A Florida politician allegedly made a habit of licking men’s faces

It was supposed to be a fun alternative to typical government meetings. The city commission of Madeira Beach, Florida, a coastal community of nearly 4,500 on a barrier island facing the Gulf of Mexico, had decided to hold a special outdoor meeting during the King of the Beach fishing tournament in November 2012.

But things quickly got out of hand, according to a report from the Florida Commission on Ethics. By her own admission, Nancy Oakley, a city commissioner, had done some drinking at the fishing competition. She spotted Shane Crawford, then city manager, and Cheryl McGrady, his executive assistant.

Using expletives, she demanded that McGrady be removed. Then, after the meeting concluded, Oakley walked up to Crawford again. She allegedly licked his neck and the side of his face, slowly working her way up from his Adam’s apple, and grabbed at his crotch.

It wasn’t an isolated incident, Crawford told Bay News 9 last month. Oakley had a “habit of licking men that either she was attracted to or thought that she had authority over,” he said. He wrote in a 2017 complaint to the ethics board that Oakley had made unwanted advances toward other city staff, too.

“The act of licking a person on the face and neck is too unusual to be contrived by multiple witnesses and multiple victims,” administrative law judge Robert Cohen wrote in his final report.

He recommended Oakley, who resigned, be fined $5,000 and publicly censured by the governor for inappropriate behavior.