With the mayor of San Diego resigning on Friday after 17 complaints of sexual harrassment were lodged against him, some think former councilman Carl DeMaio, currently running as a Republican for Congress, might make a good successor. Yet DeMaio is facing his own scandalous allegations.

Former Council President Ben Hueso, now a Democratic state senator, says he caught DeMaio masturbating in the restroom outside the council room...during meetings of the council!

VoiceofOC.org states that "Describing the scene that spring when he walked in on DeMaio, who was in front of a urinal with his pants down, Hueso said: “DeMaio was masturbating. He jumped, caught by surprise. He jumped to the sink … saying 'I’m sorry, I’m sorry' about six times. Then washed his hands, darted out.”

The whole story is at voiceofOC.org, an Orange County website. Apparently another councilman says he saw DeMaio masturbating as well, and the article claims that his alleged habit was widely known. DeMaio's spokesman denies the accusations. DeMaio has been receptive of good press from the San Diego newspaper, owned by Doug Manchester, a hotelier who donated to the Prop 8 forces before he bought the newspaper. DeMaio has also been endorsed for Congress by the district attorney, a Republican and a lesbian. De Maio is also openly gay.

Is the story credible? Who knows? It seems doubtful, but we have a Democratic state senator saying he witnessed the behavior personally. That's a lot to take on if he just trying to dirty up DeMaio. But it might work, true or not. Republicans in rest rooms are unpredictable.

I don't think we can't blame someone for having a healthy sexual appetite. I'm not sure why this can be an issue.