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2. Not entirely

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:37 PM

Dec 2012

The first selectman is the leader of municipal government, but is taken from the body of selectman who have been elected. Sometimes it's the one who received the most votes. Sometimes the selectmen pick amongst themselves. The position is not elected independently into the position. The mayor is elected separately from the municipal council.

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Is a First Selectman like a mayor? [View all] proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 OP

Yes, and yes. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #1

Not entirely Bad Thoughts Dec 2012 #2

Does Newtown not have a mayor? proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #3

No mayor. She is the leader of Newtown - First Selectman. TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #4

Most small New England villages don't have mayors. Chan790 Dec 2012 #5

Correct. My late grandfather was First Selectman of a small town in Massachusetts... MANative Dec 2012 #9

Think of it as ministerial government Bad Thoughts Dec 2012 #7

Most of the towns I know in CT NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #8

In many New England towns, senior Select people act as Mayor. nt bluestate10 Dec 2012 #6

think of it like a prime minister rather than a president (at the local level, of course). unblock Dec 2012 #10

The board of selectmen makes decisions as a voting group Chemisse Dec 2012 #11