The city's vice mayor, a conservative crusader against wild spring breakers, topless bars and adult bookstores, has resigned after his name surfaced in a sex scandal.

Doug Danziger issued a terse letter of resignation Tuesday after his name was linked in news reports to the wife of a Broward County deputy who surrendered Tuesday on four counts of prostitution.Danziger said in his letter that he was leaving "with deep emotion and dedication to a job not yet complete . . . with the support of my family and for personal reasons."

Danziger's name was included on a list of Kathy Willets' alleged clients that was kept by her husband, Deputy Jeffrey Willets, the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale reported Tuesday, quoting unidentified law enforcement and courthouse sources.

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