Why San Angelo lost a mayor: personal life, illegal alien/gay partner, deportation worries
Matt Phinney
Originally published 07:52 a.m., May 22, 2009
Updated 07:52 a.m., May 22, 2009

SAN ANGELO, Texas — J.W. Lown said he couldn’t live with the uncertainty.

He was a high-profile mayor and he said his relationships would always draw attention. So when he began seeing a man who didn’t have legal status in the country, he knew there would always be some worry.

“To live with the uncertainty that at any moment he could be deported, I can’t live with that,â€