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Originally Posted by garinda
Would the people who get 'thrilled' by the Mayor's attendance, not be equally thrilled if their event had been opened by old Doris?
The old woman who lived in a shoe, who had spent her life quietly fostering 901 children, and who had been awarded the prize of being the symbolic first citizen by the readership of the local paper.
Quite frankly I don't have a problem with the system as it is, a reward for long standing councillors, because it works.
As for being thrilled by the position, that really depends on which councillor has been awarded the mayoral chains of office that year.
Some past mayors would leave most folks totally unthrilled by their presence.
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Difficult to disagree with your last line but by and large it is generally considered quite a coup if the Mayor drops in to open a local event. Over the past few years I know that the Mayors have attended in excess of 500 events each in their respective tenures and it's not a post that I would like to be awarded without some warning.
Dear old Doris may deserve the post but I'm not sure she'd appreciate being killed off by the workload...