She should build an ice skating rink
Generally a nice thing to have, but why specifically?
(I’m going to guess it’s a reference to something, but I’ve had no luck searching)
In Parks and Rec. there is the character Ben Wyatt (played by Adam Scott) who has a backstory of getting elected mayor at 18 and ruining his towns finances by building an ice skating rig called Ice Town.
It’s a parks and recreation reference. A character was a very young mayor and ruined the city which involved building an ice skating rink
I’d be mildly amused by this story but it’s literally just nepotism
Yeah, it’s pretty bad. It’s literally “my dad, the former mayor, didn’t run so I ran in his place.” Personally, I would have a hard time voting for her, no matter how good her father was. Fuck political inheritance. That’s damn near antithetical to the ideal of (the American vision of) democracy.
If there was no one running against her: People should get involved if they disagree
If there was someone running against her: She’s the one who got elected
As far as I understand her father didn’t just give her the position…
Family connections can go a long way. Sure, anyone can be elected, but knowing all the donors and having someone who understands the process puts you ahead of almost anyone else.
Not really, either she got elected or no one bothered to show up as an alternative.
I am sure you appreciated Bush 2 Electric Boogaloo, Hillary Clinton’s disastrous run that only happened because she had insider clout from her husband to shut down the Sanders campaign, RFK Jr the “My daddy was a civil rights hero who was shot” candidate, and the constant calls for Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton to save us?
Being a close relative of someone who held a position should disqualify you from that position - there is far too much hereditary bullshit in American politics.
When Craig Huckaby announced he would not seek re-election as mayor, Brooke decided to join the family business.
Sigh…
She was elected not appointed. No nepotism here just democracy.
That not correct maybe in Georgia but in Texas we had a 21 one year old mayor in Gunbarrel City for all of 6 months before he was removed for violating financial of the city to run his personal newspaper he owned. But not the youngest is US history.
Texas and Georgia might be the two most likely states for a Gunbarrel City to exist in. I say that as a Georgian
Maybe but definitely remember the 21 year old mayor when I lived in Athens Texas. Gunbarrell City was only town we could legally buy liquor. I also met the mayor because our neighbors were friends of his family and bragged endlessly about how this 21 year old was the youngest mayor ever. It was funny when he was recalled they didn’t talk about him anymore.
This would have been around 2002 if you want to look it up. But this woman is not the youngest ever.
To be fair, with a population of only 500, the only job qualifications for being Mayor are
- Literate
- GED or equivalent
- Have a pulse
