The Knucklehead of the Day award (Wizbang)

Today's winner is Alice Texas Mayor Grace Saenz-Lopez. She gets the award for the following.

The mayor of a small town in Texas has resigned after secretly keeping her neighbour's Shih Tzu while pretending it had died.
Neighbours had asked Alice Mayor Grace Saenz-Lopez to look after the dog, Puddles, during a holiday. She called them to say it was dead.

But the dog, which Ms Saenz-Lopez had renamed Panchito, was later seen at a dog groomer's and at her sister's home.

A custody hearing on Monday is expected to decide who keeps the pet.

Ms Saenz-Lopez had filed a police report to say that Puddles was missing.

She was indicted on 18 January on two counts of tampering with evidence and concealing evidence.

In a resignation letter published by the Alice Echo-News Journal Ms Saenz-Lopez apologised for the incident.

"I can tell you that I did at the time what I thought was best for Panchito and what I felt was right in my heart," she wrote.

"I am sorry for the division that the events of these last few weeks have caused.

"It was never my intent to bring any negative exposure to our city."

The mayor sounds just as in dumb in her 'apology'. How was telling Panchito's owners that it was best for the dog?

Alice Texas Mayor Grace Saenz-Lopez didn't just bring negative exposure to her town and make herself into a national laughingstok, but is also today's Knucklehead of the Day.

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Comments (6)

I think another fake crying... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Mitchell | February 4, 2008 9:56 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)

Mitchell:

I think another fake crying moment from Hillary is the other knucklehead award winner.

God, she's insufferable.

Posted on February 4, 2008 21:56

Maybe she's crying because ... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by LouDawg | February 4, 2008 10:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

LouDawg:

Maybe she's crying because some crazy lady stole her cat Socks and told her it had died.

Posted on February 4, 2008 22:03

I'm a dog person, Lou. Doe... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Mitchell | February 4, 2008 10:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

I'm a dog person, Lou. Doesn't help her.

Posted on February 4, 2008 22:20

I don't know what it is, bu... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Tim in TX | February 5, 2008 9:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Tim in TX:

I don't know what it is, but women go nuts over these useless little dogs.

Posted on February 5, 2008 09:26

They need a custody hearing... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Tim | February 5, 2008 9:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Tim:

They need a custody hearing to decide who gets to keep the dog???

Posted on February 5, 2008 09:49

And then this....from today... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by Dave | February 5, 2008 10:24 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Dave:

And then this....from today's paper:

Judge says (ex)Mayor gets to keep the dog a while longer!!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5513736.html

Posted on February 5, 2008 10:24

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