LATimes.com – By Kim Murphy
After a major makeover, including breast surgery, the longtime public servant is still just Stu Rasmussen to residents of this small Willamette Valley town.
Reporting from Silverton, Ore. — Stu Rasmussen promised a new administration if he was elected, and he’s as good as his word: Silverton residents not only are getting a new mayor; they’re also getting a new Stu.
Rasmussen, longtime manager of the local cinema, was also elected mayor in 1988 and 1990, and served four years — but that was when he was wearing slacks and sport shirts to council meetings. The new Rasmussen — who got breast implants a few years ago and began calling himself Carla Fong — wears skirts, lipstick and high heels.