Sex Offender Mayor Won't Resign

POTEET, Texas -- The mayor of a small Texas town isn't planning on resigning, even though he's a sex offender who can be arrested for going to City Hall.

Poteet, Texas, Mayor Lino Donato pleaded guilty last month to indecency counts involving two girls. The move means he's a registered sex offender who's required to stay more than 1,000 feet from places where children gather. A city attorney says the City Hall is "well within 200 feet" of two such sites.

Even if the mayor skips all city meetings until his term expires in 2009, he can't be forced out under city law.
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Donato had planned to resign, but later changed his mind. A city councilman is calling on the mayor to step down, saying, "It's not right for the citizens of Poteet."

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press

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looks like time for a recall election.

Don't why nobodies thought of these questions yet.

Anyone?

Glad to see somebody can't even tell me where to go look for this information. It's been a day and a half since the story broke and nobody knows? I thought this was the democratic underground... where those in the know hang out. You're all just a bunch of useless bloggers.

Second: DU is a message board, not a blog.

Third: Perhaps you need instruction on how to search Google news. Let me help. Go to www.google.com > Click the text link at the top of the page that says NEWS > type this into the search box: Mayor Lino Donato > click the submit button and voila! You get this:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNlRC3OwbJKWGpcBIHAXR3nxTgywD8T2UKJO0

Now, if you wish to know Mayor Donato's party affiliation, try this> go to www.google.com > Type this in the search box > Lino Donato

Poteet, Texas has a population of 3667 people and 29 registered sex offenders. That seems high.

link: http://www.city-data.com/city/Poteet-Texas.html