3rd woman accuses San Diego mayor of sexual harassment

Exactly. There still seem to be some walks of life where a number of people haven't yet caught up with the fact that it is simply unacceptable. It isn't a partisan issue, but it is an issue for politics in general. I guess it isn't surprising that it's something that happens in politics (in all parties...every one of them, whether it gets publicity or is 'kept quiet' as such things so often are - I wouldn't let the fact that one party currently seems to be getting publicity over the issue and another isn't lull you into any kind of sense of security over it at all), because, like politics (for some politicians, at least) it is so much about 'power', and being in a position of 'power' and 'control' over other people.

It's a sad but constant truth that many people are attracted to front line politics for exactly the wrong reasons. The person who most wants to be in that position of 'power' is usually the worst person to be there, but the reality is that cold, hard ambition usually (not always, but usually) wins over passionate personal dedication to a 'cause' and to serving the people to make things better - because of its very nature, ambition is better at creating the right kind of alliances, and better at manipulating opinion, and better at putting on a 'public face'. Power-hungriness doesn't always trump dedication entirely, of course, and some politicians genuinely have a decent mix of the two, but there are alot of people (especially in 'local' front line politics, because that is often easier to manipulate, and often has less competition between parties) who care far more about showing off how important they are (not to mention maximising the 'benefits' for themselves) than they do about the people they are supposed to serve. It's often particularly bad in 'safe' political areas, where one party is in a dominant position - those with their own ambitions know which party to join, and which line to repeat, and know that they only have to make the right friends within that party to gain real power for themselves. Areas without real political competition between parties (I live in such an area myself, and see the results of it both in terms of competence and in terms of the real calibre of many successful candidates) tend to become areas which are not well run, and where the people 'in charge' are not the kind of people who should be in that role at all. It doesn't matter which party it is at all, of course, and nobody should be complacent about that - those kind of people will join whichever one is dominant, and therefore most suitable for serving them and their personal ambitions.

I don't know about the particular circumstances of these mentioned cases, of course, but those are often the kind of places where such things as this are most likely to go on, because of the kind of people who are in positions of 'power' and seeking 'control' over others. Unfortunately, by the nature of politics in such places, they are also the places where it's most likely that such things can be 'kept quiet for the greater good' (not only of 'the party', but sometimes of other prominent and/or dominant organisations within that society too - unfortunately alot of things get hushed up 'to avoid embarrassment' for various groups and organisations, and far too many of these people get away with doing such things, sometimes for many years). That certainly doesn't mean that it isn't happening, though.