Will Pinkston, a former political strategist with the administration of then-Gov. Phil Bredesen, has decided he wants a second go-round on the Metro Nashville school board.

In a release announcing his intent to run for re-election, Pinkston lists 146 of his allies in "Friends of Pinkston, Volume 1." Not among them, Mayor Megan Barry. Nor Bredesen. From the Inbox: