Ex-US Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned from Congress after a lurid scandal, opens shop in Fla.

Former US Rep. Foley opens Fla. consignment shop

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley is opening a consignment store in West Palm Beach about four years after he resigned from Congress following a lurid scandal.

Foley says Celebrity Consignment sells items from furniture to chandeliers to paintings. Much of the shop is filled with Foley’s belongings from his former Washington home.

Foley resigned in 2006 after sending salacious Internet messages to male teens who had worked on Capitol Hill as congressional pages. Criminal investigations ended without charges.

Foley says he hasn’t completely ruled out another run for public office.

He also has his own radio talk show.

Information from: WPTV-TV, www.tcpalm.com/tcp/wptv