Another Day, Another Scandal
It only takes the Washington Post until the third paragraph to name that party in this story about a mayor being arrested for trying to solicit a prostitute. How odd.
The mayor of District Heights was arrested early yesterday in the District after allegedly offering an undercover male police officer $40 for sex in a known prostitution area, authorities said.
James L. Walls Jr., 30, was arrested at 12:30 a.m. at Sixth and F streets NW, near Verizon Center. He was charged with solicitation for lewd and immoral purposes, police said. He was issued a citation and released.
Walls, who is single, was known as a rising star among young Democrats in Prince George's County. He was the youngest person elected mayor of District Heights — a community inside the Beltway with a population of about 6,000. He was elected mayor in May 2006; his term runs until 2010.
$40? Well, he certainly isn't Eliot Spitzer. The Post story does go on to describe some of Walls' supporters.
He was elected last year as vice president of tourism for the World Conference of Mayors, the Web site says. In 2006, he was selected as one of the most progressive leaders in the country younger than 40 by the People for the American Way Foundation.
Interesting definition of progressive.
By C Stanley, Friday, 25 April , 2008 @ 7:42 am
<blockquote>He was elected last year as vice president of tourism for the World Conference of Mayors</blockquote>LOL. Apparently they elected him to this position based on his idea for American cities to create "Little Thailand" neighborhoods to promote tourism.
By sam, Friday, 25 April , 2008 @ 10:58 am
There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for his behavior. His car broke down in the area and he was offering the nearby fellow $40 dollars for a truck and a tow job. The undercover agent just misunderstood what he was asking for.
By Mockinbird, Friday, 25 April , 2008 @ 2:18 pm
Disgusting. He should be hogtied and thrown in the gator pond.
By martian, Saturday, 26 April , 2008 @ 12:39 pm
And, unlike the Republican airport bathroom fiasco last year, this is the last we will hear of this story.