The biggest political news in San Diego today is that former councilman and current council candidate John Hartley was tagged yesterday for allegedly urinating and masturbating in public, apparently while walking precincts.  

No, this is not an April 1 entry.  

The UT gives some specifics, but you have to read the comments to get a flavor of the community reaction:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080327-2308-bn27hartley2.html

With all the shenanigans in recent years in SD over stripper-gate, Duke Cunningham and the pension debacle, can you imagine the reaction if it had been Councilman Hartley getting caught with his proverbial pants down?  The jokes will never end on this one, I’m sure.  From "he was a wee excited over his chances" to "now he’s qualified to run for office in San Diego," well….ouch.

No analysis yet on whether this bolsters or hurts his chances in one of the most liberal council districts in the city.  Double ouch.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.