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Newly-elected Gulf Breeze Mayor resigns amid text scandal
WKRG ^ | Updated: Jan 18, 2019 10:12 PM CST | By: Kendra Day

Posted on 01/23/2019 9:30:49 AM PST by Red Badger

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WKRG) - The newly-elected mayor of Gulf Breeze has resigned amid an inappropriate texting scandal. David Landfair sent a letter to the city council and citizens of Gulf Breeze this afternoon. News 5 was able to obtain a copy of the letter from South Santa Rosa News.

It reads in part:

"I must admit to an error in judgment by engaging in inappropriate texting with an adult woman. I have caused embarrassment to my family, friends and supporters, and I do not wish to spend my term as mayor defending my texting or dragging the City into discussion that distracts from issues and projects of greater importance."

Landfair was elected in November 2018 and has been on the job less than two months. He has served on the Gulf Breeze City council since November 2010.

Mayor Pro Tem Cherry Finch is now acting mayor.


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KEYWORDS: fl; florida; gulfbreeze; mayor; sexting
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He was 'SEXTING' not 'texting'......................
1 posted on 01/23/2019 9:30:49 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Democrat?


2 posted on 01/23/2019 9:33:02 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Liberals//GOPe's 2019 Strategy, mantra, plan = 'No Borders, No Walls, No USA at All!'!)
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To: Red Badger

I’m guessing he is a Republican. As he had the common decency to resign.

Democrats don’t resign when caught. They lash out at Repubs who get caught, but they themselves use the old double standard and they won’t go away.


3 posted on 01/23/2019 9:33:48 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Red Badger

Buy a smartphone, and then get stupid.

So-called public service does not attract the best and the brightest.

These are the people who feel qualified to run our lives.


4 posted on 01/23/2019 9:35:20 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60's....You weren't really there)
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To: Grampa Dave

Rule of thumb:

If party affiliation isn’t identified, then Dhimmicrat.


5 posted on 01/23/2019 9:38:50 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Grampa Dave; Responsibility2nd

In Florida, we have ‘non-partisan’ local offices..............


6 posted on 01/23/2019 9:39:45 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I agree he is probably a Republican because he has the ability to feel shame. Democrats don’t have that ability.


7 posted on 01/23/2019 9:41:16 AM PST by Wm F Buckley Republican (?)
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To: Red Badger

Couldn’t find anything about his party affiliation but found this nugget:

“Landfair holds a degree in political science from Florida State University, and is currently a Junior ROTC teacher at Gulf Breeze High School. He is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel whose military service includes flying combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan.”

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/11/06/david-landfair-gulf-breeze-mayor-midterm-elections-results-2018/1905178002/


8 posted on 01/23/2019 9:44:56 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Red Badger
I just finished reading several articles that Google found, but none of them answer the burning questions:

Did his sexting partner threaten to 'out' him?

Did his wife find the texts and threaten to 'out' him?

Was he using a Gulf Breeze city phone to do the sexting?

Was his sexting partner a city employee or member of the city council?

Did he have an unlimited data plan?

9 posted on 01/23/2019 9:46:45 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Did he have an unlimited data plan? ..............LOL!.............


10 posted on 01/23/2019 9:49:40 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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p78

You're supposed to have your wife stand awkwardly next to you when you do that.

11 posted on 01/23/2019 9:55:13 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Responsibility2nd

The office is non-partisan, but the woman he defeated is a conservative Republican activist around Pensacola.


12 posted on 01/23/2019 9:55:46 AM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Snickering Hound

Great judgment there, former mayor. Who elects these losers?


13 posted on 01/23/2019 9:56:12 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Grampa Dave; Red Badger; Responsibility2nd; ChildOfThe60s; Cletus.D.Yokel; ...

He’s a registered Republican (see voterrecords).


14 posted on 01/23/2019 10:13:33 AM PST by an amused spectator (Mitt Romney, Chuck Schumer's p*ssboy)
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To: Red Badger
Gulf Breeze is a nice place.
15 posted on 01/23/2019 10:20:48 AM PST by blam
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To: blam

Niceville is a breezy place...................

https://cityofniceville.org/


16 posted on 01/23/2019 10:25:15 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: an amused spectator

...with bad judgment.


17 posted on 01/23/2019 10:55:03 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Red Badger
Placerville Cal is a nice place to hang.

In the breeze, that is, but not in front of your phone cam.

18 posted on 01/23/2019 11:05:35 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Responsibility2nd
Democrats don’t resign when caught.

Probably the greatest damage Bill Clinton inflicted upon the body politic. He taught them that you can hunker down, point the finger back at your accusers, and survive.


19 posted on 01/23/2019 11:20:06 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: an amused spectator

Thanks.

Next question was he a repubie like McCain?


20 posted on 01/23/2019 11:32:09 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Liberals//GOPe's 2019 Strategy, mantra, plan = 'No Borders, No Walls, No USA at All!'!)
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