But still lingering are questions about numerous taxpayer-funded city business trips Ms. Barry took with Mr. Forrest, raising the possibility of bruising weeks ahead for the mayor. Sean Braisted, the mayor’s spokesman, acknowledged that Ms. Barry recommended Ms. Amos to the city law director sometime after she took office. As a City Council member, Ms. Barry had been an outspoken champion of abortion rights and same-sex marriage. Mr. Fox tacked to Ms. Barry’s right, but his strategy seemed to show that the culture-war dog did not hunt in the new Nashville. Voters shrugged off his campaign’s assertion, in radio advertisements, that Ms. Barry and her husband, Bruce Barry, an American Civil Liberties Union member, had opposed prayer before high school football games.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2018 23:37 UTC