Mary McAngus was sworn in as mayor of Pomeroy by Meigs County Probate Judge Scott Powell 14 months ago.
POMEROY, Ohio ? The village council of this Ohio River community last night formally accepted the resignation of Mayor Mary McAngus, who stepped down after her reported slurs against a gay police officer became an issue.
McAngus, who had been mayor since January 2012, resigned on Saturday. She gave a council member a one-page, handwritten letter of resignation.
She resigned after Police Chief Mark E. Proffitt took his concerns about her behavior to the council.
McAngus, 78, repeatedly referred to Officer Kyle Calendine as a ?queer? and made other slurs, and tried to bar his partner from visiting him at the police department, Proffitt and other village employees said.
Proffitt warned the council that the mayor?s harassment of the officer could get the village sued.
Calendine, 21, who was hired in September as a part-time officer, said the mayor did the right thing in resigning.
?I am who I am, and I won?t apologize for how I live my life,? he said. ?I just want to do my job.?
Council President Jackie Welker, who is now acting mayor, said he is eager to move forward in the Meigs County village of about 2,000 people located about 100 miles southeast of Columbus.
?This issue is behind us,? Welker said. ?As a village, we look forward to moving on. All of our village employees have our confidence and support as we move on.?
He said he supports the police chief and his department. ?We?re sorry this all happened,? he said.
McAngus has not returned telephone messages seeking comment.
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Source: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/02/12/pomeroy-mayors-resignation-is-official.html
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