On Mon, 07 May 2007 21:41:16 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:
>Mike Hunt wrote:
>
>>Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>>> Fly the Gay Friendly Skies said in
>>> alt.fan.howard-stern:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Broward County Mayor Josephus Eggelletion, Jr. held a news conference
>>>
>>>
>>> I didn't know Counties could have mayors...
>>
>>Well, you thought wrong. They have a mayor and vice-mayor elected by
>>the commission. This is similar to our city, where the mayor is selected
>>from among the city council members.
>>
>>http://www.broward.org/publicinfo/ays_sectiontwo.htm
>
>Lexington, Kentucky (until recently the largest US city with a
>Arab-American mayor, according to Wikipedia) and San Francisco,
>California are two other counties with mayors.
San Francisco has a mayor of SAN FRANCISCO CITY.
There is no mayor of SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY.
>
>They are also cities. It appears that Broward County contains cities,
>which the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and City and
>County of San Francisco do not. Trivia: for a time until the mid
>1990's, San Francisco was the home of the oldest continuously active
>military base in the United States.
>
>Since two aviation groups are included in this thread for some unknown
>reason, I'll mention that the Lexington airport used to have a
>beautiful domed passenger terminal with horse murals, which was torn
>down to make room for an efficient but sterile new building. I'll
>never forgive them.
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