Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years

Bizarre News ^ | Wednesday, 18 July 2012 | unknown

[VRW Conspirator]

There is a town in Alaska that has had a cat as mayor for 15 years. The cat named Stubbs has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for nearly all of his life -- no joke. It's been that way for more than a decade in the small tourist town that boasts nearly 900 residents.

The part-manx was named honorary mayor shortly after his birth, and now locals all know the cat as "Mayor Stubbs."

"He was just in the Alaska Magazine, and he's been featured in a few different things," said Lauri Stec, who works at Nagley's General Store in Talkeetna, where Stubbs hangs out most of the time.

As the story goes, 15 years ago several of the town residents didn't like the candidates who were running for mayor of Talkeetna, so as a joke, they encouraged enough people to elect Stubbs the cat as a write-in candidate, and he actually won.

Now, thanks to Stubbs, local tour guides have a little fun with the thousands of tourists who come through the town

[VRW Conspirator]

There are several jokes in there, C'mon.

[VRW Conspirator]

[Squawk 8888]

Kitty ping.

[Lurker]

Probably does less damage than any human mayor would.

[momtothree]

....you’re going to love this!

[The KG9 Kid]

“Meow’m I Doing?”

[momtothree]

You beat me by this ________ much. LOL!

[bmwcyle]

The cat was found to do better than any democrat.

[bgill]

Maybe he can run for POTUS in 2016. He’s a NBC and over 45 in cat years. I bet he’d snub lavish Hollyweird parties.

[VRW Conspirator]

He can prowl and growl like a tough guy, but when it comes to doing business, he is just a pussy.

[Slings and Arrows]

[nickcarraway]

Alaska is ahead of Mexico:Morris the Cat Runs for Mayor of Mexican State Capital Xalapa

[martin_fierro]

Hizzoner.

[mikrofon]

There must be a special claws in the town charter ....

[HerrBlucher]

The Catnip stops here.

[Slings and Arrows]

If it isn’t, it should be.

[fella]

More.

[martin_fierro]

That Awkward Moment when the mayor curls up and licks his a$$#0!e.

[fish hawk]

Cat = Mayor
Pussy = President

[mikrofon]

You wonder what actually falls under his purrview...

Did he have to take a civet-service exam?

Is this tail even that mewsworthy??