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Article: Burton urged to resign; Lynch, GOP delegation cite ties to sex offender
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- September 27, 2005
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Gov. John Lynch and New Hampshire's four congressmen called for
the resignation of Executive Councilor Ray Burton yesterday, citing
recent revelations about the criminal record of one of his campaign
workers.
The bipartisan pressure comes after weeks of news reports
detailing Burton's hiring of Mark Seidensticker, a convicted sex
offender, for campaign work over the past decade. Seidensticker was
arrested last month in Concord, accused of trying to provide alcohol
to two teenage boys. He had previously been convicted of attempted
sexual assault and indecent exposure. He also failed to register as a
sex offender on at least three occasions.
Burton has said he knew about Seidensticker's ...