Mayor Apologizes For Shower Stunt

Mayor Frank Jordan, trailing in his re-election bid, is apologizing for posing naked in his shower with two radio disc jockeys.

“In this particular incident, some people felt I had let them down, that I had let the city down,” said Jordan, who faces former state Assembly Speaker Willie Brown in a Dec. 12 runoff. “And I do apologize. It was never my intent to offend anyone.”

The above-the-waist photo published in local newspapers in late October revealed Jordan standing pale and naked next to similarly attired DJs Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps. The two, accompanied by a photographer, had knocked on Jordan’s door and dared him to do it.