Oregon Mayor's 'Racy' Photo Becomes The Talk Of The Town

Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist's name is sure to be mentioned when Arlington holds its annual town meeting Wednesday.

Some of the mayor's roughly 500 constituents will want to know her views on the issues affecting the Eastern Oregon community; others will want to talk about her underwear.

The mayor's lingerie is a hot topic in the town, with some residents upset that she posted pictures of herself wearing only a black bra and panties on her MySpace page. She was on one of the town's fire engines.

Kontur-Gronquist's MySpace page is blocked to all but her friends, but the pictures were at one time available to all users.

In an interview with the a local paper, the mayor said she did nothing wrong and those who are offended need to get over it.

"That's my personal life," she said. "It has nothing to do with my mayor's position."

Lorena Woods is one of those residents who say the photos of a scantily clad mayor reflect badly on Arlington: "It's a picture of her in bra and panties on a rural protection fire truck in a rural protection fire hall. This isn't the way we want our city to be portrayed."

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