SILVERTON, Ore. – Silverton’s controversial mayor may be at the center of a new reality show.
On Tuesday, crews were filming five-minute ‘teasers’ with Mayor Stu Rasmussen. These are short clips that will be pitched to several networks in an effort to spark interest in a possible show.
The mayor thinks this would be a good avenue to teach tolerance in small towns across the country. But there are some who worry it would bring more attention to the town than it needs – and the wrong type of attention. As expected, the news brought a mixed reaction from folks.
Rasmussen made headlines last year by becoming the first open transgender mayor in the nation. He has been a fixture in Silverton politics for more than 20 years and twice before had been the mayor of the small Oregon town – before he had breast implants and started wearing women’s clothes in public.
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