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Oregon Mayor Gone Wild Is History

GiggleSugar — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800

Earlier this week, we covered Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist's MySpace fiasco. Girly deemed it acceptable to hold public office and keep it ~~real~~ real skanky on the infamous social networking site. When constituents noticed that their mayor shamelessly posted pics of herself on the internet (in "not even a bathing suit"), they voted her out of office. But Carmen's not down and out; she's now selling poster-sized pics of herself on eBay. It's all about serving the public, people.

Dumbass of the Day

GiggleSugar — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800

Meet the mayor of Arlington, Ore.: Carmen Kontur-Gronquist. She may have a constituency of merely 500 citizens, but do they really need to know what she looks like in her bra, underwear, and spray tan? (Do I, come to think of it?) Although the pictures (this is but one) were uploaded to her MySpace page before she became mayor - and curiously, also the fire department's executive secretary - "she saw no reason to remove them from the internet after taking office." Oh, reeaaally? How about, cuz now you're holding a public office and this is beyond crass and undignified? Click here to read more about the Mayor Gone Wild.

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Should Public Officials Get Private Lives?

CitizenSugar — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:00:37 -0800

Arlington, OR, Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist was recalled by voters who disapproved of her less-than-professional pictures posted on her MySpace profile. The pictures were snapped before she took office and she stands by her right to strictly draw a line between public and private life. She says she doesn't regret posting the photos, saying that essentially that, it's my. space. That's why they call it MySpace. She also said,

"My reaction is that the democratic process took place, and that is a good process that we have in the United States, and it's fair."

The situation does call to mind the Monica Lewinsky snafu. What if she'd had a Facebook page in 1998? No "pokes" jokes I promise.

And finally, here's a sample of headline jokesters:

Oregon Mayor Stripped Of Office After Posing In Underwear
MySpace Mayor: Kontur-Gronquist Loses Job After Losing Clothes
Busty Mayor Stripped of Office
Lingerie MySpace Mayor Recalled...

But the serious question remains: do voters have the right to consider the whole picture of a candidate, public and private life, when choosing a leader?