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Alberta politician charged with paying for prostitutes won’t resign seat
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – An Alberta politician charged in Minnesota with paying for prostitutes says he will not resign as a member of the legislature.
Mike Allen, elected in 2012 for the governing Progressive Conservatives, was arrested last week in a prostitution sting while on a government trip in St. Paul.
Allen, who is 51, says he needs to explore whether he can rebuild the trust of constituents before he decides whether to stay on as a member of the legislature.
Right now he continues to sit as the member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo as an Independent.
Allen stepped down from the Tory caucus last Tuesday, the day after his arrest.
A court document alleges that Allen phoned a number listed on an online ad, agreed to pay $200 for sex with two women and was instead met by an undercover cop.
(CFVR, The Canadian Press)
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