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Cory Booker to Live Off Food Stamps

Takes on week-long challenge after Twitter debate

(Newser) - In the latest adventures of Cory Booker, the Newark mayor—who tends to be at the center of the action —is set to undergo a food-stamp challenge. After a Twitter user told him that "nutrition is not the responsibility of the government," their back-and-forth resulted in a...

Hizzoner? Canadian Cat Runs for Mayor

Tuxedo Stan wants to bring attention to stray cat problem

(Newser) - Tuxedo Stan has gone from a stray on the street to mayoral candidate in Halifax, Canada, the Huffington Post reports. The 3-year-old feline is actually banned from holding office thanks to municipal law, but that's OK because his platform is more about awareness of Halifax's stray cat problem,...

Donkey Kills Texas Mayor
 Donkey Kills Texas Mayor 
Aug 30, 2012 3:23 AM CDT

Donkey Kills Texas Mayor

Aggressive male kicked, trampled rancher

(Newser) - A small town north of San Antonio is mourning its mayor, who was kicked and trampled to death by a 500-pound donkey. Police say Hollywood Park Mayor Bill Bohlke, 65, was attacked by a stud donkey he kept on his cattle ranch. He was found dead about 50 yards from...

Toronto Mayor Caught Reading While Driving

Cops to Rob Ford: Please get a driver

(Newser) - Next time you're driving in Toronto, beware of a hazard on the road: the mayor. Rob Ford was photographed reading a stack of papers while driving on the city's busy Gardiner Expressway yesterday, in a shot snapped by a Twitter user who says traffic was moving at around...

London's Mayor Gets Stuck on Zip Line

Boris Johnson laughs it off

(Newser) - Most of the Olympic highlight reels today include footage not of an athlete but of London Mayor Boris Johnson. The good mayor took a zip-line ride in part to celebrate his nation's first gold medal —and promptly got stuck while waving his little Union Jacks, reports the Guardian...

Detroit Mayor Slashes City Workers' Pay By 10%

Mayor slashes checks 10%, cuts health benefits

(Newser) - Another tangible sign of Detroit's bleak finances: The mayor today said the city's unionized workers must take a 10% pay cut along with reduced health care benefits, reports the Detroit Free Press . The unions promise a court fight, but Dave Bing says the in-the-red city has no choice...

Weiner's Plotting a Comeback: Sources

Disgraced rep wants to run for New York City mayor

(Newser) - The New York Post can't say with certitude , but Anthony Weiner is reportedly looking to get back into the political game. Citing "multiple sources" in a pun-laden exclusive, the Post reports that the former congressman is "desperate" to get back into politics, and is feeling out a...

Newark Mayor Feared He'd Die in Fire Rescue

Cory Booker felt 'terror'; woman in serious condition

(Newser) - When Corey Booker rushed in to rescue his neighbor from a burning building, he wasn't sure he'd make it back alive. "I did not feel bravery, I felt terror," the Newark mayor said during a press conference today. "I really didn't think we were...

Newark Mayor Rescues Woman From Fire

Cory Booker hospitalized after saving neighbor from burning building

(Newser) - Talk about hands-on mayoring: Newark Mayor Cory Booker was treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns last night after rescuing a woman from a fire. After arriving home to find a neighbor's house on fire, the mayor, followed by two members of his security detail, rushed inside before the...

NM Town Elects Mayor Who's Barred From City Hall

Indicted mayor can't talk to city officials either

(Newser) - Sunland Park, New Mexico, elected 28-year-old Daniel Salinas as mayor yesterday, but Salinas is going to have a tough time doing the job; he's forbidden by law from stepping foot on city property or talking to city workers. Salinas, the town's current mayor pro tem, has been charged...

18-Year-Old Elected Mayor of Iowa Town

High school student Jeremy Minnier's margin of victory: 24-8

(Newser) - He didn’t spend a cent on campaigning and he wasn’t even on the ballot, but 18-year-old Jeremy Minnier has been elected mayor of an Iowa town. There were 32 ballots cast in Aredale—which has all of 74 residents—and 24 of them were write-ins for Minnier, reports...

Mayor Bloomberg to OWS: Blame Congress, Not Banks

Washington pushed those shaky mortgages, 'plain and simple'

(Newser) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks Occupy Wall Street protesters are going after the wrong villains: "It was not the banks that created the mortgage crisis," he said today, according to Capital New York . "It was, plain and simple, Congress who forced everybody to go and...

Alcoholic Mayor Divides Wisconsin City

Some in Sheboygan push for Bob Ryan's recall, but others want him left alone

(Newser) - Sheboygan mayor Bob Ryan is an alcoholic who has fallen off the wagon four times in the two years he has been in office, resulting in bar fights, lawsuits, and YouTube embarrasment. Now this Wisconsin city of 50,000 in the biggest-drinking state in America is holding a raging debate...

Mayor: Contracts Invalid Because I Was Drunk

New Mexico's Martin Resendiz offers novel defense to lawsuit

(Newser) - It is an epic defense: A New Mexico mayor says his city does not owe $1 million to a California architectural company because he was blotto drunk when he signed the (nine!) contracts, reports the Albuquerque Journal . “The day I signed … I had way too much to...

Bloomberg Will Officiate Gay Wedding of 2 Aides

Mayor will preside over ceremony on first day it's legal

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg isn’t wasting any time celebrating New York’s new marriage law. The day gay marriage becomes legal in the state, the mayor will officiate at the wedding of two city officials, NBC New York reports. Bloomberg will unite his chief policy adviser (John Feinblatt) and the city’...

Philippines Female Mayor Punches Out Sheriff

Davao City's Sara Duterte is taking a five-day leave

(Newser) - This lesson in diplomacy is hot on BuzzFeed : A female mayor in the Philippines city of Davao City punched out a sheriff in front of TV cameras. Mayor Sara Duterte was incensed that the sheriff insisted on demolishing a shantytown despite her request for a two-hour delay. (Fittingly, she wanted...

Baldwin vs. Baldwin for NYC Mayor?

Stephen might run against Alec, he reveals

(Newser) - The 2013 New York City mayoral race just got very, very interesting: If Alec Baldwin does indeed run , younger and arguably much weirder brother Stephen may just run against him. He said as much in a recent interview with conservative talk show host Alex Jones picked up by Gothamist . "...

Michigan Mayor Gets to Keep His Age a Secret

Judge agrees it is not required by law

(Newser) - In an unexpected win for the notion of it's-none-of-your-business, the mayor of Michigan's third-largest city doesn't have to reveal his age to run for re-election. The state appeals court entered the strange dispute yesterday by overturning a judge's ruling that had required Jim Fouts to disclose...

For Felon Mayor-Elect, Redemption Is Denied

Small town OK with past, Ariz. board isn't

(Newser) - Christopher Linder persuaded the people of a small Oklahoma town to elect him as their mayor despite his criminal past, but he couldn't persuade a clemency board in Arizona to scrub his felony convictions. The 33-year-old former gang member, convicted of transporting marijuana and taking part in a drive-by...

Recall Fever Targets the Nation's Mayors

Viral campaigns make it easier to try to kick hizzoner out

(Newser) - Voters haven’t exactly been thanking mayors for the tough budget decisions they’ve had to make in the wake of the financial crisis. Instead, there’s been an unprecedented wave of recall drives across the country, USA Today reports. Last year, 57 mayors faced recall attempts, up from 23...

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