Oregon mayor loses her job over Internet photos


Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | 2 comment(s)

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ARLINGTON (AP) — The mayor of an Oregon town who once stripped to her underwear and posed on a fire truck has been stripped of her office.

Voters in Arlington, population about 500, voted narrowly on Monday night to recall Carmen Kontur-Gronquist.

The tally was 142-139. City officials said the recall is effective Tuesday.

Kontur-Gronquist said the pictures of her in black bra and panties were taken for use in a contest about fitness, but a relative posted them on MySpace in hopes it would improve the social life of the single mother.

They predated her election, but she said she saw no reason to take them off the popular Web site once elected three years ago. Later, she closed access to them.

Opponents said it wasn’t fitting for the mayor to be so depicted. They said they also disagreed with her on issues about water and the local golf course.
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Trina wrote on Feb 27, 2008 1:42 PM:

I don't think it matters because it is her private life and myspace is used for things like that. So just give a rest.

Watcher wrote on Feb 27, 2008 12:50 PM:

I see a double standard here. What about all the traditional Oregon (nude) calendars - of fireMEN and grange members. The Firemen calendars are all done on public/city firetrucks. Until the media picked this story up you would have have had to search for the photos - and for todays standards I have seen more skin at Loon Lake on a sunny day.
What a stupid thing to waste time and money on. If it was on the federal level we would spend $52 million on it.


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