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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"Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was then a Court TV legal analyst"
Perhaps that may help explain why she kept defending Nifong, implying the Duke LaCross players were guilty, and became sarcastic to Sean Hannity when he began seeing the stupidity of both Nifong and the case in general.
See has a guilty look on her face now, whenever she has to discuss the Duke LaCross case, as even she has recognized the criminal intent of Nifong.
The citizens of San Fran are STUNNED that it wasn't a man.
Oh, please.. Newsome and Mrs. Tourk were just having a meeting of the liberal minds.
Come to Mama,Tourk, the party of Lincoln. You finally found out what Democrats have in store for you.
If I was married to her, the divorce papers would have been served yesterday.
My new Republican Party Mmebership ID card would be in my wallet.
I am beginning to believe that there may no longer be such a feminine species as a loyal Democrat wife. They only exist now on the Republican side of the culture wars.
Newsom is a pitiful excuse for a man.He needs a firm ass whoopin'.
Kimberly has moved on, as of last May.
Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle and Eric Scot Villency were married yesterday at Sandy Lane, a resort in St. James, Barbados. The Rev. Ricky Kirton, a minister of the Church of the Nazarene, officiated,"
heh! I think we just discovered that old Gavin is a switch hitter.
So far as I know, they exist only here on FR, where many posters believe that all 750,000 people in San Francisco are gay because they saw a picture of Castro Street once on Fox News Channel. ;)
The Bill Clinton school of treatment of women in the workplace...
What?
He is going to go back to work like nuttin' happened?
What about running into rehab?
rebuild trust?
ya sleep with the wife of the guy you trust to RUN your political career, and Joe Shmoe should be able to TRUST YOU?
when the American people allow THESE kind of people to REPRESENT them...they deserve to have a chunk of their earned wages support these thugs...
Any of the DUmmies screaming about sexual harassment in the workplace? What a shocker.
Eventually, Gavin Newsom will be transformed into a hero/martyr by the moonbats. Look at what they did with Bill Clinton. They circled the wagons and defended him.
LOL! I almost blew my soup out my mouth!
Welcome aboard, AJ. Here's hoping your skin thickens a bit in the coming weeks and months. If you knew any history, you would know Osama Obama is what Drunk Teddy calls the junior senator from Felonois.
"Osama Obama" is a famous gaffe made by Ted Kennedy a short while back. It's use on FR tends to be to deride both Kennedy and Obama, not linking Obama to a terrorist in any way.
Ah! The effects of the anti-gun lobby!
Villaraigosa is not happy about this at all. This is California. Newsome is now positioned to win the governor's seat comfortably. Had his affair been with somebody's husband it would be a landslide.
That question was a joke, right?
You mistake California for San Fran and Hollywood. Even a lot of D's in California don't like stuff like this. They like 'nice' leftists like Feinstein.
Trust me, Villaraigosa is extatic. He's a one-man express train to the Governor's Mansion come 2010.
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