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How the mayor of Tonganoxie, KS (population 2,728) was known at the beginning of the week:
He holds the most powerful seat in town, and that seat happens to be a wheelchair.
With his perspective as a quadriplegic, Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal said his town could be more accessible to people with disabilities.
How he's known this weekend:
Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal admitted Friday to sending an e-mail containing the picture of a naked woman and a racist joke to several individuals. He offered to resign his position as mayor, if that is what residents wish.
“Oh my God, oh my God. You’ve got to be kidding me. Oh, Lord have mercy,” Vestal said this afternoon when a Journal-World reporter showed him a copy of the e-mail that was sent from his account.
The e-mail opened with the words, “Next Monday is National Female Breast Appreciation Day.” It then showed a picture of a woman and her naked breasts. Underneath the picture were the words, “Beats the (expletive) out of Martin Luther King Day! Doesn’t It?”
Vestal admitted to sending the e-mail Aug. 31 from his account to a “couple of guys.” He inadvertently sent it to a 6News reporter, and that is how the Journal-World obtained the e-mail.
Someone took the failboat to work.
He holds the most powerful seat in town, and that seat happens to be a wheelchair.
With his perspective as a quadriplegic, Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal said his town could be more accessible to people with disabilities.
How he's known this weekend:
Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal admitted Friday to sending an e-mail containing the picture of a naked woman and a racist joke to several individuals. He offered to resign his position as mayor, if that is what residents wish.
“Oh my God, oh my God. You’ve got to be kidding me. Oh, Lord have mercy,” Vestal said this afternoon when a Journal-World reporter showed him a copy of the e-mail that was sent from his account.
The e-mail opened with the words, “Next Monday is National Female Breast Appreciation Day.” It then showed a picture of a woman and her naked breasts. Underneath the picture were the words, “Beats the (expletive) out of Martin Luther King Day! Doesn’t It?”
Vestal admitted to sending the e-mail Aug. 31 from his account to a “couple of guys.” He inadvertently sent it to a 6News reporter, and that is how the Journal-World obtained the e-mail.
Someone took the failboat to work.