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Seattle Mayor Ed Murray (D), facing multiple child sex-abuse allegations dating to the 1970s, will resign Wednesday, saying the damaging claims have become a distraction that threatens to undermine the city government's ability to serve it citizens.

Murray's spokesman, William Lemke, told The Washington Post that the resignation takes effect at 5 p.m.

The announcement Tuesday came just hours after the Seattle Times reported new allegations that Murray, 62, sexually abused a relative in the mid-'70s. That relative, a cousin, was the fifth man to publicly accuse the mayor of sexual assault, the newspaper reported.

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In 2005, Adams met Beau Breedlove, a 17-year-old interning for Oregon State Representative Kim Thatcher.[56] In September 2007, Adams denied rumors of a sexual relationship between the two, calling the allegations scurrilous, and adding that they played into stereotypes of predatory gays.[56] In January 2009, after being confronted with a story in Willamette Week, Adams acknowledged lying about the nature of their sexual relationship.[55][57] Breedlove confirmed Adams' accounts.[2][56][58] Adams apologized, saying he had lied to avoid accusations of grooming a minor and the likely disruption such allegations would cause in his mayoral campaign.[22][59] Adams cited the "swift public condemnation" of former mayor and governor Neil Goldschmidt in 2004 by the news media as weighing heavily in his decision to lie. "[N]o one's going to believe me [that he was eighteen]".[2] Oregon had already seen several prominent political sex scandals; prior to Goldschmidt's, there was one involving Senator Bob Packwood in 1992.[2] The "well-funded newsroom" of The Oregonian had been criticized for failing to pursue both stories. In the Goldschmidt case, the Oregonian publicly debated with Willamette Week over which publication reported more accurately and aggressively.[2] Adams also announced his intention to remain in office.[58]

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

What forum does he mod?

maskenfreiheit posted:

Does THIS look like a man who would touch a child? yes



he claims he's innocent, but he's also resigned after the 5th allegation:


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/09/12/seattle-mayor-ed-murray-resigns-amid-mounting-sexual-abuse-allegations/



This comes after the Mayor of Portland was also outed as a sex weird:


Is there anywhere in the pacific northwest not ruled by a sex offender?

KomodoWagon posted:

Every rich and powerful man in the world is a sexual predator. The fact that this guy's getting caught must mean someone's trying to replace him.

As for why someone would put that kind of effort into becoming the mayor of Seattle, we may never know.

Blast of Confetti posted:

you must be v rich and powerful then

Pick posted:

Men rape women, they rape children, powerful men turn out to be rapists, except Jimmy Carter, he's a good man, it's why the congress of rape wuoldn't let him pass a good law.

Spinster posted:

Pacific Molest

Pick posted:

we lost the mayor of portland over this also. powerful politicians put their dinguses wherever they shouldn't to be*


*there are no powerful female politicians hth

Blast of Confetti posted:

gently caress off pick

maskenfreiheit posted:

Is there anywhere in the pacific northwest not ruled by a sex offender?

Tom Gorman posted:

do you think the rock would ever rape a child

i do not think he would

Spinster posted:

Pacific Molest

Pick posted:

Men rape women, they rape children, powerful men turn out to be rapists, except Jimmy Carter, he's a good man, it's why the congress of rape wuoldn't let him pass a good law.

Supreme Allah posted:

Makes sense, seattle is the shittiest city that things it's a thing.

maskenfreiheit posted:

Pick posted:

we lost the mayor of portland over this also. powerful politicians put their dinguses wherever they shouldn't to be*


*there are no powerful female politicians hth

Waterbed Wendy posted:

Maybe if we just outlawed men instead of considering their "feelings"

maskenfreiheit posted:

Does THIS look like a man who would touch a child? yes

i like that posted:

Castration is the most humane option. Love the sinner hate the sin Jesus taught.