Hudson, Ohio Mayor Craig Shubert, who became a national laughingstock after he claimed ice fishing invites prostitution, resigned Monday amid the mockery, NBC News reports. My comments at Tuesday’s 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. My 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,” Shubert said in a statement.
Last week, during a discussion over whether to permit ice fishing in the city, Shubert had said he wanted to share some “data points,” and then went into the bizarre rant. “Does someone come back next year and say, ‘I want an ice shanty on Hudson Springs Park for x amount of time?'” Shubert said. “And if you then allow ice fishing with shanties, then that leads to another problem – prostitution. Now you’ve got the police chief and the police department involved.”