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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 07:12 PM Aug 2013

Mayor Filner Resigns: "I Never Sexually Harassed Anyone"

Blaming a lynch mob combination of media and political opponents, Mayor Bob Filner said goodbye to San Diego after its City Council accepted the terms for his resignation amid allegations of sexual harassment.

“It certainly was never my intention to be a mayor who went out like this,” Filner told the council.

Calling it the toughest decision of his life, Filner said he agreed to resign even though he knows he would be vindicated if given due process in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee.

"I’ve never sexually harassed anyone," the mayor said describing what he called a lynch mob that surrounded numerous allegations of sexual harassment, inappropriate behavior with women, misuse of funds and “pay to play” schemes....

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/City-Council-to-Vote-on-Filner-Deal-220812151.html


This guy is really sick.
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Mayor Filner Resigns: "I Never Sexually Harassed Anyone" (Original Post) El Supremo Aug 2013 OP
... Rex Aug 2013 #1
fuck you bob, go away. spanone Aug 2013 #2
Those women were all practically asking for it, amiright Bob? tanyev Aug 2013 #3
The guy seems more like a clueless boor than a predator. It's not 1956 anymore, Bob. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #4
Disgusting maddezmom Aug 2013 #5
" I was trying to establish personal relationships" sufrommich Aug 2013 #6
Nope, nice try, but fuck off. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #7

maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
5. Disgusting
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 07:20 PM
Aug 2013

It is everyone else's fault, the media, the mob, etc. no one was buying your shit anymore Bob...80% polled wanted you to go.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
6. " I was trying to establish personal relationships"
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 07:23 PM
Aug 2013

Someone tell this idiot that successful personal relationships don't start with a headlock.

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