Mayor apologizes for risque e-mail

? Tonganoxie Mayor Mike Vestal apologized to the people of Tonganoxie at Monday night’s city council meeting for an e-mail he forwarded that contained the picture of a naked woman and a joke about Martin Luther King Day.

“I want to make a public apology to all of my citizens of Tonganoxie if I have offended anybody. I’ve made a mistake and I want to own up to that mistake. It will never happen again. I just hope you all can forgive me. I would just like to carry on as the mayor of Tonganoxie and I’m very sorry,” Vestal said.

The e-mail in question said, “Next Monday is National Female Breast Appreciation Day.” It then showed a picture of a woman and her naked breasts. Underneath the picture were the words “Beats the (expletive) out of Martin Luther King Day! Doesn’t It?”

Vestal admitted to sending the e-mail Aug. 31 from his account to a “couple of guys.” He also inadvertently sent it to a 6News reporter.

Tonganoxie city employees are required to sign an agreement that prohibits employees to “knowingly communicate, download, or forward anything that might be construed as harassing, hostile or offensive based on ethnicity, race, sex, disability, age, religion or national origin.”