Each municipality has an autonomous local government, comprising a mayor, directly elected by the people to a four year term, and a legislative body, also directly elected by the people.

Attlee returned to local politics in the immediate post-war period, becoming mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1919, one of London's poorest inner-city boroughs.

The current mayor is Luizianne Lins a former academic at the local Federal University of Ceará and well known feminist.

Winning numerous local elections, they gained a stronghold in the second largest city of Zagreb, electing Svetozar Delić for mayor.

On the Republican side NPP-affiliated statehood Republicans control the GOP local chapter ( Republican Party of Puerto Rico ), headed by state chair and Aguadilla mayor Carlos Méndez, Republican National Committeeman and Governor Luis Fortuño and Republican National Committeewoman Zoraida Fonalledas.

He could not legally act until he had contacted all the appropriate local authorities including the mayor, the sheriff and the police chief.

A civil wedding is a ceremony presided over by a local civil authority, such as an elected or appointed judge, Justice of the Peace or the mayor of a locality.

Boroughs have the power to advise the mayor with nonbinding opinions on a large spectrum of topics ( environment, construction, public health, local markets ); in addition they are supplied with an autonomous founding in order to finance local activities.

While he still was mayor of Paris ( since 1977 ), Chirac went to Abidjan ( Côte d ' Ivoire ) where he supported President Houphouët-Boigny ( 1960 – 1993 ), although the latter was being called a " thief " by the local population.

Cathedrals are often associated with significant secular organisations such as the office of the local mayor and council, the local court, the local regiment, schools, sporting organisations and service clubs.

London has its own assembly and directly-elected mayor, which exercise local government / devolved powers greater than any other city or place in the UK, apart from the nations / provinces of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

American humor, by contrast, is likely to produce a drunken politician, from a local mayor to a Senator – as in, for example, the ending of National Lampoon's Animal House, revealing the future " Senator and Mrs. Blutarksi ".

These seem to have been mercenaries, brigands or outlaws, who may have at one time led a settled life, but with bad-luck or due to the force of circumstances, contributed a rootless element of the population, prepared to hire themselves to whichever local mayor, king or princeling prepared to undertake their support.

The city government in Poitiers based its claims to legitimacy on the theory of government where the mayor and échevins held jurisdiction of the city's affairs in fief from the king: that is, they swore allegiance and promised support for him, and in return he granted them local authority.

People in diverse communities " don ’ t trust the local mayor, they don ’ t trust the local paper, they don ’ t trust other people and they don ’ t trust institutions ," writes Putnam.

The district police station balanced the notables, and the system of local government ( the mayor and council ) integrated them into the regime.

Each parish has its own elected mayor who is the nominal head of the local government known as a comú in Catalan.

After that, and for the next four years, city's mayor and the Junta de Gobierno will govern over the city according to their competences ( urbanism, some taxes, local police, licenses for specific activities, cleaning services, etc .).

At the municipal level, a mayor ( intendente municipal ) assumed executive and administrative duties, carrying out resolutions made by the local board ( whose members were appointed on the basis of proportional representation of the political parties ).

A Michigan State Police raid on Detroit's Deutsches Haus once netted the mayor, the sheriff, and the local congressman.

On the initiative of the town's mayor, Michael Unterguggenberger, the local government printed 32, 000 in labor certificates which carried a negative 1 % monthly interest rate and could be converted into schillings at 98 % of face value.

On October 17, 2007, a week before the first game of the 2007 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, the Colorado Rockies announced that tickets would be made available to the general public via online sales only, despite prior arrangements to sell the tickets at local retail outlets.

It was named after the Roman goddess Ceres, and its opening was announced in the local newspaper, Stiftstidende, in 1856.

In the early hours of 23 December 2008, Aboubacar Somparé, the President of the National Assembly, announced on television that Conté had died at 6: 45pm local time on 22 December " after a long illness ", without specifying the cause of death.

He was " taken ill in early hours " of 27 May 1964 and died in " early afternoon " on same day, and his death was announced to Lok Sabha at 1400 local time ; cause of death is believed to be heart attack.

On 30 November 1967, Lord Caradon, the British Ambassador to the United Nations, announced that in accordance with the wishes of the local inhabitants, the islands would be returned to Muscat and Oman, despite criticism from President Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi that the islands should be transferred to the People's Republic of South Yemen.

In July 2000, Sekha-Metsi Consortium, a group of local business people and public figures, was announced as the successful bidder.

On Monday, October 9, 2006, North Korea has announced that it had successfully detonated a nuclear device underground at 10: 36 am local time without any radiation leak.

In February 2010 the then Minister Rosie Winterton announced that there would be no changes imposed on the structure of local government in the county as a result of the Review, but that the Government would be " asking Suffolk councils and MPs to reach a consensus on what unitary solution they want through a countywide constitutional convention ".

A bill proposed by lawmakers in the Indonesian province of Aceh would implement sharia law for all non-Muslims, the armed forces and law enforcement officers, a local police official has announced.

At 8: 30 pm local time on 5 November Cambodia announced that it was withdrawing their ambassador from Thailand as a retaliatory measure.

A National Security Act was passed, the recruitment of a volunteer military force for service at home and abroad was announced, the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, and a citizen militia was organised for local defence.

The British government announced that the three Balkan countries had luxuriant access to international information and continuation of broadcast in the local tongues had become unnecessary.

A Peasant Arab revolt broke out in April 1834 when Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt announced he would recruit troops from the local Muslim population.

When calling Colorado, the local time announcement begins at the next 5 second interval, which means that the seconds portion of the times announced depends on the time of the call, and that there is a 1 in 3 chance, as shown in the table, of there being no beep at the top of each minute, which is what most watches and clocks require to synchronize.

The earliest generally accepted incarnation of West Ham United was founded in 1895 as the Thames Ironworks team by foreman and local league referee Dave Taylor and owner Arnold Hills and was announced in the Thames Ironworks Gazette of June 1895.

A deal announced in 2006 to build a new park in Fremont, to be called Cisco Field was halted three years later as a result of opposition from businesses and local residents.

In January 2002, it was announced that Fortuyn also would head the Livable Rotterdam ( LR ) list for the March 2002 local elections.

In December 1982, the PNDC announced a plan to decentralize government from Accra to the regions, the districts, and local communities, but it maintained overall control by appointing regional and district secretaries who exercised executive powers and also chaired regional and district councils.

In March 2007, the local government announced that its population had grown to 138, 000.

In 2012, the CBC announced its plans for a new local news service in Hamilton, Ontario.

The FN only got 5 % in the 1988 cantonal elections, while the RPR announced it would reject any alliance with the FN, now including at local level.

Although the GM-AvtoVAZ considered building a new engine plant for the local production of Ecotecs, in July 2005 it was announced that the project was cancelled, along with plans for the long-anticipated " export " Niva.

On 14 September 2011, Liberal Premier Barry O ' Farrell announced that he had recommended to the Queen that Bashir's term be extended for another two years to 2014, which had been accepted: " Over the past 10 years the Governor's caring nature, her genuine interest in local communities and her extraordinary work rate have endeared her to people everywhere ... Because of her diverse background, career and interests, Professor Bashir has given a historic and important post a contemporary relevance and resonance.

Various local groups announced their intent to purchase the franchise and keep it in Atlanta, but ultimately the team was sold to the Canadian group True North Sports & Entertainment.

The local authority, Perth and Kinross, stated that the 800th anniversary of the city in 2009 should create " a foundation for Perth to bid for formal city status ", it was announced on 14 March 2012, that Perth would become Scotland's seventh city to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.