My focus is on the United States. I’m sure the job can be very different depending on the city but I realized recently that I don’t even know a general description of the job which bothered me. I’ve tried checking out my cities website and found nothing, google searches were mostly useless, even conversations with people who were in local politics didn’t clarify anything. It’s unclear why this information isn’t more readily available for most local political offices.
I know that someone has the answers and I’m hoping that my lack of progress is just a result of my bad searches or clunky conversation skills.
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It really depends on the individual municipality. For instance, in my city, the mayor is really just a glorified ribbon cutter. The city manager is the one who actually runs things. But, that position is answerable to the city council, on which the mayor has a seat. But there are multiple types of city governance, from the mayor is nothing on one end, to the mayor runs the show on the other and everything in between.
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