Michigan Village Elects Cat -- Ceremonially -- as Mayor

[TexasTowelie]

OMENA, Mich. (AP) — Politics in a small northern Michigan village have gone to the cats and dogs and goats and even chickens.

Omena's newly elected mayor is a feline named Sweet Tart. Dogs Diablo Shapiro and Punkin Anderson Harder are vice mayor and second vice mayor.

An election committee named Harley the goat press secretary while Penny the chicken is special assistant for fowl affairs.

The seats are ceremonial. WPBN-TV reports that the election is a fundraiser costing $1 per vote and brought in more than $7,000 to the Omena Historical Society.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2018-07-25/michigan-village-elects-cat-ceremonially-as-mayor

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. The residents like to think the title is only ceremonial.

The cat knows better.

[marble falls]

2. I smell a rat.

[Princess Turandot]

3. Candidate Bert the Peacock's (losing) pitch: "Peacocks have very good brains, I know everything."

Hmmm. The winning candidate doesn't seem to have heard about POTUS 1's refusal to be considered a king:



Candidate bios/statements: http://www.omenahistoricalsociety.org/mayor/