Metro Nashville Public Schools Superintendent Spent $20k for luxury travel Over Two Years.

 

WSMV, May 4, 2026 - MNPS Superintendent Dr. Adrienne Battle spent $19,293 on travel over the past two years, including a $700 dinner for her and staff and hotel rooms at luxury properties, according to receipts on her district credit card.

Battle’s travel spending vastly outpaced her superintendent peers in Tennessee. Memphis Shelby County Schools’ superintendent spent $721 on travel in the same time period. Williamson County’s superintendent spent $8,120.95. Sumner County’s superintendent spent $1,021.38. Rutherford and Wilson County superintendents spent zero on travel.

The examination of Battle’s spending follows a $6.5 million lawsuit settlement and a $165,000 office suite remodel.

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A Republic is a Form of Democracy

by Rod Williams, May 4, 2026 - In Facebook exchanges with idiots or sometimes in face-to-face exchanges with them, I will say something like Trump is a threat to our democracy or we must defend democracy and the person I am talking to will say, "We're not a democracy; we are a republic."  

It is exasperating. There is no use even trying to engage such idiots. I try to explain that a republic is a form of democracy, but I think it goes over their head.  Sometimes, to preempt the retort, I will say, "Trump is a threat to our republican form of democracy," but that should not be necessary.  A republic is a form of democracy. America is a democracy.

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