Texas Mayor Resigns Over Affair With Illegal Alien

Naturally the AP doesn't call his paramour an illegal alien, just that he didn't have legal status. Not too difficult to read between the lines here.

The mayor of a West Texas community 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 involved 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 knowing he was "aiding and assisting" someone who is not a U.S. citizen.

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

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."

City Manager Harold Dominguez said he had spoken to Lown twice since receiving the resignation letter Wednesday morning.

"My impression is that he is very happy with the decision he made," Dominguez said. "He gave the decision-making process a lot of thought, and he is at peace with it. He did sound happy."