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Congressman Tim Mahoney, another West Palm Beach sex scandal
by Tina Kells | October 13, 2008 at 01:22 pm | 248 views | 6 comments | 7 recommendations
Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney, who was elected to clean up the West Palm Beach office after a gay sex scandal involving his predecessor, Republican Mark Foley, has become the central figure in a sex scandal of his own. Congressman Mahoney, who campaigned on the platform "Restoring America's Values Begins at Home," is now dealing with the public airing of his own dirty laundry, that bloggers have dubbed "Mahoneygate."
Tim Mahoney is alleged to have carried on an extramarital affair with Patricia Allen, a former volunteer staff member. To avoid a lawsuit, and to avoid hurting his next campaign, Congressman Mahoney has agreed to a $121,000US initial settlement, with an additional $50,000 per year for the next two years.
The details of Allen's accusations are contradictory; a spokesperson for Congressman Tim Mahoney stated that the former staff member resigned on her own and was not fired. This is contrary to reports from other sources, including the New York Daily News, that state Mahoney fired Allen after the affair had ended.
Mahoney, who is married, also promised the woman, Patricia Allen, a $50,000 a year job for two years at the agency that handles his campaign advertising, the staffers said.
A Mahoney spokesperson would not answer questions about the alleged affair or the settlement, but said Allen resigned of her own accord and "has not received any special payment from campaign funds."
Senior Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives, including Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), the chair of the Democratic Caucus, have been working with Mahoney to keep the matter from hurting his re-election campaign, the Mahoney staffers said.
The news of this second sex scandal in the West Palm Beach district has caused outrage among some political bloggers. Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters has been particularly vocal in his disgust of Congressman Mahoney's conduct.
It was revealed Monday that Democrat Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-Fl.), the man who replaced Mark Foley (R-Fl.) in 2007 after the latter resigned for having sent e-mail solicitations to male pages, has been caught in his own sex scandal with a former mistress who used to work for him.Given the extraordinary irony involved in the man who campaigned on bringing back to his district "a world that is safer, more moral" now being caught in a seedy affair of his own, one has to wonder just how much attention the Obama-loving press will give to this matter three weeks before Election Day.
This seems especially important given the many weeks of constant media focus Foley's scandal was given prior to the 2006 elections, and just how much that assisted Democrats in winning back the Congress.
October 13, 2008 at 01:22 pm by Tina Kells, 248 views, 6 comments
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at 13:46 on October 13th, 2008
What a putz! Is something in the water down there?
Okay, whose turn is it now? Could a Libertarian get it right, or would a Libertarian care?
at 14:08 on October 13th, 2008
Just goes to show there are bad apples on all sides of the political spectrum, IMHO
at 14:12 on October 13th, 2008
Not the Green Party too?!
Not bad Green apples?
at 14:59 on October 13th, 2008
Green apples are yummy, but I've come across a few rotten ones in my life ;)
at 14:19 on October 13th, 2008
Pelosi wants investigation of sex scandal involving Dem who replaced Mark Foley, the Republican who resigned due to his own sex scandal.
Source: abcnews.go.com
at 15:03 on October 13th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff.
ok, so no one said the Democrats are perfect, but they've been caught in less sex scandals than the republicans lol