[Vision2020] GOP senator quits, sexual harassment alleged

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Coeur d'Alene Press at:

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_dd1478d8-5da9-11e1-ac19-001871e3ce6c.html
 
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GOP senator quits, sexual harassment alleged

Sen. John McGee has resigned from the Idaho Legislature, amid allegations of sexual harassment of a female senate attache, reports the Associated Press.

The Attorney General has been asked to investigate the allegations.

The four-term Republican senator from Caldwell turned in a resignation letter this morning.
Sen. Brent Hill, the President of the Idaho Senate, said it was McGee's decision to step down.
McGee had been the caucus chairman, the fourth ranking post in the Senate.

McGee did not immediately return telephone messages left Wednesday by the Associated Press.

The resignation caps a difficult year for McGee. McGee was arrested on June 19 - Father's Day. McGee began drinking at a Boise golf tournament, and says he largely blacked out and simply doesn't remember the details of what happened next.

According to police, McGee took a Ford Excursion and cargo trailer from the southwest Boise home of a "complete stranger" and got it stuck in a yard. A breath test showed McGee's blood-alcohol content at nearly twice the legal limit.

Last summer, McGee pleaded guilty to drunken driving in a deal that erased accompanying auto theft charges. He served jail time and paid restitution for a stranger's vehicle that he damaged.

McGee's reputation was further bruised over the summer when the AP reported that despite having a home just 26 miles from the Capitol, he had been claiming a $122 per diem during the Legislature that adds up to some $6,000 annually. The money is meant to defray the cost of a second residence in Boise, but McGee was spending nights at his parents' house in Boise.
Most southwestern Idaho lawmakers claim a $49 per diem.

At the start of the 2012 session, McGee apologized to his colleagues for his actions and survived efforts calling for him to step down from his leadership post.

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Seeya later, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Post Falls, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown


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