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Originally Posted by GEaston
Congratulations on the appointment Judith. I do think the question of whether a Mrs Mayor is called Mayor or not is not the main issue at hand in Accrington today.
The bigger question to my mind is what can the Mayor (any Mayor) bring to the table in order to fix Accrington's serious problems. The town has been in a state of constant decline for as far as I can see the last 100 years, and throughout that period has had a Mayor (granted not you Judith, but a Mayor nonetheless).
In the absence of a budget from Central Government (I like the Accrington town plan which clearly had a lot of consideration put into it) the town will continue to deteriorate. Pity the recession killed that spend, but it did. So other than the passing of the Planning Act that makes it easier to develop commercial property, what else is coming to Accrington, or what can the Mayor do to help fix the town?
In USA the Mayor has real power. In the UK I'm not sure that is the case outside of London.
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The local Mayor doesn't have the power of say Boris in London, the Mayor of Hyndburn is a none political post, usually taken on by a councilor who is rewarded for their efforts on behalf of the people and is nominated by fellow councilors usually on a year about party basis. the Mayors duties are more ceremonial than anything, plus representing the borough at events in other towns and boroughs