Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Mayor Of Affluent Southern California Town Resigns After Dog Poop Scandal

The mayor of San Marino, Dennis Kneier, resigned on Tuesday after he was caught on a surveillance camera tossing a bag of dog poop into a neighbor’s yard.


San Marino, California, Mayor Dennis Kneier resigned Tuesday after mounting public pressure sparked by a local controversy known as "poopgate."


San Marino, California, Mayor Dennis Kneier resigned Tuesday after mounting public pressure sparked by a local controversy known as "poopgate."


AP Photo/Courtesy Philip Lao


Surveillance camera video released last week caught the mayor tossing a bag of dog poop onto a neighbor's yard on June 7, seconds after his wife pointed at the spot.



"I'm the kind of guy that's always picking up trash and I reached down and picked it up and I am walking down the street . . . and in a moment of stupidity, I guess I was tired of carrying it, I disposed of it on his walkway. It was a mistake," the mayor said.


Lao reported the incident to the police and released the video on June 7. Officers later fined the mayor $1,000 for littering.




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