Posted on 02/27/2008 11:40:05 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
ARLINGTON, Ore. - The mayor of a small Oregon town who came under fire for racy pictures of her posted on the Internet was recalled in a close vote Monday.
According to the person who spearheaded the recall drive, Ron Miller, the vote was 142 in favor and 139 against the recall of Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist.
She came under fire after she posted photos of herself posed in lingerie on a fire truck on her MySpace page.
She told KATU News Tuesday that she had no regrets about posting the photo online, and she seemed to harbor no hard feelings about the recall.
"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," she said.
There are 366 registered voters in Arlington. Dozens of them held meetings and organized after the photo was publicized, and many participated in Monday night's recall vote.
But the voters weren't really just angry about the picture, some said.
Miller said the recall vote was also about some of her decisions as mayor of the small town, located along Interstate 84 between The Dalles and Pendleton in the Columbia River Gorge. That included her management of the city golf course, where she eliminated two positions during the fall and winter. That apparently did not sit well with some of the big golfers in town.
He said Gronquist will leave office immediately.
The Arlington City Council President will take over as mayor until a new mayor is selected.
As for Gronquist, she said she is selling a poster of herself on eBay. A portion of the proceeds, she said, will go to the Arlington city ambulance company.
Guilty of implants!
Guilty - of being hot!
I would rather look at the fire truck.
But could she get kicked off of an airliner?
Uh no. She’s 42 and a mother. She may have been hot 20 years ago, but this just seems rather pathetic.
42 is old?
you mean burnt
Can’t see how the picture makes her unfit to be mayor. People have no sense of humor these days.
I heard they just don’t like the job she’s been doing and used this as an excuse to get rid of her.
Anyone know what party she is?
If she’s a failure at her job, call her out on that, not some smear job.
Ah Oregon. Didn’t the people do their research before the election?
Sounds like she really teed someone off.
Oregon is really two states politically, unfortunately, the liberals hold the majority in the suburban areas....
Arlington is a little town out in the middle of no where....
FWIW
Too bad, the rumor was that Shrillary was going to try to revive her dying presidential campaign by posing in lingerie on a fire truck (with Huma), but now that this Mayor has been recalled the Clinton campaign staffers may realize it’s not a winning idea......
Too bad, the rumor was that Shrillary was going to try to revive her dying presidential campaign by posing in lingerie on a fire truck (with Huma), but now that this Mayor has been recalled the Clinton campaign staffers may realize it’s not a winning idea......
Maybe, maybe not. I'd say a closer examination is required before passing judgment...
She looks like she works out (damn nice midsection for somebody who's 40 or so).
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