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Weather a scandal: admit you''re human. Stay productive. Pray a lot. And never let anyone tell you when it''s time to quit. (How To ...).

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1262 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
I KNEW THAT I HAD A PERSONAL problem--I was having a meaningful relationship with a woman who was not my wife--and I knew that I had to deal with it, which is why I chose not to run again for mayor of San Antonio. I couldn't go through a campaign while I was dealing with intense personal matters. I had to take care of them, and that meant being away from my unrelenting schedule. I loved being mayor. I would have loved continuing to be mayor. The best thing I did was get to be mayor of my hometown. But I needed the time and the privacy to deal with something so complex. * When I decided not to run, I was, in essence, asking to be left alone to deal with a private matter. But my decision had exactly the opposite effect. This private matter had impacted my decision not to run, so the press saw it as fair game to cover as a public matter. In October 1988 the San Antonio Express-News ran a front-page story about the marital difficulties that Mary Alice and I were...



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