{"id":1297003,"date":"2022-02-14T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T16:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1297003"},"modified":"2022-02-14T17:07:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T22:07:49","slug":"ohio-mayor-calls-it-quits-over-grossly-misunderstood-joke-tying-ice-fishing-to-prostitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-mayor-calls-it-quits-over-grossly-misunderstood-joke-tying-ice-fishing-to-prostitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Mayor Calls It Quits Over \u2018Grossly Misunderstood\u2019 Joke Tying Ice Fishing To Prostitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohio-mayor-calls-it-quits-over-grossly-misunderstood-joke-tying-ice-fishing-to-prostitution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1297003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1347588851-scaled-1-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, is stepping down after a \u201cgrossly misunderstood\u201d joke linking ice fishing to prostitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/02\/10\/ohio-ice-fishing-hudson-mayor-shanties-prostitution\/6733155001\/\"><span>USA Today<\/span><\/a><span>, Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert recently raised some \u201cdata points\u201d at a city council meeting about the legality of ice fishing at a local park.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDoes someone come back next year and say I want an ice shanty on Hudson Springs Park for X amount of time?\u201d Shubert asked. \u201cAnd if you then allow ice fishing with shanties, then that leads to another problem. Prostitution. Now you\u2019ve got the police chief and the police department involved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the incident, Shubert released a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/i-team\/hudson-mayor-suggests-ice-fishing-leads-to-prostitution\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> insisting that his comments were meant to \u201cenlighten\u201d the council about other issues that could emerge from their policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy comment about ice fishing, the permitting of shanties on lakes, and prostitution stems from my experience as a former television news reporter covering law enforcement agencies, which have made arrests for acts of prostitution in ice fishing shanties,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen discussing proposed legislation, it is wise to discuss the potential for unintended consequences. My statement was to enlighten council that the future permitting of ice shanties may lead to other issues.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shubert later took the controversy as an opportunity to step down from office amid changes in his personal life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy comments at Tuesday\u2019s workshop were made out of concern for our community; what could become of unintended consequences of new legislation, based on my prior television news reporting experience,\u201d Shubert wrote in his resignation statement, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/news\/2022\/02\/14\/hudson-ohio-mayor-craig-shubert-resigns-ice-fishing-prostitution-school-board\/6783783001\/\"><span>Akron Beacon Journal<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cMy attempt to inject a bit of dry humor to make a point about this, in the midst of a cold, snowy February, was grossly misunderstood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSome in our community saw this as an opportunity to engage in the politics of personal destruction by means of character assassination, blaming me for the negative international press they helped to promote,\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSince the passing of my wife, First Lady Sherri Moyer, I have given considerable thought to the next stage of my life. Retirement is on the near horizon,\u201d Shubert added. \u201cWith the recent changes on city council, where six of seven seats have turned over, City Hall is entering a new era. My role as a change agent is complete.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the end of last year, Shubert made headlines for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/i-team\/hudson-mayor-suggests-ice-fishing-leads-to-prostitution\/\"><span>appearing<\/span><\/a><span> before a local school district to demand that a book given to some high schoolers was \u201cessentially child porn,\u201d demanding all five officials\u2019 resignation. Investigators from Summit County Prosecutor\u2019s Office determined that the book is not child pornography, adding that the parents who complained about the book had signed the waiver and did not attempt to remove their children from the class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. 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Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, is stepping down after a \u201cgrossly misunderstood\u201d joke linking ice fishing to prostitution.According to USA Today, Hudson Mayor Craig Shubert recently raised some \u201cdata points\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}