Now that is one hottt mayor

After you get your laughs, there's a lot to unpack here. The pictures were apparently found on the mayor's personal computer by a repairman. How it slipped into other people's hands is a mystery. This country desperately needs federal laws protecting the privacy of computer data. Violators should face federal prosecution. Computers contain far more personal information than, say, video rentals. And yet the latter actually are protected by federal law. Had such laws been in existence, these photos might not have been leaked.

That said, the Democratic mayor supported Republican Ken Blackwell in the governor's race last time around. Blackwell was best known as a Christianist homophobe... and as the secretary of state who assisted his white masters in fixing the 2004 presidential election by disenfranchising African Americans.

With an election looming, I wonder whether the African American community's raging homophobia is what will sink the sexy mayor in the end. Oh no, I said, "in the end!"

And the man has political enemies to spare:

After reading his nine-minute statement, Brewer left the headquarters' parking lot without taking questions. Soon after, Brewer's supporters and detractors began arguing with each other about Brewer's effectiveness as mayor.

Former East Cleveland Mayor Saratha Goggins, whom Brewer defeated four years ago, pulled up to the parking lot and joined the fracas. She, too, said she knew of the pictures for years.

"It's him, alive and well," she told reporters. "Because the guy got demon eyes. You can't put them on a woman."

Chickens coming to roost never did make me sad, they've always made me glad.