Hooters claims San Diego Mayor Bob Filner doesn't demonstrate proper respect to women. (YouTube)
JTA — Hooters restaurants all around San Diego have banned disgraced mayor Bob Filner.
Filner’s alleged tendency to invite his female subordinates to work without their panties was apparently too much for the restaurant chain, whose waitresses flaunt other assets.
A sign posted in four Hooters locations across the city announces that Filner will not be served. “We believe women should be treated with respect,” the sign reads.
Hooters is hardly a natural bearer of the feminist mantle. The company’s uniforms consist of tight tank tops and electric-orange booty shorts. But San Diego locations are presenting the move as a stand for “beautiful, talented” women, according to Melissa Fry, the director of marketing for HootWinc, the chain’s West Coast franchise.
Bob Filner (photo credit: Courtesy)
Filner, 70, is fighting to keep his job amid allegations by 14 women that he sexually harassed them. Shrugging off calls that he step down, Filner checked himself in for two weeks of “intensive therapy,” which he completed last week before returning to office.
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