Posted on 08/22/2013 10:12:51 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Report: San Diego Mayor Filner to resign By Blake Neff - 08/22/13 12:38 PM ET
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner will resign, according to a local television station.
Filner, who has been accused of sexual harassment and improper sexual advances by 17 women, has been in mediation talks on his future.
ABC 10 News in San Diego reported the former congressman had reached a deal in which he will leave office.
Filner has been under enormous pressure to resign in California and in Washington, where many of his former colleagues have torched him with criticism.
The mayor faces the possibility of multiple lawsuits, and it’s possible the resignation could be a bargaining chip in future civil claims or even criminal prosecutions.
According to ABC, the mediation deal will also include a six-figure settlement for Irene McCormack Jackson, one of Filner’s accusers who had filed a civil suit against him.
San Diego’s city council will have to approve any deal.
Still has his pension, I’ll bet.
How much? Who pays?
” the former congressman had reached a deal in which he will leave office.”
Deal?! What freakin deal?! if that was me or you we’de be UNDER the jailhouse by now. UNBELIEVABLE.
Yippee!
This frees him up for a Presidential (or at least Congressional) bid!
He will fit right in...in WashDC.
If one of these women had been armed, this story might have a different ending.............
only because MORE WAS COMING OUT...
He’ll be able to get more chicks now
Awwwww, what a shame...
At least he gropes. TeenyWeeny in NYC appears to be stuck just posting pictures of his inadequacy on the internet.
He needs to ask MoveOn.org for help.
Imagine the hand wringing and faces full of guilt-ridden angst in the closed door meetings.
Does the vice-mayor then become the mayor, or is a special election held, or what?
He’ll be able to run for higher office now.
At least one with a sink?
Why's he resigning, to run for Governor?
/s
Oh, no. We won’t have Filner to kick around any more.
Filner molested me, too!
—(signed) Chelsea Manning
Hang in there, Filthy!
I see a run for Congress..in his future!!
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