Wash. Mayor Denies Molesting Boys in '70s - Yahoo! News
Wash. Mayor Denies Molesting Boys in '70s - Yahoo! News: "Mayor James E. West, a Republican foe of gay rights, was accused in a newspaper story Thursday of molesting two boys decades ago and was caught by the paper using the trappings of his office to try to court a young man on a gay online chat room.
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West on Thursday denied the molestation allegations, but acknowledged he 'had relations with adult men.'
He admitted offering autographed sports memorabilia and a possible City Hall internship to what he thought was an 18-year-old man on the Web site Gay.com. The man was actually a private computer expert hired by The Spokesman-Review as part of a journalism sting operation.
West, 54, a former Boy Scout leader and Army paratrooper who was married briefly in the 1990s, denied that the online offers constituted abuse of his office, and he said he would serve out the more than three years remaining in his term.
'I am a law-abiding citizen,' West said during a brief news conference. He took no questions."
I have no problem being represented by a gay politician. I believe Barney Frank represents his constituents as well or better than any straight man or woman. I voted for Glen Maxey more than once in Travis County. I was well-represented. But I can not abide hypocrisy. To my mind it equates with apostasy, and West must answer. But should Rick Perry still be asked the same questions? I never heard him answer them directly. Is he afraid of perjury charges. The GOP set quite a precedent with Clinton, didn't they.
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West on Thursday denied the molestation allegations, but acknowledged he 'had relations with adult men.'
He admitted offering autographed sports memorabilia and a possible City Hall internship to what he thought was an 18-year-old man on the Web site Gay.com. The man was actually a private computer expert hired by The Spokesman-Review as part of a journalism sting operation.
West, 54, a former Boy Scout leader and Army paratrooper who was married briefly in the 1990s, denied that the online offers constituted abuse of his office, and he said he would serve out the more than three years remaining in his term.
'I am a law-abiding citizen,' West said during a brief news conference. He took no questions."
I have no problem being represented by a gay politician. I believe Barney Frank represents his constituents as well or better than any straight man or woman. I voted for Glen Maxey more than once in Travis County. I was well-represented. But I can not abide hypocrisy. To my mind it equates with apostasy, and West must answer. But should Rick Perry still be asked the same questions? I never heard him answer them directly. Is he afraid of perjury charges. The GOP set quite a precedent with Clinton, didn't they.
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