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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Mayors are like CEOs for their city/town/municipality
They bring motions to council to vote on it, they oversee executive staffing, they make official appearances, they negotiate with other levels of government for funding. Ultimately, they are the public face of the local government
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