SACRAMENTO--Freshmen legislators arriving in Sacramento receive advice from veteran? politicians about the intricacies of working in California's capital. One of those tips is to remember that microphones broadcasting legislative debates can also capture embarrassing, career-ending personal admissions if a politician isn't careful. Michael D. Duvall, Orange County's 72nd Assembly?District representative, must have forgotten the warning.

In July--two days after Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Republican leader Sam Blakeslee put Duvall on the Rules Committee that oversees member ethics--the second-term, conservative, Republican assemblyman sat in a public hearing and vividly described lewd details about his trysts with a female lobbyist whose clients had business before another committee on which? Duvall sits.

"She wears little eye-patch underwear," said Duvall, who is married with two children. "So, the other day she came here with her underwear, Thursday. And? so, we had made love Wednesday--a lot! And so she'll, she's all, 'I am going ?up and down the stairs, and you're dripping out of me!' So messy!"

Even though some of this gross story happened in July, it appears the momentum really started kicking up yesterday which culminated with Michael Duvall resigning from office today.  He stated:

“I am deeply saddened that my inappropriate comments have become a major distraction for my colleagues in the Assembly, who are working hard on the very serious problems facing our state," he said in a statement posted on his website. "I have come to the conclusion that it would not be fair to my family, my constituents or to my friends on both sides of the aisle to remain in office. Therefore, I have decided to resign my office, effective immediately, so that the Assembly can get back to work."

I smell a rat here.  Does anyone here really think that this guy is going to get a hot blond twenty years his junior just for being the Orange County's 72nd Assembly District representative?  No way is this a real story.  It's kind of a catch-22.  If he really was having the affair, he wouldn't be talking about it.  Everything about that statement seems fishy.  Sounds like one of the guys making up a gross story about their escapades to look cool to their Assemble District friends.  Still, if it's true, and at this point we have to assume so, it resets our counter.

Thanks Todd for the tip...