Atlantic City’s Latest Problem: Mayor Is Missing

The New York Times reports:

his long-suffering city is no stranger to scandal. After all, in the past 40 years, five mayors have either pleaded guilty or been convicted of one bit of criminal malfeasance or another. But few episodes, even by the three-ring standards here, could match the latest act of political theater.

A week ago, the mayor of this carnival-like town, Robert W. Levy, 64, abruptly stopped showing up at City Hall, and his aides issued a cryptic one-sentence news release saying he was temporarily stepping aside to deal with medical matters. He has not been seen in public since, and in that vacuum all sorts of explanations have flourished.

Whatever made him disappear and hand the reins of government to the city’s business administrator, he has a lot more to deal with.

For one thing, there have been reports that the United States attorney for New Jersey is investigating whether Mayor Levy falsified his military record to improperly increase his military pension. Some City Council members are clamoring for the council president to run the city, leading Gov. Jon S. Corzine to say he would ask the state attorney general to look into the question of succession.

You'll have to read further down in the article to find what party Robert Levy belongs to.No word yet from Josh Marshall at TPM on this one.