El Segundo City Treasurer resigns amid allegations of an affair
City Treasurer Chris Powell has resigned his post after the husband of school board trustee Laura Gambel sent an email to city officials detailing what he alleged was an affair between his wife and Powell. The email was sent Nov. 24, the day after Gabel allegedly discovered his wife and Powell together in what he described as a “third strike” that marked the end of the couple’s 17-year marriage. He wrote to the City Council and City Clerk that he felt it was important to clarify rumors related to other elected officials in El Segundo. “I also believe it is important for each of you to understand the integrity of those in which you conduct business, or those that actively represent your city departments and community,” Gambel wrote. In the email, Gambel said he first discovered last January that Powell – who previously served on the El Segundo School District school board for a dozen years – was “so much more than a mentor” to Laura Gambel, who was elected to the school board in November 2011. Gambel wrote that after a second discovery months later, he and his wife underwent counseling in an attempt to save their marriage on behalf of their two children. The email alleges that the…
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