Slap in the face

Sex and the San Diego mayor

Faced with a mounting pile of sexual harassment accusations, the mayor of San Diego is also watching his staff defect in protest. His main accuser: his communications director, Irene McCormack Jackson, who took a pay cut of $50,000 to come work for him, only to be repeatedly harassed within her first few weeks on the job. Opponents and even members of his own party are calling for Mayor Bob Filner to quit, and his fiancee has broken off their engagement. Filner denies the charges, but has nevertheless enrolled in a program to curb sexual harassment.

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July 23, 2013 12:50 PM