More troubles for Jim West, the homophobic, (yet self-admitted non-gay) Mayor of Spokane. The Spokane City Council is going to vote on asking him to resign according to the Associated Press:
The City Council will vote on whether to demand the resignation of Mayor James West, who has been accused of offering city jobs to men he met in gay online chat rooms.
City Councilwoman Cherie Rodgers submitted a resolution Wednesday calling for West to resign immediately. She said it is scheduled for a vote May 30.
The seven-member council does not have the power to remove the mayor, and Rodgers may not even have enough votes to pass her resolution. A vote demanding that West take a formal leave of absence deadlocked in the council on Monday. But Rodgers is hoping West will see that the scandal is hurting the city.
"With all the media attention we have received, it's difficult to get anything done up here," Rodgers said.
