One of the many reasons that the 1930s and 1940s were a golden age for New York is its legendary mayor, Fiorello H. LaGuardia. Irascible, energetic, funny, polylingual, authoritarian, and deeply humane, he delivered the city government from Tammany Hall, built significant new infrastructure, and gave a voice to ethnic and racial minorities. Here, he assumes his duties for the first of his three terms, getting a good-luck handshake from his predecessor, John P. O'Brien, in the mayor's chambers in City Hall, January 1, 1934.
Photo: Associated Press
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My favorite Mayors:
1. Mayor of Townsville
2. Mayor Goodway
3. Mayor Pauline
4. Mayor of Halloweentown
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Season's Greetings from the Frasers
The mail is full of holiday letters this time of year. The U.S. Postal Service expects over 1 billion cards to flow through their boxes. For decades, Don and Arvonne Fraser sent the long kind of holiday letter -- full of family triumphs, tragedies, and goings on of the last year. The Frasers never had to worry that their family did not have enough anecdotes to fill the multi-page letter. With six kids, the Frasers would have already had plenty to share. On top of that, Don Fraser was a state senator (1954-1962), U.S. representative (1963-1979), and the longest serving mayor of Minneapolis to date (1980-1994). Arvonne Fraser was her husband's campaign manager and a fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs before serving as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Arvonne Fraser Library is named in her honor.
A nearly complete set of 4 decades of the Frasers' holiday letters are available in our Collection on Donald Fraser (M/A 0086).
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by septembergold
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Pentagon rejects DC mayor's request for National Guard to assist with migrants arriving in the nation's capital
Pentagon rejects DC mayor’s request for National Guard to assist with migrants arriving in the nation’s capital
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The Pentagon has declined Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for aid from the DC National Guard to help with migrants entering the city by bus, according to a US defense official.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rejected the request because the Department of Defense has “determined providing this support would negatively impact the readiness of the DCNG and have negative…
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fucking dumbass
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Human Bill Cipher
(Based on Alex Hirsch's "canon" design)
And just to be clear, writing dissertations at me justifying why he should instead be a conventionally attractive twink will involuntarily cause me to draw him with even fewer teeth.
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Mayors John F. Carr of Medford, Mass., Maurice J. Tobin of Boston, and Fiorello La Guardia take the subway from City Hall to the visitors’ hotel for lunch, August 5, 1942. They had conferred with mayors of other Atlantic Coast cities on gasoline and fuel problems in the northeast.
Photo: Abe Fox for the AP via the Arizona Daily Star
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The Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce’s (SVCCC) annual Mayors’ Breakfast was packed full of lighthearted fun and good-natured ribbing between mayors. Five South Bay mayors attended the breakfast, and each had a chance to extol the virtues of their cities. Read complete news at svvoice.com.
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what a beautiful ending
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alternative means of income
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Mayors agree, Congress should invest in affordable housing
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Mayors agree, Congress should invest in affordable housing
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concernedape should release an update where townspeople start running against lewis for mayor and you can campaign for your chosen candidate and whoever you support ends up influencing the town's economy and vibe like the faction you side with in new vegas
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