Nashville Metro Council voted Tuesday to create a committee to investigate Mayor Megan Barry’s affair with her bodyguard Sgt. Rob Forrest, WSMV reported. Councilwoman Tanaka Vercher proposed the resolution.
The council has not taken such action since 1974 during a land rezoning bribery scandal involving former council members Morris Haddox and Jack Clariday, The Tennessean reported.
The 30-7 vote will create a committee of three to seven council members to oversee the probe, focusing on travel and overtime expenses of Barry and Forrest, the newspaper said. Barry does not have the power to veto the action.
The council is turning to an authority under the Metro Charter to hold investigations and hearings, The Tennessean said. The power includes the ability to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and records pertinent to the investigation. Testimony will be under oath.
Barry admitted to the affair on Jan. 31. District Attorney Glenn Funk asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to look into the matter to determine if there was any criminal wrongdoing in the form of overseas trips and overtime payments to Forrest.
Alternative Title:
Metro Council To Form Committee to Clear Barry Of Doing What They Are Also Doing
Mayor Barry should be placed under house arrest, fitted with a tight ankle bracelet and be required to wear a wooden nose until she resigns.
A wooden “nose?”
Barry needs to follow the lead of Forrest – – – -disappear from the scene!
I am not convinced that a committee composed of council members will (or even can) provide a unbiased investigation. They appear to be so smitten with the mayor and her liberal agenda that their ability to be objective comes into question.