pet", and call them that because they like it and they like how it makes them feel in an intimate setting. I don't use that particular person to justify calling all men "pets".

Just as if your SO wants to have you call her your "girl" while she calls you her "man", that's fine and dandy. Continue to care about what she thinks and respect her wishes. Just, as you say, "keep it at home"

[DeminPennswoods]

3. Happens at workplaces all the time

You're together with colleagues sometimes more than your family. He was her bodyguard; I'm not that surprised.

[redstateblues]

4. Bummer

[Lars39]

5. Damn. I hope this doesnt scuttle the public transportation plans.

Nashville needs good public transportation very badly.

[bitterross]

7. Too Bad She's Not a White Male

I have a couple of thoughts on this.

One, what a shame and how stupid of the mayor to do these things. I did some googling and apparently the affair included overtime hours for the body guard. That is probably a criminal offense of fraud. Bad decisions all around.

Two, if she were a white, male, Republican the DA would have not even bothered. The whole thing would probably have been discussed very fondly amongst the men at some private club laden with dark-wood and Bourbon.

I don't know for certain, but I'd bet the DA is a Republican. He's a white, male politician in the South. My odds of being right are pretty good. I'm not defending her actions - they were wrong. I'm just pointing out how it would be completely different if she were a male and GOP.

Note on background; I grew up in a suburb of Nashville. My assumptions that if "she" were a "he" and in the GOP that this would not have even seen the light of day are based on personal experiences and not just conjecture. They good old boys would be patting themselves on the back for having an affair and having the city pay for it. In a room full of judges and attorneys.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. I hope she's quitting because of fraud involving overtime.

Having an affair might cause domestic strife, but I don't see why it should affect employment. If it somehow costs the people of Nashville some tax money, then axe her. Otherwise, it's nobody's business.

[7962]

10. good point. It seems as though the above mentioned OT is the kicker. nt

[Texin]

11. I'm in agreement here.

Basically, if she'd just had an affair, it would have not really been anyone else's business except her spouse or partner (assuming she had/has one). It would be just a private domestic issue. OTOH, if the allegations are true that her lover was on the Nashville payroll funded by the taxpayers and he claimed overtime for the hours spent in his trysts with her, that's a violation which should get him fired, not her. If she knew about it and authorized him to do this, then they both should be bounced.

[TexasTowelie]

13. I posted an article in the Tennessee Group

about her resignation and guilty plea to theft. The irony of all things is that she was once an ethics and compliance officer.

The article is at https://www.democraticunderground.com/10771309 .