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Originally Posted by pylon
This is what I don't get. All he needs to do, is negotiate the rights to his autobiography and film rights, and he will be set for life, and can step down. He is clinging to this job like he desperately needs the money or something. Anyone with any dignity would stepped down.
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He's already set for life, his family is rich. He truly wants to be mayor.
I do believe he truly thinks he is doing what is best for the city. However, I'm not letting him off the hook morally with that, he's ego is obviously in control and he has an inflated sense of worth. He sees it as a battle of right vs wrong and he is entrenched on the 'right' side vs all those who would take him down, and ruin the city in doing so.
I don't know if if it's personality style, or the fact he's been in a position of wealth and power most of his life or what, but it's obviously he has a skewed sense of what is going on, what his actions have done, and just what he needs to do to help the city.
As you said, someone with dignity would step aside. More to that, I would say, even someone with a modicum of perspective, would still take the leave of absence, work on their issues (however serious they think they are) and give the city some time to heal and the process sometime to sort it all out. Then they can come back and continue 'saving this city every dime, and working for the people'. But even in thinking they were 'right', they'd still see that leaving for the time being is best for the city. They would suck it up, take their lumps, and come back later. For the city.
He's not doing that.
He thinks he's doing what is best for the city, but most people can see he is not. It's only his ego that convinces him of this.