My sister and I have been receiving an education on city politics and elections on this our visit home.
Yesterday the headline of our local paper was "Congratulations! You're the mayor, again!" Next to a picture of a woman celebrating her 100th birthday. It took me a moment to realize that the woman wasn't the mayor getting cake for being elected. The mayoral article was about some neighboring cities (all with populations from 24-30 people) of which three had held empty ballot elections.
No one had run for office.
When asked, the Encore Mayor replied that he was more worried about cleaning up after the latest storm than about his next term in office.
13 June 2008
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