The Mayor is finding it awkward to campaign against his own record.

Mr. Wagner might or might not be a `` new '' Mayor in this third term, now that he is free of the pressure of those party leaders whom he calls `` bosses ''.

Lawmaking power is removed from the Board of Estimate and made a partnership responsibility of the City Council and the Mayor.

The expense ( operating ) budget is to be a program budget, and red tape is cut to allow greater autonomy ( with the Mayor approving ) in fund transfers within a department.

Their view is that last-minute changes the Mayor is proposing to make in the Democratic ticket only emphasize the weakness of his performance as Mayor.

The present Mayor is Élio Manuel Delgado da Maia, elected by a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre.

The Governing Mayor is simultaneously Lord Mayor of the city ( Oberbürgermeister der Stadt ) and Prime Minister of the Federal State ( Ministerpräsident des Bundeslandes ).

The office of Berlin's Governing Mayor is in the Rotes Rathaus ( Red City Hall ).

The Mayor of Bayonne ( 1995 – 2007 ) is Jean Grenet of the centre-right UMP.

The game is started by the Mayor of Bodmin by throwing a silver ball into a body of water known as the " Salting Pool ".

Today, the City University is governed by the Board of Trustees composed of 17 members, ten of whom are appointed by the Governor of New York " with the advice and consent of the senate ," and five by the Mayor of New York City " with the advice and consent of the senate.

It is presided over by the Lord Mayor, who is elected for a yearly term and resides in Mansion House.

: The successful resistance in the Great Siege is attributed to several factors: the improvement in fortifications by Colonel ( later Mayor General Sir ) William Green in 1769 ; the British naval supremacy, which translated into support of the Navy ; the competent command by General George Augustus Elliot ; and an appropriately sized garrison.

Membership in a livery company is expected for individuals participating in the governance of The City, as the Lord Mayor and the Remembrancer.

* 2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago, Illinois's first and most ambitious early 21st century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

* 1990 – Washington, D. C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.

The Mayor of the city is selected by the President of Afghanistan, who engages in planning and environmental work.

Since 2003 LUL has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London ( TfL ), the statutory corporation responsible for most aspects of the transport system in Greater London, which is run by a board and a commissioner appointed by the Mayor of London.

* 1970 – The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Mayor of San Francisco Joseph Alioto.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in 1997 signed legislation designating the southwest corner of West 54th Street and Broadway, the corner on which John J. Fitz Gerald lived from 1934 to 1963, as " Big Apple Corner.

* John W. Morgan, Mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Mayor John Lindsay appointed him to the New York City Art Commission in 1969.

* 1819 – John W. Geary, 1st Mayor of San Francisco ( d. 1873 )

Other notable supporters include Newark Mayor Cory Booker, former Governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford, billionaire and American philanthropist John T. Walton, Former Mayor of Baltimore Kurt L. Schmoke, Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and John McCain.

He secured the nominations and expected an easy win against hapless incumbent Mayor John P. O ' Brien.

The Lord Mayor of the city, Sir John Lawrence, also decided to stay in the city.

* Worst Performance by a Politician: United States Congressman and New York City Mayor John Lindsay in Rosebud

Democratic New York City mayoral hopeful Mario Procaccino coined the term " limousine liberal " to describe incumbent Republican Mayor John Lindsay and his wealthy Manhattan backers during a heated 1969 campaign.

All of the twenty four members of the Sierra Leonean delegation were prominent and well-respected politicians including Sir Milton's younger brother lawyer Sir Albert Margai, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens, SLPP strongman Lamina Sankoh, outspoken Creole activist Isaac Wallace-Johnson, Paramount chief Ella Koblo Gulama, educationist Mohamed Sanusi Mustapha, Dr John Karefa-Smart, professor Kande Bureh, lawyer Sir Banja Tejan-Sie, former Freetown's Mayor Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings educationist Amadu Wurie, and Creole diplomat Hector Reginald Sylvanus Boltman.

The Mattachine Society succeeded in getting newly elected Mayor John Lindsay to end the campaign of police entrapment in New York.

City councilmen were zapped, and Mayor John Lindsay was zapped several times — once on television when GAA members made up the majority of the audience.

On 1 September 2006, The Seekers were presented with the Key to the City by Melbourne's Lord Mayor, John So.

President Harding met with British Columbia Premier John Oliver and Mayor of Vancouver Charles Tisdall at the Hotel Vancouver.

** John Wentworth, Mayor of Chicago ( b. 1815 )

* August 13 – John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York ( b. 1678 )

Finally, in mid-1972, Mayor John Lindsay stepped in and announced the city would buy Yankee Stadium for $ 24 million ( equal to $ today ) and lease it back to the Yankees.

* In episode 13 of the third season of Saturday Night Live, a sketch entitled " Miracle in Chicago " portrays Mayor Daley ( played by John Belushi ) appearing as a ghost to a pub owner and a customer ( played respectively by Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray ).

Mayor Daley is a brother of William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff and former United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton ; John P. Daley, a commissioner on the Cook County Board of Commissioners who also serves as its chairman of the County Board's Finance Committee ; and Micheal Daley, an attorney with Daley & George, a law firm founded by their father Richard J. Daley, that specializes in zoning law and is often hired by developers to help get zoning changes from City Hall.

Mayor Daley got at least $ 108, 575 and John Daley and his ward organization took in more than $ 47, 500 from firms in the Hired Truck Program in the same period.

The style, however, is used when referring to the office as opposed to the holder thereof ; thus, " The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of the City of London " would be correct, while " The Rt Hon John Smith " would be incorrect.

The Mayor of the City of London has been elected by the City, rather than appointed by the Sovereign, since a Royal Charter providing for a Mayor was issued by King John in 1215.