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A couple of national political sites, as well as the Washington Post, are talking about the bar brawl witnessed by Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta.
The Hill has a story quoting Victoria Bonney:
"Frank Guinta's actions raise many questions about his leadership and character," said Victoria Bonney, a spokeswoman for the New Hampshire Democrats. "Why did Frank Guinta run?...Leaving the scene before paramedics arrived and waiting to report a violent assault is unacceptable behavior for the city's highest elected official."
The Mayor's spokesman has an odd response:
"Mayor Guinta accompanied a friend who was trying to help a troubled individual and left once this unfortunate situation was resolved," he said. "The mayor has a strong record of assisting his friends and fellow residents of Manchester, and he hopes that Mr. English gets the help he needs."
http://briefingroom.thehill.co...
He left when the "unfortunate situation" was resolved? The ambulance had not arrived yet, and no one called the police. Time to go back to spokesman school.
Note to congressional recruits: It's generally not a good idea to be present during a barroom brawl, even as an innocent bystander.
But that's the situation Manchester, N.H., Mayor Frank Guinta finds himself in after he went to a bar and found himself watching the aftermath of a heated fight that left one of his friends with a badly broken leg. Guinta didn't immediately report the incident to police.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/...
The Washington Post:
Is reality TV having a trickle-down effect on politics these days, or what....
Meanwhile in New Hampshire, the mayor of Manchester, Frank Guinta, who is a highly touted Republican candidate for Congress, is being questioned for his involvement in a bar brawl that reportedly left one man's leg severely broken. Guinta is running to oust Rep. Carol Shea Porter, one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the country.
http://voices.washingtonpost.c...
If the Mayor had called the police, this story would be less of a story.
