The mayor of Los Alamitos, Ca, Dean Grose, decided to send the following email to friends living in his town. The email was sent from his personal account.

One of the recipients, local businesswoman and city volunteer Keyanus Price, a black women, got the email and wanted a public apology from the mayor.

Price said, "I honestly don't even understand where he was coming from, sending this to me. As a black person receiving something like this from the city-freakin'-mayor - come on ..." Grose confirmed to the AP that he sent the e-mail to Price and said he didn't mean to offend her. He said he was unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons. He said he and Price are friends and serve together on a community youth board.

Unaware? Then what was the point of the email? Obviously he thought something was funny.

"Bottom line is, we laugh at things and I didn't see this in the same light that she did," Grose told the AP. "I'm sorry. It wasn't sent to offend her personally - or anyone - from the standpoint of the African-American race." ... Los Alamitos is a 2¼-square-mile Orange County city of around 12,000 people. The mayor who took the mayoral position in December is elected by fellow members of the five-seat City Council.

Calls for his resignation came after the email was distributed. Grose admits the email was in poor taste and has effected his ability to lead the city. He will be resigning at the city council meeting this Monday.

Oh My God! Jindal is in competition for the Palinites. This is the hope of the Republican Party??? This is just as embarrassing as a Palin interview (other than Fox News).

Rachel Maddow was left speechless. Literally. Steele, Palin, Jindal, McCain, Limbaugh and Santelli are the leaders of our Republican Party. We are all Republicans!

Yesterday, Julian Bond, the head of the NAACP, promised a national boycott of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, if steps were not taken to resolve the issue involving the monkey cartoon published last Wednesday. This morning, Rupert Murdoch published an apology in the NY Post, and promise to do better in the future.

As the Chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me.

Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted.

Over the past couple of days, I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused. At the same time, I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you - without a doubt - that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such.

We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community.

Rupert is not one to offer apologies for News Corporation. This apology appears to be unprecedented for him. However, it seems to me there needs to be some accountability. What do you think should be done? 

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