Mississippi GOP Mayor Comers Out } Led a Lifestyle of Gay Sex Shops on City $$
Receipts show Mississippi Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican of Southaven, spent over $170,000 of city money on personal expenses including purchases at a gay lifestyle and sex shop.
The Mississippi state auditor says it was an anonymous tipster who prompted a Freedom of Information request into two years' of Mr Davis' records, discovering the expenses as well as his admittance of being gay.
'I gasped,' Mr Davis said at a press conference describing his reaction to the news of the expenses.
Spree: Southaven Mississippi Mayor Greg Davis is accused of spending $170,782.28 of the city's money on expenses that included a purchase at a Canadian sex shop, specialized for gay men
'It was an accounting error, book keeping error. We've learned our lesson, and we'll pay back the funds and we'll move forward,' Mr Davis assured a reporter for My Fox Memphis, which boarders the Mississippi state in Tennessee.
'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,' Mr Davis announced, according to The Commercial Appeal.
Penalty: State Auditor Stacey Pickering says he's expecting Mr Davis to repay the expenses within 30 days or submit detailed receipts to prevent a civil suit
State Auditor Stacey Pickering has since demanded Mr Davis pay back all the money within 30 days, exactly '$170,782.28,' or submit detailed receipts of his spending to not face a civil suit.
The auditor's office has since received $96,000 from the mayor who is also providing receipts.
According to The Commercial Appeal, among Mr Davis' expenses were thousands at a chop house and thousands more at local liquor stores.
The auditor's office confirmed to The Associated Press that Mr Davis also billed the $67 Priape purchase, a Canadian store that describes itself as a gay sex shop, as well to the city.
Family: Mr Davis, a conservative Republican, has been married to his wife of 19 years whom they share three daughters with he plans to spend extra time with over the holidays
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