Comments | sakesushimaki: [1] Inside: US-American politics, [2] Whoring for beta

sakesushimaki

[1] Inside: US-American politics, [2] Whoring for beta

Oct 17, 2009 16:48

[1] America, I need your help.I has a fic research-related question regarding US-American politics. :x In detail, I'd like to know whether it is common to have a person from the opposing party act as vice mayor? Say, the elected mayor is a Democrat, is his proxy typically from the Republican fort? Does the city council have to be "mixed" to a ( Read more... )

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merkuria October 17 2009, 16:14:46 UTC

I can do the beta if you're ok with a non-English speaker.

sakesushimaki October 17 2009, 17:34:20 UTC

Thank you, my lovely! ♥
May I have an email address too?

Oh...oooooh! Does that mean you're finally getting a breather at work?

merkuria October 17 2009, 17:38:02 UTC

That would be a yes as my work is all now now now interspersed with periods of "omg, no work, I am gonna die in poverty :D

Sent you a PM.

sakesushimaki October 17 2009, 19:14:05 UTC

Ah, right.
And thank youuu! Who knows, maybe I'll even be able to stick to my self-imposed tomorrow deadline. ...maybe.

sevigny7 October 17 2009, 18:59:01 UTC

The short answer for city governments is that they are organized according to state statutes, and all 50 states are different. If you are talking about Pittsburgh for instance, it appears from the city's website that the city council is elected on a non-partisan basis. There is a mayor, but no vice-mayor. Instead, the council elects a president from the members (I did a really perfunctory search, so I could have made some erroneous assumptions here).

sakesushimaki October 17 2009, 19:49:58 UTC

Right. So, if the mayor were, say, suspended from office or deposed even (due to felony), who would take over? The elected council president? Would new mayoral elections be plausible? Or would it be more likely for a proxy to take over for the rest of the term of office?

Thanks for helping me out, I appreciate it.

sevigny7 October 17 2009, 20:14:19 UTC

The current mayor of Pittsburgh was president of the city council when the mayor died, and he moved into the mayor's office as interim mayor until he won the job outright in the next election cycle.

sakesushimaki October 18 2009, 10:26:57 UTC

Oh, k.
And a completely new round of elections (if the mayor were deposed) would be very improbable?

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