Mayor at 4 yrs old

[xindykawai]

I i just read an article this morning and i would like your taugh on it

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/nation...minnesota-town

A 4 years old boy who is now mayor of a 22-28 citizens town, Dorset, Minnesota. (re-election in this case)

So, what do you think !

[Zka]

Well, my 4 yo daughter is certainly more intelligent than most politicians so I guess kids are okay

[xindykawai]

Well, my 4 yo daughter is certainly more intelligent than most politicians so I guess kids are okay

hehe good one :P !

[Sierra85]

Can't change Washington but you can change a diaper!

[Deleted]

This isn't really new. Far as I'm aware it's a novelty thing.

[Rukentuts]

He doesn't actually have mayoral duties, just a title.

[schwank05]

I i just read an article this morning and i would like your taugh on it

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/nation...minnesota-town

A 4 years old boy who is now mayor of a 22-28 citizens town, Dorset, Minnesota. (re-election in this case)

So, what do you think !

I live in a rural small town in Minnesota, the Mayor's position is not a paid one, and they have no power at all. Its not like large cities where the mayor is important, so I can see this all you have to do is 1 meeting a month and that is in a town of 2000, there is a town 8 miles away and they ahve about 50 people there and the mayor is basically chosen at random and does nothing.

[Asphyxiate9]

there is a cat that has been voted mayor somewhere in the US/Canada too

[Masark]

I live in a rural small town in Minnesota, the Mayor's position is not a paid one, and they have no power at all. Its not like large cities where the mayor is important, so I can see this all you have to do is 1 meeting a month and that is in a town of 2000, there is a town 8 miles away and they ahve about 50 people there and the mayor is basically chosen at random and does nothing.

The place doesn't have any sort of government per se. The place is unincorporated, so all government stuff would fall to the county.

[xindykawai]

there is a cat that has been voted mayor somewhere in the US/Canada too

wut oO?! wow, i need to look that up haha

[-Skye]

"Anyone could vote as many times as they like -- for $1 a vote -- at any of the ballot boxes in stores around town."

Seems like it doesn't really matter who is mayor because of this policy.

[marthsk]

there is a cat that has been voted mayor somewhere in the US/Canada too

Yup, Stubbs, Mayor of Talkeenta, Alaska. Drinks from a wine glass and demands catnip. Such are the duties of a mayor cat.

[cashzilla]

"Anyone could vote as many times as they like -- for $1 a vote -- at any of the ballot boxes in stores around town."

Seems like it doesn't really matter who is mayor because of this policy.

in the article it says the town has no real governing body, so it's just more of a fun thing and a way to raise a little bit of money

[Stir]

"Anyone could vote as many times as they like -- for $1 a vote -- at any of the ballot boxes in stores around town."

Seems like it doesn't really matter who is mayor because of this policy.

But a policy like this would give the wealthy a major advantage when it comes to running the place.

It is not unheard of for babies, cats, dogs and other 'unsuited' entities to be elected into a high local station as a form of protest.

[Deleted]

hartlepool elected hangus the monkey (the football clubs mascot) as their mayor a few years back, a chap dressed as a monkey.
nothing surprises me anymore.