In the 1990s, a hot new idea for turning around big cities was putting #mayors in charge of the public #schools. That’s how Chicago, NYC, Boston and other cities ended up with mayors and not school boards setting goals and appointing superintendents. And today? Mayors are giving up control. Turns out, it’s harder to run schools than, say, a public works dept. And bad as school boards are, voters prefer them. https://www.governing.com/education/big-city-mayors-are-getting-kicked-out-of-schools #BOE

Michael Hancock served three terms as mayor of Denver. Will he be remembered for his successes, like bringing Denver back from the Great Recession and building Denver’s airport into the world’s third busiest? Or for his failures, like the drugs that plague downtown and the #affordablehousing crisis he was late in recognizing? Time will tell. But we can say that he’ll be offered as proof of the old adage that a mayor’s third term is a curse. https://denverite.com/2023/07/17/denver-mayor-michael-hancock-led-the-city-through-growth-loss-and-crisis/ #civiclead #mayors

“We will get you a home. We will get you help. We will get you healed”: When running for office, the script calls for mayoral candidates to raise expectations. It changes in the period before inauguration when mayor-elects focuse on first tasks. And at the inauguration and in weeks following, #mayors build support for those tasks. Denver’s new mayor isn’t following script. At his inauguration, he was still … raising expectations. https://denverite.com/2023/07/17/mike-johnston-inauguration-city-council/ #civiclead

How new problems are born: Michael Hancock became mayor of Denver in 2011 as the city was recovering from the Great Recession. Three terms later, his days as mayor are ended. What sticks in his mind, looking back? The conversation that introduced him to a whole new urban issue, #affordablehousing. Before 2013, he had not seen #housing as a problem he or any other mayor should be focused on. https://denverite.com/2023/07/15/interview-denver-mayor-michael-hancock-reflects-on-his-wins-and-losses-from-the-past-12-years/ #mayors #localgov

“You’ve got to have a short memory and a thick skin”: The quality all leaders must have is self control. Outrageous things will happen; you choose how to respond to them. Someone needs to share this with Cleveland Mayor Bibb, who recently declared war on the city council because some of its members are demagogues. You only made things worse, Mr. Mayor. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2023/07/bibb-boycotts-cleveland-city-council-meeting-ramping-up-hostilities-between-mayor-and-council.html #civiclead #mayors

Running for mayor? Here are the four basics you need to know about managing a local gov’t. http://otiswhite.com/the-mayor-as-manager/ #civiclead #mayors

Meet the proudly NIMBY mayor of Palo Alto CA, who is famous for fighting housing developments and accuses pro-housing activists of promoting Soviet ideology. A real estate agent, she’s known to tell whoopers … like “there’s plenty of housing, you just need a superb Realtor, like me.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/yimbys-love-hate-anti-housing-bay-area-mayor-18126194.php #mayors

Keep an eye on Denver’s next mayor. Mike Johnston says his first task will be to build “micro-communities” for the homeless across the city. With 2,000 parcels to choose from, he says, he’ll start selecting the sites on the day he takes office. If Johnston succeeds in spreading the homeless across the city while somehow connecting them with services they’ll need, he will indeed change how mayors deal with #homelessness. But … big if. https://denverite.com/2023/06/07/mike-johnston-interview-denver-election-first-100-days/ #mayors

Columbus kicks off U.S. Conference of Mayors on Gun Violence Awarness Day https://politicaliq.com/2023/06/02/columbus-to-host-u-s-conference-of-mayors/ #Columbus #Ohio #Mayors #MayorsConference #GunViolence #GunViolenceAwareness #education #diversity #migration #abortion #startups #politicaliq #news #politics

Andy Burnham calls for Labour to adopt proportional representation | Proportional representation | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/01/andy-burnham-calls-for-labour-to-adopt-proportional-representation

#Burnham
#Labour
#PR
#ProportionalRepresentation
#Drakeford
#Brabin
#Sarwar
#ElectedRegionalMayors
#ElectedMayors
#Mayors

There are young #mayors or mayors-elect in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Akron OH, and newspaper reporters see it as something involving state and national politics. Here’s an alternative narrative: Maybe what’s attracting this young, diverse group to city halls isn’t the chance to be governor, senator or (dream big) president. Maybe leading a city IS the reward. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/05/were-not-going-to-wait-our-turn-what-democrats-can-glean-from-new-ohio-millennial-mayors.html #civiclead #citypols

New rules see Mayors elected without majority support https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/new-rules-see-mayors-elected-without-majority-support/ #TheSupplementaryVote #Localdemocracy #Bedford #Mayors

Mayoral losses deal blow to GOP in conservative strongholds..#GOP..#mayors https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mayoral-losses-deal-blow-to-gop-in-conservative-strongholds/ar-AA1bkhqG?cvid=2400ce73777842bbd49593645d271809&ocid=winp2fptaskbar&ei=16

12th nationwide educational campaign brings city leaders together to address water supply issues

https://artdaily.cc/news/156395/12th-Nationwide-Educational-Campaign-brings-city-leaders-together-to-address-water-supply-issues

Grateful to Jose Villarreal @artdaily for sharing this important story for #EarthMonth!

#environmental #education #art #artists #marinelife #ocean #conservation #water #waterways #mayors #murals

Global News BC: Vancouver mayor strikes task force to go over budget with ‘fine-toothed comb’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9598905/vancouver-budget-task-force-ken-sim/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #vancouverbudgettaskforce #vancouverbudgetreview #VancouverPolitics #Mayors'TaskForce #budgettaskforce #CityofVancouver #Vancouverbudget #VancouverMayor #Vancouver #Politics #KenSim #Mayor

New Yorker: Paul Vallas’s Cops-and-Crime Campaign to Run Chicago https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/paul-vallas-brandon-johnson-chicago-mayoral-runoff #NewYorker #News/ThePoliticalScene #Progressives #Elections #Politics #Chicago #Mayors #Police

@GeorgeAylett
This has to be a seriously bad idea! The most likely consequence would be the election of a #Conservative #mayorofLondon next year in place of #sadiqkhan given that the #Conservatives have abolished the #supplementaryvote in favour of #firstpastthepost for #elected #mayors

This looks like a combination of kicking the unfortunate cat in lieu of anyone else and cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.

Millions of Londoners do not deserve any of this!

Face To Face With Mayors | Ep.1 Election, Selection.

How are #mayors elected in #China? What qualifications must a candidate for mayor have? Can meritocracy be realized?

In the Ep.1 of Face To Face With Mayors, 3 mayors share their career stories with Xinhua.

https://english.news.cn/20230329/f37d80b05abe46d6926f92da732b7109/c.html

Easily blamed
Black mayors suffer alone
Bystanders watch in shame

#mayors #blacklivesmatter #criminaljustice #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/opinion/lori-lightfoot-chicago.html

New Yorker: Lori Lightfoot Makes Her Case to Chicago https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/lori-lightfoot-makes-her-case-to-chicago #NewYorker #News/ThePoliticalScene #PoliticalCampaigns #DemocraticParty #Chicago #Mayors