[Vision2020] Texas Mayor Resigns Over Love, Legality

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (May 21, 2009) Spokesman Review.

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Texas mayor resigns over love, legality

SAN ANGELO, Texas – The mayor of a West Texas city abruptly resigned
Wednesday, picking love over his love of office.

J.W. Lown told the San Angelo Standard-Times in a telephone interview from
Mexico that he was in a relationship with a man who does not have legal
status in the United States.

Lown, 32, said he didn’t want to take the oath of office for his fourth
term knowing he was “aiding and assisting” someone who is not a U.S.
citizen. He was to be sworn in Tuesday but did not show up for the
ceremony.

“We had to do the right thing and come to Mexico and wait in line for a
visa,” Lown said.

Lown, who has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Mexico, said he didn’t know
how long it would take to obtain a visa for his partner. He said they
would return to San Angelo if “the people of San Angelo will welcome me
back.”

Lown, who has his own real estate company, said he’d made thousands of
decisions as mayor and weighed the one to resign “in the same manner".

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

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