Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist Voted Out of Office Over Pictures of Her in Underwear - Arlington, Oregon

What's wrong with having a hot female mayor if you can't oogle her while looking at pictures of her in her underwear online? Nothing, in our opinion, but apparently the folks in Arlington, Oregon don't care for that sort of thing and voted Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist out of office 142 to 139 in a recall effort.
Kontur-Gronquist came under fire after she posted lingerie pics on a fire truck on her MySpace page, but now says she has no regrets about posting the photos, and somehow harbors no hard feelings about the recall. Others say the recall has nothing to do with the racy pictures, but more with the fact that Kontur-Gronquist laid off two employees from the municipal golf course. No, seriously, this is all about golf and has nothing to do with sexy pics. On the positive side, Gronquist is now selling a poster of herself on eBay with a portion of the proceeds going to the Arlington city ambulance company. (KATU)

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South Carolina State Treasuer Suspended After Indictment on Drug Charges - Thomas Ravenel

Wow! This is a strange one. We've seen plenty of politicians doing stupid things, but selling drugs, at the state level? If true, this one could be really bad folks. Here's more from WLTX - link includes video clip:

South Carolina Treasurer Thomas Ravenel has been suspended from office, following his indictment by a federal grand jury for distribution of cocaine.
"Given the grave nature of these charges and what is alleged in this indictment, we're left with no choice but to suspend Treasurer Ravenel immediately," Governor Mark Sanford said in a written release. "These are obviously very serious allegations that we're constitutionally bound to act upon, and they'll ultimately be decided by the courts."
The governor quoted Article VI, Section 8 of the South Carolina Constitution, giving him the power to suspend statewide, county or city officials indicted on criminal charges for crimes of "moral turpitude," generally understood to mean crimes that involve acts of fraud, deception or other morally culpable conduct.
The indictments accuse Ravenel, 44, and Michael Miller, 25, of distributing less than 500 grams of cocaine starting in late 2005. They're officially indicted on charges of conspiracy to possess and intent to distribute.
Officials say Ravenel bought the drugs from Miller to share with other people. U.S. Attorney Reggie Lloyd says Ravenel didn't sell any of the drugs. Lloyd says the investigation is just beginning.

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Michigan Lawmaker Driving on Suspended License, Expired Plates

Bert Johnson is a freshman representative from the Detroit area in the Michigan Legislature. Recently, the Detroit Free Press did a little digging and found out that not only were the tags on Johnson's 2001 Jaguar expired, it also appears the he was driving on a suspended license for most of the last 18 years! And this, a guy who was assigned to the state's insurance committee.
Johnson has since made restitution with the state (to the tune of 1,641 in overdue fees for driving infractions and $150 to get his driving privileges back) and now claims to be "on the road legally."
One more side note: the reason his tags were expired is because he wrote the state a check that bounced! Looks like this guy's on the fast track to Washington, DC!

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