Atlantic City Mayor plans to resign amid scrutiny

The Star-Ledger reports:

Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy plans to resign as early as today amid a federal investigation into allegations he profited from embellishing his military service record, according to two people who have been briefed on his plans.


The people declined to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss Levy's plans.

The mayor's resignation would end one piece of the strange saga that has become Levy's administration. This week, he returned to the seaside resort after an abrupt disappearance Sept. 26 and subsequent questions about who was responsible for running Atlantic City in his absence.

A resignation, though, would do nothing to Levy's trouble with federal law-enforcement officials who suspect the mayor lied on government forms about suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and having received a Combat Infantryman's Badge, a medal given to soldiers who participate in active ground combat.

As Glenn Reynolds would say "can you name that party" Bob Levy belongs to?