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A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater") is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government.
In many systems, the mayor is an elected politician who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated.
MO - Ex-mayor of Collins released (Mayor gets special treatment unlike non-government folks)
View the article here
Kauffman - Special Treatment!
Here is another double standard. An ex-mayor, caught in an Internet sting, serves 4 months and is released...
Can a Creationist Be A Good Mayor? St. Petersburg Debates Whether a Mayor?s Religious Beliefs Are Relevant to His Competence to Lead
There is an interesting debate going on in St. Petersburg where mayoral candidate Bill Foster is being attacked for his belief in creationism...
In Mistaken Pot Raid, SWAT Team Members Shoot Mayor?s Two Dogs, Bust Into Home, and Handcuff Mayor and his Mother-in-Law
The Prince George’s Sheriff was investigating the delivery of marijuana on July 31, 2008. A pot package would normally not be viewed as the equivalent to the Lindburgh kidnapping, but you would not know it from the reaction of the Prince George’s sheriff’s office...
Honolulu Mayor Hannemann up for "World Mayor 2008"
http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2008/world-mayor-vote.html
What's a Mayor to Do? Right on Ron
Ron Dellums, a Bay Area legend for his twenty-plus years in the House of Representatives where he made a national reputation as a critic of American war policies, now finds himself sinking in America's greatest quagmire, its war on crime...
If You Were Mayor?
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has come under fire lately because of the way he has handled the Capital Improvement Board issue regarding Lucas Oil Stadium and Conseco Fieldhouse...
















