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Mississippi Mayor Comes Out After Billing Taxpayers for Sex Shop Visit

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Southaven, Mississippi mayor Greg Davis was forced out of City Hall’s closet after state auditors discovered His Honor had utilized public money to cover his personal expenses, including those from a gay sex shop.

“At this point in my life and in my career, while I have tried to maintain separation between my personal and public life, it is obvious that this can no longer remain the case,” Davis acknowledged after receipts from state auditors showed he had spent thousands of dollars to purchase liquor and high-end meals, as well as a personal getaway.

Davis, a Republican, also charged $67 at Priape, a store in Toronto described on its Web site as “Canada’s premiere gay lifestyle store and sex shop.”

“While I have performed my job as mayor, in my opinion, as a very conservative, progressive individual — and still continue to be a very conservative individual — I think that it is important that I discuss the struggles I have had over the last few years when I came to the realization that I am gay,” he offered.

Davis ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008 on a conservative political platform. The mayor was being investigated for criminal charges that he allegedly misused $170,000 on both city-issued and personal credit cards. To date, Davis has reportedly repaid $96,000.

In November, Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering told Fox News, “Clothing purchases, family counseling and personal meals and entertainment are in no way authorized expenses for the city and should not be paid for on the taxpayers’ dime.”

“These expenses submitted by Mayor Davis as official events and purchases on behalf of the city are a betrayal of the public’s trust, and I intend to pursue the recovery of this money to the fullest extent of the law,” she added.

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