HUDSTON, OHIO --
The mayor who instructed that permitting ice fishing shanties on a lake may 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 and inject a little bit of dry humour to make some extent about this, within the midst of a chilly, snowy February, was grossly misunderstood," Shubert stated.
In the course of the dialogue about whether or not to allow folks to fish on the frozen metropolis lake final week, Shubert stated he needed to boost 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 permit ice fishing with shanties, then that results in one other drawback -- prostitution. Now you have bought 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 regulation enforcement businesses which have arrested folks for prostitution in shanties. He stated he was involved concerning 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 non-public destruction by the use of character assassination, blaming me for the damaging 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 known as for Hudson faculty board members to resign over the usage of a guide of writing prompts for a college-level class at the highschool that he known as youngster pornography.
This picture from video reveals Hudson, Ohio Mayor Craig Shubert in a current Metropolis Council assembly Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 in Hudson, Ohio. Shubert, the mayor of an upscale metropolis outdoors Cleveland is making headlines once more for a comment at a current Metropolis Council assembly that permitting ice fishing shanties on a metropolis lake may result in prostitution. (AP Picture)
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