Mayor Bob Filner expected to resign in sex harassment lawsuit deal

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Source: LATimes



Mayor Bob Filner expected to resign in sex harassment lawsuit deal

BY TONY PERRY
August 22, 2013, 10:20 a.m.
SAN DIEGO -- Although details of a mediation deal in Mayor Bob Filner's sexual harassment lawsuit have not been announced yet, it is increasingly clear that the settlement includes his resignation from office.

Filner was seen Wednesday night loading boxes into an SUV parked outside City Hall -- and driven by a San Diego police officer, part of the mayor's security detail -- apparently after saying farewell to his staff and cleaning out his office.

A special election would be held to fill the mayor's post. Filner would be the fourth of the last seven San Diego mayors to leave midterm, all for different reasons.

Pete Wilson resigned in 1983 after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Roger Hedgecock was ousted in 1995 by his felony conviction for conspiracy and perjury. Dick Murphy resigned in 2005 because he thought it best for the city to have a fresh start in dealing with its pension deficit mess.

Read more: http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77119697/

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just heard it is official, no link yet

[onehandle]

1. Good. He was the first Democrat in a long time to be mayor there.

Hopefully the party has a good candidate to hold the seat.

I suggest a woman after all this.

[johnfunk]

2. Heard it on The Ed Schultz Show. So long, troglodyte!

Enough said!

[johnfunk]

3. It's Official (Links)

From NBC via Liberaland:

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has agreed to resign as part of a deal reached this week with city officials, NBC 7 News has learned.

Filner, spotted leaving City Hall with packing boxes Wednesday night, will formally vacate the office following a closed session of City Council Friday, according to several sources.

City officials announced just before 7 p.m. Wednesday a proposed solution had been reached in the scandal that has consumed the city of San Diego since it first broke July 10.

In the last six weeks, more than a dozen women have come forward with tales of alleged sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances.

[snooper2]

4. The local mafia got to him!

[Pterodactyl]

5. Good! He's a scary creep and has no business being mayor.

[uppityperson]

7. +1, I agree

Hi buddy