Scott Wong writing the Phoenix Beat for the daily is our hands-down nominee for the grand prize of the traditional Deerstalker version of the Sherlock Holmes cap.
Wong does a bit of sleuthing and unearths the news that Mayor Philly Gordon is heading back to the Middle East, with a weeklong trip to Qatar and possibly the United Arab Emirates port of Dubai.
Staffers and council members are excluded, but girlfriend and former fundraiser, Elissa Mullany, will be in tow for his “working vacation.”
Wong writes that during a two-hour phone call Wednesday night, Gordon defended his decision to bring his girlfriend — but none of the eight council members on the trip. “I have the right to bring whoever I want as long as I’m not abusing (public funds),” Gordon said. “No public money is being used. Not one penny from Arizona is being used.”
In recent years, Mullany has accompanied Gordon on privately funded trips to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
“It’s a continuation of the business relationships that she has had,” Gordon’s senior assistant Marchelle Franklin said. “She has been a part of it for the past two years.”
Whatever “it” is.
The entire article can be read here. When you finish, ask yourself, “Did I vote for this clown?”
If the answer is in the affirmative, your punishment will be staring at this photograph for ten minutes. That‘s the equivalent of an hour of self-flagellation.
When even the Republic is fed up with Gordon, it’s clear his political future is not in Arizona.
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