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Article: Mayor's troubles get city talking; Jean Eaton of Albert Lea will appear in court today.(NEWS)

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January 24, 2005
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Byline: Paul Levy; Staff Writer

Albert Lea, Minn. -- Mayor Jean Eaton has heard the gossip, the accusations and the calls for her resignation since being charged with theft last month in an alleged clothes-swapping scam.

"This is a nightmare," Eaton, 53, said last week. "I'm a good mayor. I'm a pusher, I'm a driver, I've worked hard for Albert Lea. I'm probably the biggest cheerleader Albert Lea has. I believe in Albert Lea."

But do the citizens of Albert Lea still believe in Eaton, who is scheduled to make her first court appearance today in Rochester?

The biggest headlines she has brought to the southern Minnesota border city of 18,400 people have been about ...

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