Michael Duvall

Michael D. Duvall (OC Weekly) Michael D. Duvall has become the latest example of how not to conduct yourself in politics. If you're a married politician literally in bed with a lobbyist working one of your committees, you probably shouldn't brag about the affair in the first place. Not only can it wreck your marriage, it can wreck your career. But if you are going to brag about it, don't brag about it on an open microphone to a fellow committee member. Duvall made that potentially career-ending mistake in July, and word is just now getting around about the slip-up. Heidi DeJong Barsuglia (cawrecycles.org) ... Read Full Story

In the latest bizarre twist in the story of Mike Duvall 's scandalous open-mic storytelling, the former Assemblyman says that while he was caught telling stories, that's all they were -- stories. Mike Duvall (Official Head Shot) In a statement on his website , Duvall claims that despite telling graphic stories of 2 women he slept with, he has not carried on any affairs. Duvall says he's guilty only of "inappropriate story-telling." Here's the full statement. "I want to make it clear that my decision to resign is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs. My offense was engaging ... Read Full Story

Well that was quick. After the story broke last evening and this morning that Orange County Assemblyman Michael Duvall had blabbed about the graphic details of an extramarital affair with lobbyist Heidi Dejong Bargulia , he has announced he will retire. Michael Duvall, an Orange County Assemblyman no longer. (latimes.com) Hounded by reporters for most of the day, Duvall released a statement saying that, ""I am deeply saddened that my inappropriate comments have become a major distraction for my colleagues in the Assembly, who are working hard on the very serious problems facing our state. I have come to the conclusion that it would ... Read Full Story

I would like to remind everyone, Mike Duvall is pro-family, and wants to protect the sanctity of marriage, meaning one man and one woman…errrrr, well, that WAS the case. This anti-gay Republican just committed career suicide! And the gay community is VERY happy about it. Duvall comes from a long, long, LONG line of Republican social conservatives who enjoy using morality to argue for denying people their rights while refusing to practice that morality themselves. Duvall was an outspoken supporter of Proposition 8, which apparently meant that heterosexual adultery was less damaging to marriage than a committed same-sex couple being able to get legal ... Read Full Story

Assemblyman Michael Duvall, who resigned on Wednesday after he was caught describing the sordid details of an affair with a lobbyist on a microphone he didn't realize was on, is refusing to admit he had an affair(s) : Read Full Story