The Governor should have stepped in long ago to get this Mayor out. Most of his assistants have lost confidence in his judgement. The incident itself is bad and embarrassing, but his attempts to cover up or fire people for not lying in support shows a much greater crime. Very likely, some of these fired personell are going to be suing for wrongful termination.
No worries, he won’t be re-erected.
The governor probably walks around without pants too