Carmen Kontur-Gronquist , the mayor of Arlington, Oregon who posed in her underwear on a town firetruck has lost a recall election. So she is now the ex-mayor. (First post about this incident is here , including links to pictures which are NSFW.)
ARLINGTON, Ore. – The mayor of an Oregon town who once stripped to her underwear and posed on a fire truck has been stripped of her office.T
Voters in this town of about 500 voted narrowly Monday to recall Carmen Kontur-Gronquist. The tally was 142-139. City officials said the recall is effective Tuesday.
Kontur-Gronquist said the pictures of her in black bra and panties were taken for use in a contest about fitness, but a relative posted them on MySpace in hopes it would improve the social life of the single mother.
As I wrote in that earlier post, had she posed in a bikini, there would probably have been little interest in a recall election. But politicians are held to a different standard of conduct.
142-139.
What put it over is… golf! People were incensed by cost-cutting at the city golf course.
This is the state of our society. We will excuse graft and corruption or even illegal drug use, but a provocative pose that somehow excites the libido, out, out.
The people would rather have their pockets picked then their brains.