Seattle Mayor Ed Murray Announces He Will Resign

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Mayor Ed Murray announced in a statement this afternoon that he will resign, effective tomorrow at 5 p.m. Murray's cousin, Joseph Dyer, alleged to the Times this morning that Murray repeatedly molested him when he was a teenager in the 1970s.
Murray continued to deny the allegations."While the allegations against me are not true, it is important that my personal issues do not affect the ability of our City government to conduct the public's busines