Posted on 02/01/2007 2:08:58 PM PST by zbigreddogz
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayor Gavin Newsom today confirmed reports that he had an affair with his reelection campaign manager's wife — a subordinate at the time — and apologized for his actions.
In a packed news conference, Newsom emerged to offer a brief, yet somber apology, taking no questions. "I want to make it clear that everything you've heard and read is true, and I'm deeply sorry about that," Newsom said. "I've hurt someone I care deeply about — Alex Tourk and his friends and family. And that is something I have to live with."
Saying he is recommitted to the business of governing, Newsom went on to apologize to City Hall and the residents of San Francisco. "My personal lapse of judgment aside, I am committed to restoring their trust and confidence…We will now be working aggressively to advance our agenda in the city."
He issued his apology after Tourk, his reelection campaign manager and former deputy chief of staff, abruptly submitted his resignation late Wednesday, citing "personal" reasons.
Tourk had been one of the mayor's closest advisors, designing one of the Newsom administration's signature accomplishments: massive bimonthly gatherings — known as Project Homeless Connect and emulated nationwide — where the homeless are directed to services.
The revelations of the reason for Tourk's departure, reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, clearly startled voters and tarnished a mayor who has enjoyed a 70% approval rating and was widely thought to be eyeing an eventual competition with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for a shot at the governor's seat.
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Good riddance?
Her face looks plastic. As in melts-if-it-gets-too-close-to-radiant-heat plastic.
Pretty, but plastic.
}:-)4
Yes it is. Our cokehead mayor decided that his solution to fight crime was by putting more FIREMEN on the streets.
What did Henry K. say, "power is the ultimate aphrodisiac"? Sign me up, I'm running for the dog catcher (hey, gotta start somewhere!)
Kimberley is already on record as having publically commented that Newsom is well known throughout SF for his extra large "manhood".
Newsom has also recently had a bit of trouble with KGO whose I-Team investigated Newsom's Press Secretary for having posted some very flattering posts about the mayor while using several obviously bogus aliases, and then, when confronted about it on camera, lying about it.
She's moved on well enough. She's re-married to some NYC multi-millionaire and when I walked by the Fox News building in Manhattan a few months ago when they were filming her show, through the window she had the biggest rock on her finger I've ever seen.
Newsom has been divorced for a while... I dont believe he has kids either.
Also, this woman may have come on to him first - who knows. Not that it makes it right, but I'm sure she knew he was a womanizer, and it's not like he raped her. It takes two to tango.
Kimberly is happily raising her new husband's child, which she was pregnant with before her divorce from Gavin was even finalized.
Whats with this "Osama Obama" business? - I think it's in very poor taste to compare a politician to the most evil man alive because you disagree with him, and think it's funny...I feel the same way about that as I do when I hear someone compare Bush to Hitler
That 20 year-old girlfriend of his is a regisitered Republican, by the way.
LOL. Tell it to Teddy Kennedy.
He's sorry, now that he's been caught.
Ruby was pregnant and aborted Gav's child.
Oh. I don't know. "Mayor has mistress" isn't really much of a headline. That sort of thing has been SOP for politicians since forever, particularly big-city ones, and this goes back into the 19th century.
Willie Brown had girls all over the place, and some of them he pushed into state and municipal jobs, among them his secretary.
Just a sample -
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/07/13/MN269721.DTL
http://www.sanfran.com/content_areas/home/view_printable.php?story_id=811
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/06/12/MN71092.DTL&type=printable
He got next to no flak for all that, and he never apologized.
whom did Kimberly have the kid with?
Somehow I just knew you are a newbie. Welcome, and good luck on FR.
He's a Democrat. Extra-marital affairs are a resume enhancer. It means he's thinking about higher office. Like Giuliani - oops!
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