Spokane Mayor Outed

After 20 years of virulent anti-gay politicking, the former speaker of the Washington State Senate and current mayor of Spokane has been outed after being accused of molesting boys while he was Boy Scout leader years ago. Mayor Jim West admits to cruising for sex on gay.com but denies the molestations.

From the Seattle Post: West has strongly opposed gay rights in his political career. He supported a bill that would have barred gays and lesbians from working for schools, day care centers and some state agencies. That bill failed. He voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, which passed, banning gay marriage. And for years he helped to block a bill that would prohibit discrimination against gays and lesbians in housing, employment and insurance.

As Spokane mayor, West threatened to veto a measure extending benefits to domestic partners of city employees

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Hypocrisy at its best! I hope the mayor suffers for this as he is truly among the scum of the earth.

To learn the full story: http://www.spokesmanreview.com/jimwest

hahahahahahahahhehehehehguffawlofl...ahem.

Hypocritical Repigican Outed

"My private life is my private life, and always has been," the mayor told two Spokesman-Review reporters and a photographer.

"There's been a strong wall between my public life and my private life," West said Wednesday.

Wow, I wonder why? Not anymore!

RightBi-Guy

A Mayor's Secret Life Jolts a Northwest City

By TIMOTHY EGAN / NY Times

Published: May 8, 2005

SPOKANE, Wash., May 6 - Over the last three months, Mayor James E. West of Spokane, one of the most powerful politicians in this state, carried on an online exchange - full of mutual compliments and often overtly sexual - with someone who said he was a 17-year-old high school senior. In time, the mayor, 54, revealed his identity, and said he had lots of sports memorabilia he could give the boy from his office. As they prepared to meet for the first time, the mayor professed his nervousness, and his caution.

"Guys like you don't come along very often and I want it to last," the mayor wrote. "Am I crazy here?"

The two never met. The high school senior was a fiction, created by The Spokesman-Review, a Spokane newspaper, as part of a three-year investigation into whether Mayor West, a Republican, used his authority to have sex with boys and young men.

The mayor has denied the most serious accusations by the paper this week: that he molested two boys more than 25 years ago when he was a sheriff's deputy and Boy Scout leader. But he acknowledged having the online conversations and said he had "relationships" with men.

People in the state were shocked, in part because Mayor West is a staunch opponent of gay rights, and recently threatened to veto a measure passed by the City Council that would grant benefits to domestic partners. He once promoted a bill in the Legislature to outlaw teenage sex, gay or straight.

The mayor insists he will never step down despite calls for his resignation from one council member. On Friday, Mayor West walked around a downtown riverfront park, refusing requests for interviews, and saying he had another 1,149 days to serve.

The Spokesman-Review, once known as a stodgy voice of business and political interests in this city of 200,000, surprised many here with the ferocity of its coverage of a man it repeatedly endorsed for office.

There are no criminal charges or civil suits pending against Mayor West for sexual misconduct. But The Spokesman-Review, in its extensive report on Thursday, said Mayor West had abused his positions of public trust over the last 25 years to have sex with boys and young men, and called him a hypocrite for promoting an anti-gay agenda. The paper quoted two men by name, both with criminal records, who said they had been sexually molested by Mayor West more than 20 years ago.

The paper also said that as Mayor West prepared to run for mayor in 2003 he urged one of those men, who was in jail, not to go public with abuse accusations. Mayor West denied making any specific threat, but said he may have contacted the man.

The newspaper has come under fire for hiring a forensic computer expert to authenticate Mayor West's online persona - he was known as RightBi-Guy in a chat room through Gay.com - and for creating a fictional teenager who pretended to be friendly with the mayor in instant messages and online chats.

"It's dishonesty on the newspaper's part, and I would say very ethically questionable," said Blaine Garvin, a professor of political science at Gonzaga University here.

But the newspaper's editor, Steven A. Smith, said the paper needed the extra layer of proof to run its story, and got it through the outside consultant, a former customs officer who remained anonymous.

The newspaper found that Mayor West had "led a secret life for 25 years," Mr. Smith wrote in a note explaining the paper's tactics to readers, and "he has been trolling the Internet for young lovers while serving as mayor of Spokane, offering gifts and favors."

In an interview, Mr. Smith said the paper's staff did not ask Mayor West if the accusations were true until just before the article came out because they felt they would not get an honest response.

"Then the story would have been 'he said, she said,' " Mr. Smith said. In creating the fictional online boy, the paper decided to have him say he was 17, as a way to find out if Mayor West was soliciting sex from minors. The Web site prohibits people younger than 18 from going into chat rooms.

Mr. Smith added that the paper had received hundreds of responses and that they were running "10-to-1 favorable to us."

To say Spokane has been stirred up by the reports would be an understatement.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/national/08spokane.html?th&emc=t

RE: RightBi-Guy

I sometimes think that the gay right wingers are worse than the non-gay right-wingers. Its not good enough for the gay right-wingers to hate themselves. They have to take their self-hatred out on the rest of us.

RE: RightBi-Guy

Good point, often seen right here in the MC where certain right-wingers make their homophobia known.

RE: RightBi-Guy

>Good point, often seen right here in the MC where certain

>right-wingers make their homophobia known.

But I always trumpet my love of getting my hole pounded.

Later.

PS. And I have to disagree with you, I thought Crash was pretty fucking fantastic. Better than Grand Canyon.

Kerry Spits at Gay people

Speaking of self-hating gays, look at what the candidate whom most of them voted for, John Kerry, had to say about gay marriage yesterday:

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- US Senator John F. Kerry said yesterday that he believes it's a mistake for the Massachusetts Democratic Party to include a plank in its official platform in support of same-sex marriage, saying that such a statement does not conform with the broad views of party members.

Kerry, who opposes same-sex marriage but supports civil unions, said in an interview with the Globe that he would prefer that the party not mention gay marriage in its platform, because Democrats continue to disagree on how to handle the issue.

''I'm opposed to it being in a platform. I think it's a mistake," Kerry said shortly after hosting a forum on his universal children's healthcare bill in Baton Rouge. ''I think it's the wrong thing, and I'm not sure it reflects the broad view of the Democratic Party in our state."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/06/democrats_platform_shouldnt_back_gay_marriage_kerry_says/

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What a piece of dog shit Kerry is. He continually opposes gay marriage, and now goes so far as to oppose the inclusion of equality for gay people in the party's platform. He does this because he knows that liberal gays, like battered wives, will continue to crawl back to him and give him money and support him even while he spits in their face.

How ironic that it's the same people engaged in this grossly demeaning and humiliating behavior who have the audacity to call other people "self-hating."

Not a drop of saliva on my page, Doug. How about that Republican in Spokane who's been shitting on gay people for 20 years? You don't have anything to say about that Republican?

>Not a drop of saliva on my page, Doug. How about that

>Republican in Spokane who's been shitting on gay people for 20

>years? You don't have anything to say about that Republican?

Oh, him? He's a piece of psychologically disturbed filth - NOT because he's Republican or conservative, but becuase he's been running around crusading against gay people and gay equality while secretly shoving cocks down his throat.

And how about those of you eagerly supporting John Kerry even while he crusades against your equality. Aren't you ashamed of yourselves? And you call people who refused to vote for him "self-hating"? LOL!

Well, most of us weren't exactly "crusading" for Kerry. We supported him because, by and large, we agreed with most of his positions and could live with the ones we didn't love.

It IS disappointing that Kerry continues to oppose full marriage rights for gay people. However, he DOES support civil unions and other civil rights for gay people, unlike ANY of the Republican candidates these days. That's still a HUGE difference, in case you hadn't noticed!

While I would like to see gay marriage legalized in the U.S. NOW, I'm also pragmatic enough to recognize that social change is slow in this country, and that we sometimes have to move in incremental steps. Millions of other voters (gay and non-gay) recognize that, too, and were able to support Kerry because his position WOULD move our community ahead. The Republicans, by contrast, want to lock us back into the closets and throw away the key, while defacing the U.S. Constitution by writing a blatantly discriminatory amendment into it. As I said, there are still HUGE differences between Kerry's position and that of today's theocratic G.O.P., and I'm stunned that intelligent people like Doug don't see that.

RE: RightBi-Guy takes a 'leave'. Bye-bye!

The Associated Press

Updated: 9:08 p.m. ET May 9, 2005

SPOKANE, Wash. - Embattled Mayor James West said Monday he will take a leave of absence for a “few weeks” to prepare to defend himself against a newspaper’s allegations of child molestation and that he offered city jobs to men he met online.

West told the City Council that the molestation allegations reported in The Spokesman-Review last week were false and that he would take his first vacation since taking office in January 2004 to prepare a response.

RE: Kerry Spits at Gay people

LOL Speak of the Devil and he shall appear. :+

RE: RightBi-Guy takes a 'leave'. Bye-bye!

Take a look at Mark Morfords article at http://www.sfgate.com. Small world, says his scout leader was Jim West and molestations were quite frequent...

1) If the molestation allegations are true, then he's a pedophile! x(

2) It looks like the FBI is about to launch an investigation: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,156179,00.html.

3) If the molestation allegations are true, then he's one sick puppy who deserves to got locked up for a long, LONG time! x(

Justice

I think he is one sick puppy even if the molestation allegations aren't true. He is a hypocritical right wing bigot.

Agreed!

Here's a link to an AP report from a newspaper in Idaho: http://cgi.bellinghamherald.com/cgi-bin/breakingnews/showstory.cgi?id=20050511115835&date=nil&ty=news_update.

Justice

There's nothing illegal with being a closeted homosexual and a Republican. The Mayor's sex life is private. Period. Even if he is in public office. No one as the right to "out" anyone. Period.

The paper has a lot of nerve to report as a fact that the Mayor was "outed." I never heard the Mayor say he was a homosexual? Did you?

People can call the Mayor a "homo" all day long, but as long as the Mayor personally identifies psychologicaly as straight (or whatever he wants) then no one has any right to label him otherwise.

One has to be pretty naive to think that sex with 17 year olds on gay.com doesn't happen. When was the last time anyone was prosecuted for having sex with a 17 year old? Give me a break.

This is nothing more than gay people, who hate the fact that the mayor is a hypocrit and voted "anti-gay", getting their revenge.

If it were any other closeted homosexual hitting on a 17 year old, nothing would be said. This is 100% political media sleeze, at the price of the Mayor's reputation. It's hardly journalism, more like a witch hunt.

How is the mayor "abusing his authority" buy offering his "potential dates" gifts or sports memorabilia? People do stuff like that all the time! I offer people dinners, a tour of the radio station, FREE CONCERT TICKETS, yet I hardly see it as "abusing my power."

The Mayor has a right to date young guys and remain in the closet, even if he is a public figure. I know plenty of "older guys" who sugar daddy for 16, 17, and 18 year olds. There is no law that says you can't spoil someone.

Sure, the Mayor may have offered internships. I do that all the time too. They can apply for internships, along with the rest of the public. If they get selected then it's perfectly legit.

This is simply the gay political machine savagely smearing the Mayor's reputation, simply because they can. It's vicious.

It's part of the reason I have not subscribed to the "gay movement."

"It's part of the reason I have not subscribed to the "gay movement"

What's the other part? Yeah, the self-loathing part is exactly what I am getting at!

There we go with the name calling again. All closeted homosexuals are "self-loathing." Anyone "anti-gay" must be a hideous human being. I get it.

This behavior isn't self-loathing?

From your Montreal post:

Finally on my last night in montreal, wednesday, i was walking to taboo and this skinny mexican teen approached me. his teeth were all screwed up but he was kinda cute in a hustler, street-kid kind of way; however, I normally like white guys.

I told this mexican hustler "no thank you" but he continued to stalk me for the next 5 minutes. Finally he convinced me he wasnt police. He never brought the issue of money up and he told me he was 18, etc

I took him to my hotel, the hyatt, on the subway. I was just planning on having him give me a hand job since he is a street hustler!! Im mega paranoid about cathcing STD's.

it he was giving me head. I came in his mouth in less than 1 minute. I gave the kid $40 and his response to me was: "Do youu have $2.50 for the subway because i was planning on buying something (ie- DRUGS!).

I allowed a drug-addicted, skinny, mexican, homeless, teenage street hustler to perform unprotected oral sex on me! The kid also smelled like he hadnt taken a shower in days.

I swear I will never get drunk again cruisng for hustlers.

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TWINKBOYLOVER, I wouldn't want to come out of the closet either if I were you. You stated that you were looking for "the youngest, cutest, hottest, most boyish, pale skin white teenage twink boys" ,

so I guess you don't need the company of adult gay men.

>There's nothing illegal with being a closeted homosexual and

>a Republican. The Mayor's sex life is private. Period. Even if

>he is in public office. No one as the right to "out" anyone.

>Period.

The Mayor's sex life was private until it became public. You're right that there's nothing illegal about being in the closet or being a Republican. However, when you are a closeted Republican and you spend the better part of your political career advancing the anti-gay agenda of the Krischun Reich, you deserve everything you get.

>The paper has a lot of nerve to report as a fact that the

>Mayor was "outed." I never heard the Mayor say he was a

>homosexual? Did you?

I did. In a press conference.

>People can call the Mayor a "homo" all day long, but as long

>as the Mayor personally identifies psychologicaly as straight

>(or whatever he wants) then no one has any right to label him

>otherwise.

Umm, he doesn't identify as straight.

>This is nothing more than gay people, who hate the fact that

>the mayor is a hypocrit and voted "anti-gay", getting their

>revenge.

My goodness! You're right!! Why would gay people be upset about a closeted homosexual using his power to hypocritically advance the anti-gay agenda? How silly.

>How is the mayor "abusing his authority" buy offering his

>"potential dates" gifts or sports memorabilia? People do stuff

>like that all the time! I offer people dinners, a tour of the

>radio station, FREE CONCERT TICKETS, yet I hardly see it as

>"abusing my power."

Right again. After all, if EVERYONE does it, it MUST be okay. Morals and decency be damned. I am curious as to what political office you hold and how often you offer incentives for sex to underage boys?

>This is simply the gay political machine savagely smearing the

>Mayor's reputation, simply because they can. It's vicious.

Not as vicious as what the Mayor had attempted to do to the gay community.

Karma, baby, it's a bitch.

You (twinkboylover28) may be the most disturbed man I've ever encountered. I don't know where to begin.

Last time I checked 18 was a TEENage boy.

all i can do is ditto...lucky,erik and bon.

u b 1 fucked up pedo.