The leading newspaper in Oregon calls for their hyper liberal governor to resign for corruption.

Read the sordid story of yet another progressive caught in a tangle of greed and corruption here.

He must really be bad if even in Oregon they have had enough of him. 

An excerpt:

"I'm not going to consider resigning," said Gov. John Kitzhaber at a disastrous press conference held Fridayfollowing revelations about the apparently borderless world of public policy and private gain in which he and fiancée Cylvia Hayes exist. "I was elected by the people of this state to do a job, and I intend to do it."

No doubt, the governor does intend to do the job Oregonians gave him, which, simply put, is to pursue the interests of his constituents. That intention, however, is no match for an ugly reality of his own making, whose sordid elements keep surfacing with dispiriting regularity, most recently this week thanks to the work of Nick Budnick and Laura Gunderson of The Oregonian/OregonLive. Two people involved in Kitzhaber's 2010 campaign helped Hayes find paid work with groups interested in Oregon policy, Budnick and Gunderson reported. Both have landed in Kitzhaber's administration.

The questions about Kitzhaber's judgment and competence ask themselves.  Is he so oblivious that he had no idea that campaign advisers were helping his girlfriend line up employment marked by ethical red flags? Is he really so clueless that he had no idea how much money Hayes collected through her fellowship, which would explain his apparently incomplete ethics filings? Or, alternatively, did he know and fail to act? Both possibilities are damning, and it's difficult to imagine alternatives that are not.

Whether through gross inattention or complicity, Kitzhaber has broken faith with Oregonians."

Hat tip: SDA

Update: then there is this, via IOTWReport:

  "Hayes (the Oregon governor's fiancé) has admitted to plans back then to purchase a farm in northern Washington with the intention to grow pot illegally. She said the driving force behind the effort was a man with whom she was trapped in an abusive, dangerous relationship. The pot operation never materialized, she said.

The broker in the deal said after dealing with the couple back then, it was clear to him that Hayes led the discussions on the sale. He also found evidence of pot trimmings in the house and irrigation pipes and fertilizer on the grounds."

Geez, the state governor's office is nothing but a  a seething cauldron of slime.