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This picture from video reveals Hudson (Ohio) Mayor Craig Shubert in a Metropolis Council assembly, Feb. 8, 2022 in Hudson, Ohio. Shubert, who had recommended permitting ice fishing shanties on a lake might result in prostitution, has resigned after every week of being mocked and drawing nationwide consideration to the town. Hudson Mayor Shubert stated he was stepping down Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photograph)
HUDSON, Ohio — The mayor who recommended that permitting ice fishing shanties on a lake might result in prostitution resigned Monday after days of being mocked and drawing nationwide consideration to the town.
Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert stated in his resignation letter that his feedback at a Metropolis Council assembly had been misinterpreted.
“My try to inject a little bit of dry humor to make some extent about this, within the midst of a chilly, snowy February, was grossly misunderstood,” Shubert stated.
Through the dialogue about whether or not to allow folks to fish on the frozen metropolis lake final week, Shubert stated he wished to lift some “information factors.”
“Does somebody come again subsequent yr and say, ‘I need an ice shanty on Hudson Springs Park for x period of time?’” Shubert stated. “And when you then enable ice fishing with shanties, then that results in one other drawback — prostitution. Now you’ve obtained the police chief and the police division concerned.”
Shubert later stated his remark about ice shanties and prostitution stemmed from his expertise as a tv information reporter overlaying legislation enforcement companies which have arrested folks for prostitution in shanties. He stated he was involved in regards to the potential for unintended penalties.
In his resignation letter, Shubert stated he felt he had accomplished his work as mayor and that he was nearing retirement.
“Some in our group noticed this as a possibility to interact within the politics of private destruction by way of character assassination, blaming me for the unfavourable worldwide press they helped to advertise,” he stated.
It was the second time he had introduced nationwide consideration to the town southeast of Cleveland.
Final yr, he referred to as for Hudson faculty board members to resign over using a e-book of writing prompts for a college-level class at the highschool that he referred to as baby pornography.