San Diego County Sheriff Sets Up Bob Filner Sexual Harassment Reporting Line

From the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up department, at the Los Angeles, "S.D. County sheriff's hotline fields sex accusations against mayor":

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced Friday that a telephone hotline has been established for anyone wishing to report sexual misconduct allegations against Mayor Bob Filner.

Filner, battling accusations of sexual harassment of staff members and constituents, said late Friday that he's fine with the idea of a hotline because it might lead to an objective investigation rather than just "press conferences and innuendo."

If an investigation is warranted, the Sheriff's Department will be the lead agency, not the San Diego Police Department which reports to the 70-year-old Democrat, officials said.

Under state law, victims of sexual abuse are provided anonymity and can be accompanied by a representative or advocate during interviews, sheriff's officials said.

Sheriff Bill Gore said that "these are extremely sensitive matters and should there be an investigation, [the sheriff's] department as the lead agency, will not be providing any details as the investigation proceeds."

Announcement of the hotline came as three-dozen people rallied outside City Hall to talk about their effort to recall Filner and to seek volunteers to gather the signatures necessary to put a recall on the ballot.

Keep in mind that's Democrat Mayor Bob Filner.

He's a former Member of Congress, it turns out, and Democrat Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is standing by her sexual harassing man. At Weasel Zippers, "War on Women: Nancy Pelosi Refuses to Call 0n San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to Resign Over Sexual Harassment Claims…"