Is resigning the right thing for Mayor Barry to do?

49 Comments

  • Commonsense - 6 years ago

    Can someone please just print this off and put it on her desk so she can see what the payers of her check wants her to do?

  • Ben Rouse - 6 years ago

    I think Mayor Megan Barry is doing a fine job. There's been a lot of hullabaloo by people, whose motives I find questionable, bothering themselves over something that is really a personal, family matter. I have read a lot of distasteful remarks on this site. I hope that type of negative energy does not turn the audit into a witch hunt. Because of the good work by past mayors and the continuing good work by Mayor Barry, Nashville is, right now, at the threshold of becoming the 'it' city. Growth, the kind that Nashville is experiencing, has to be done right and Mayor Barry is driving it in the right direction. For those who are determined to sling mud, please get off the main stage to do it. All you are accomplishing is making Nashville look bad. Mayor Barry presents our city very well to the world, despite her personal matters. Put down the mud and quit being a distracting side-show, there is so much more good work to do. Let's stand behind our Mayor and keep making Nashville a beautiful, vibrant and growing city.

  • Laura Curtis - 6 years ago

    The Mayor did not resign as an honorable act; she was caught by her husband and her lover's spouse. She was forced by them to admit her behaviors, or be outed. Second- her behaviors are not comparable to anything Trump has purportedly done- he has not had an affair while in office and has not used taxpayer money to fund an affair. She has- there is absolutely NO WAY to explain away the fact that she stayed in Greece 2 days after her "conference" had ended, with her lover, paid for by Nashville. And the same thing was orchestrated on other trips with just the two of them. She clearly has issues with arrogance, and the ability to lecture students at Belmont on the topic of ethics while carrying on a long-term affair verges on sociopathy. Her flat affect regarding her transgressions and push to move beyond as though the city should simply ignore it is further evidence of emotional/sociopathic issues. It is readily apparent she is unable to understand the magnitude of her behaviors (again, sociopathy). The mayor needs help- her issues run deep. This has nothing to do with her gender- if anything she is getting a pass because of it. This has nothing to do with the love of God, nor religion and forgiveness. Yes, He forgives and we forgive, but her behavior demands justice. She pledged an oath to the people of Nashville, and she has acted criminally against them, betraying and abusing the city.

  • Jay Gee - 6 years ago

    Megan needs to put her big girl panties back on and man up and step down!

  • Bud - 6 years ago

    Sign the petition for Barry to resign

    https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/call-for-mayor-megan-barry-to-resign#comments

  • Paul Giampiccolo - 6 years ago

    I guess Mr Forest retirement wasn’t planned before they got busted????. What does the fat mayor have to say about that one

  • Paul Giampiccolo - 6 years ago

    I just read the she and her bodyguard were planning to go to NYC for the Grammy awards inwhich was approved January 10, for the Grammy award show sometime in January 26.again this is another embarrassment for your town . It will get worse! I know she does not want to resign. I think it’s time for Nashville committee to force her out .Your town needs to be saved. I which I lived there . I would definitely start protesting. Save Nashville

  • Joe - 6 years ago

    She is intent on leaving the city with an $8B tab, which will then transform into $12B or $15B or $20B tab once inflation, contract shenanigans, and the various interest gouging themselves on public tax dollars kick in.

    What would have been an approximate five-year period isn going to turn into 10 or more years of municipal heartache.

    Most, probably all the contracting will have been awarded out-of-state before taxpayers find out, deflating City and State economies.
    #youveseenitallbefore

  • focus - 6 years ago

    Can she resign more than once?

  • Shea - 6 years ago

    Hey Miss Piggy! Resign!

  • Shea - 6 years ago

    I bet they played cops and robbers......

  • Kent - 6 years ago

    So what was she thinking at the funeral for her son? She obviously needs mental help. She needs to resign and get some help. She has zero credibility and even less integrity. Please resign for the good of the city and the ones who actually care about it and are not using it as a personal expense account. Time for adults to step in and fix it.

  • Steve - 6 years ago

    What would your son say Megan? You are a delusional person. Selfish and unfeeling. Let that sink in. Do the only honorable thing you have left and resign.

  • Paul - 6 years ago

    As a man, why would you cheat with a pot belly liberal like that hypocrite thief? Cmon man.hire a hot hooker at least!

  • Ma maw - 6 years ago

    Maybe if the Mayor can keep her "big girl "panties on for awhile she might be able to stay focused!????‍♀️????
    ( we ain't counting on it)
    Her record is pretty darn unzipped!????

  • MBattle - 6 years ago

    Who has been found guilty?

  • Buttpimples - 6 years ago

    @Jacqueline: are you stupid or just burying your head in the sand? It is not about the fact that she committed adultery (perhaps numerous times). It's that she defrauded taxpayers by spending Metro money for her trysts, then boosting her boytoy's salary so he has a higher pension.

    Does the Holy Spirit condone thievery, too?

  • JACQUELINE PAGE - 6 years ago

    No one is perfect, how many people have done the same things, made mistakes and it didn not come public. We are all human beings and we are subject to anything. Mayor should stay in office, stay focus on what she is to do and forget the gossip.. People will talk when you do good and when you do bad. I ask the Holy Spirit to comfort the hearts and mind of all people, you can't look to humans to forgive you cause they will not. When you truly forgive someone God's wipes it from your mind and the only time you remember, is when someone brings it up by saying remember. We all need to look in our own house first.

  • Truth B Told - 6 years ago

    I find it rather interesting that most of the whites that she depended on the most has turned their backs on her and now they have thrown her away.. ( Typical whites for ya)...But she comes running to the black community for support. Megan please stay away from the black community and churches. We don't want you either!!!!

  • Susan E Clayton - 6 years ago

    Mayor Barry needs to stay and continue working on programs for our city. Let he who is innocent cast the first stone!

  • NashvilleJoke - 6 years ago

    What a great representative Nashville has as Mayor!! I can just hear the CEO's sitting around in the conference rooms discussing moving their companies or expanding their companies to other cities:
    CEO: Hey John get on down to Nashville and get that mayor in a motel room and see what kind of deal you can work out?
    John: But Mr CEO she is a Marxist Democrat and I am a capitalist, what could we talk about?
    CEO: Well you both wear the same size girdle so you could start there
    John: LOL LOL har de har har laughing uncontrollably. Hey that is a good one Mr CEO
    CEO: Yea screw Nashville get them off the list
    John: LOL LOL Har de har har You said screw Mr CEO that's another good one Now all the executives in the room are laughing
    CEO: Meeting come to order this is is serious business trying to find out which motel rooms she prefers

    Yeah Nashville is in the spotlight alright

  • Vandyman - 6 years ago

    To my fellow professors, et al! Put down that dope pipe you're smoking! It has a very negative effects on sexual performance. Just ask our soon to be former, Mayor Barry. Bye bye Megan, bye bye! She got a taste of a real man and now she's become a sex addict. for life, just like lying Bill Clinton

  • Deer John - 6 years ago

    The women on here backing the mayor are delusional! They got busted, and prior to going public and "being brave" (trying to maintain some sort of control over how the story was told after she got caught apparently = bravery these days!?!?) they made sure Mr. Forrest had the opportunity to retire to retain his pention and benefits, which should be handsome considering it's based on your best 5 years income wise! I don't think he should have lost his benefits for 30+ years of service for a couple year fling but there's no doubt whatsoever he would've been fired and they knew it, and she knew once it went public she couldn't save him! It is absolutely a double standard, and she is ducking and dodging... But they'll find something... There's always something if you look long and hard enough! That... People is not bravery! Trying your best to spin an affair in a positive light after you're caught and then claiming that we should just move on (sweep it under the rug) is most definitely NOT bravery! Whether she likes it or not... She'll always be "that mayor that had an affair with that guy" and that's it... And she did that to herself!

  • Paul Giampiccolo - 6 years ago

    I’m looking at all the comments that these woman are making that are for her. It’s a shame that u think like that. I guess it’s ok that she lied about everything. A one night stand is a mistake, a 2 year affair is not. Look all the pain she has caused for the spouses.i think woman and men should think twice about what they do. But they don’t . Politicians think for only themselves. I live in New Jersy. It’s a sad situation.over there. Besides all the trips they took together alone that’s a red flag. Mayor said there spouses found out.thats why she confessed. Otherwise who knows . I tell u one thing. She definitely used her privileges. She seems like a smart woman. Unfortunately she thought she could get away with everthing but didn’t. Yes she should resign.

  • Mary Mason - 6 years ago

    She should continue to do a good job as mayor just like a man would do. Perhaps she should have lied about her affair like our President lies about his affairs. She was brave enough to admit her affair and ask for the chance to work this out with her family and continue doing an admirable job as mayor.

  • EthicsInGovt - 6 years ago

    Frustrated Female maybe you can call Mr. Forest to help with your frustrations. Maybe you can also arrange for Megan to get a job in government for a member of your family like she did for Mr. Forest. Yeah she took care of her responsibilities by staying days after conventions with Mr. Forest. She couldn't deny anything because the affair had leaked out before she admitted to anything. Thank goodness 65% of those voting in this poll know the woman is an embarrassment to the city, 6% have the sense to admit they are thinking about it, and 28% are going to defend the indefensible no matter what.

  • Chris - 6 years ago

    She's a disgusting pig! Resign!

  • Julia Steele - 6 years ago

    Let her finish then she should not run again obviously

  • Frustrated Female - 6 years ago

    We have a President who has done so much worse and we have the audacity to ask for her resignation. She has proven herself as mayor and should continue to take care of her responsibilities. Perhaps she should have denied everything and then people would want her to run for higher office!

  • QuoteUrSources - 6 years ago

    In Reply to TN:
    Trump screwing a porn star while married. The porn star, Stormy Daniels, signed a document, UNDER OATH, that she did not have an affair with Trump nor was she paid any monies to deny it. Are you really that stupid or brainwashed to make that statement? Were you in the room when this supposed screwing occurred? Yet you are one that will vote for Clinton the rapist, who was impeached, disbarred, committed perjury, and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over Paula Jones. I bet you were also present at Obamas birth. You listen to the communist media and parrot everything they put in your tiny brain.

  • Buttpimples - 6 years ago

    Anyone who wants this whackjob creep of a mayor to remain is either related to her, or needs a mental evaluation.

    She STOLE from taxpayers. Is that OK with you nimrod Megan-lovers?

    Sheesh.

  • JoSixPak - 6 years ago

    She only disclosed the affair when she was caught. If she had not been caught, she'd still be on drilling tips with her boitoi (funded by taxpayers) and paying oodles of overtime so her squeeze gets a huge taxpayer-funded pension.

    She is a CRIMINAL. Go back to Kalifornia now.

  • TN - 6 years ago

    All you people saying she should resign are probably ignorant trump supporters that are just fine and dandy with him screwing a porn star while married and telling her how much she looks like his daughter.

  • PlsQuoteUrSources - 6 years ago

    Cindy as stated above she is not saint for admitting her sources. She was caught and rather than resign she goes in front of the camera and says she is sorry. People in public office are held to a higher standard than a Joe Doe on the street. Joe Doe does not get his love shack room paid for by taxpayers. Then off you go on Trump being "accused" of assault, racism, and harassment. I can accuse you of being a drunken bum who is a racist, and accuse you of assault. Does that make it true? Pls quote you proof on Trump being racist and assaulting people? Yes I stand by Trump, I am certainly not going to vote for communists and anyone who calls me stupid, and admits lying to me, for being a democrat voter.

  • PlsQuoteUrSources - 6 years ago

    Bubbles she stood up and admitted her affair after it came to her attention that the news media was going to release the info on her using public funds for her trysts and getting the cops daughter a job. She would not have admitted anything is she hadn't been caught.
    Rachel please give us some examples of what she has done that is so great? The you divert to men not resigning when it is daily news in the paper of the hundreds of men who are stepping down for affairs and abuse of women. You then accuse trump of being a racist? Pls quote your sources snf give examples? Pls also give your examples of Trump discriminating against women? Trump has more women working for him than any administration in history and also in his private business dealings. Lies, you complain of lies after Obama and his keep your doctor, Hillary telling parents of the dead they died because of a video, the whole Obama administration caught in lies from IRS Lois Lerner, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, James Comey, I mean I can type for days on Democrat lies. Get your sign and go march with the Dreamers. That is the current Democrat anti-America agenda of the day. Pelosi holding up government at this very moment wanting criminals to become citizens. Keep voting Democrat comrade.

  • Cindy Cunningham - 6 years ago

    We all fall short of the mark at times. She admitted that. I m from Nashville and the teachings of Christianity I grew up with emphasized the golden rule. Ii am stunned to see all the ugly comments. Our president has been accused of assault, harassment and racism. I wander if the people who want Mayor Barry gone are the people who stand by him.

  • IEATBUBBLES - 6 years ago

    I hope she stays.
    Not only is she a positive visionary for our city, but she is courageous enough to stand up and admit a personal error of judgement as our equal.
    She is a remarkable woman, especially in this day and age of anonymous public opinion and special people on the internet.

  • Rachel Killebrew - 6 years ago

    if every man was called to resign when he had an affair in office, our governments would be empty . That is so ridiculous to even suggest it. She stood up and was honest and forthright which does not happen often with men and this is what she gets. We have a President who has a history of that, lied and discriminated against women and all non-white people and no one has suggested he be asked to leave. I am 75 years old and worked in a "man's" job all of my career and I see it has not changed at all. Very disappointing. Mayor Barry has done a great job. I am so disappointed and embarrassed ashamed. Tell Mayor Barry I am proud of the job she is doing and am proud that she came forth and I am 100% behind her!! Don't give up!!

  • WhyWouldAnyoneVoteDemocommunist - 6 years ago

    These hypocrites kill me. They boo God at the Democrat National Convention but run to the church for photo-ops when caught with their panties down? Hillary says she counts on the stupidity of the Democrat voters and lies to get elected, yet the fools still elect them. Bredesen stole money from the transportation fund for the general fund and we promptly get a gas tax increase. Obama/ValerieJarret/VanJones/David Axelrod all with communist party connections and yet the fools of America keep electing them. Bernie Sanders praises Venezuela and their Socialist Govt and gets millions of votes and yet they are eating their pets to keep from starving. I hope Nashville is stuck with Megan for 20 years as the poster child of the communist party and the liars they represent. She can drop her drawers and get a deal done anytime she wishes.

  • Angela - 6 years ago

    No why she human it didn’t affect her work u wouldn’t have known if she had told it.if was a Man U would have a different standard.she helps minority’s that’s why they want her gone.let her be. Just my opinion

  • Angela - 6 years ago

    No why she human it didn’t affect her work u wouldn’t have known if she had told it.if was a Man U would have a different standard.she helps minority’s that’s why they want her gone.let her be. Just my opinion

  • Angela - 6 years ago

    No why she human it didn’t affect her work u wouldn’t have known if she had told it.if was a Man U would have a different standard.she helps minority’s that’s why they want her gone.let her be. Just my opinion

  • Angela - 6 years ago

    No why she human it didn’t affect her work u wouldn’t have known if she had told it.if was a Man U would have a different standard.she helps minority’s that’s why they want her gone.let her be. Just my opinion

  • Leo R Summers III - 6 years ago

    Hypocrites, and non loyal friends most of u fit that bill, when the Mayor needs u the most u abandoned her like the plague..... smile in her face but vote against her behind her back...... Clergy should learn how to separate church and state... we all fall short of the mark all the time but we still deserve a second chance.

  • Tony Haley - 6 years ago

    She should resign, but I'm sure she will not. She's too self centered and greedy to do the right thing. Just another self serving, dishonest California liberal trying to destroy our southern culture!

  • Haywood - 6 years ago

    GTFO Barry. You are an embarrassment to your family and Nashville. Take your transit system with you. You are TRASH

  • Buttpimples - 6 years ago

    She needs to go back to California and steal from some town there.

  • JoSixPak - 6 years ago

    She is either a complete mental whackjob, or she is a criminal. Either way, she goes. And, the fact that most Councilmembers are saying nothing makes them accomplices.

    There is something seriously wrong with this mayor, besides the fact that she is a flaming liberal who wants to spend 10 billion dollars of other people's money on a stupid tunnel.

  • Larry Hester - 6 years ago

    Yes she should. She has used our money for her and his enjoyment.

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