Posted on 11/08/2023 10:09:08 AM PST by NohSpinZone
I’d never seen anyone talk so excitedly about a mayor. I drove up to the California mountain town of Idyllwild in March 2022 for a day trip and was finishing a purchase at a local vintage store when the cashier informed me, “The mayor is in town.” Before I could say anything, another shopper swung around with a big smile and asked, “Is he really?”
I listened to them talk ecstatically about the mayor for a few minutes, until finally the cashier clued me in: The mayor was a dog. Everything suddenly made sense, and of course I had to meet him.
In the town’s main street, I spotted Mayor Max II, a golden retriever, in the back of a white pickup parked in front of Wooley’s, a store with a giant cowboy hat protruding above the entrance. The mayor, wearing an orange tie around his neck, was greeting his fans all lined up in the street waiting to take a photo. The spectacle made my overall visit to Idyllwild feel a bit more magical, like going to Disneyland and seeing costumed characters walking around.
Idyllwild, an unincorporated community, has no local government and is under the jurisdiction of Riverside County. It was in 2012 that an animal rescue organization ran the election for an animal mayor to raise funds. Votes could be cast for $1 per vote. The candidates were two cats and 14 dogs, including Max the First.
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I’d bet even the dog knows socialism doesn’t work.
London Breed?
I’d take a dog over Muriel Bowser.
I’d take the dog over the current occupant in the White House.
As a mayor, my border collie would have everybody so busy laughing and playing soccer and fetch that there would be no time for criminal activity.
😂😂😂
Why not, it has an a** for a Governor!
The dog could just put paw-prints on the endless documents paraded in front of him.
I take the picture is of the Mayor and the Chief of Staff?
;-)
IKR! I sometimes think we should replace every member of congress and every be autocrat in DC with dogs and cats. They would probably do a better job.
I would take the dog over any of the idiots in Congress.
Even over Michael Weiner(dog)?
I am most fortunate to have called this place home since 1989.
Democrapt folks voted in the yellow dog, not much of a surprise there.
Years ago a Salamander was running for mayor of Aspen, CO, I think. He was running as Sal A. Mander. These kind of things show how uninformed or just don’t care some voters are.
Smell better too
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