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She should build an ice skating rink

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Generally a nice thing to have, but why specifically?

(I’m going to guess it’s a reference to something, but I’ve had no luck searching)

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In Parks and Rec. there is the character Ben Wyatt (played by Adam Scott) who has a backstory of getting elected mayor at 18 and ruining his towns finances by building an ice skating rig called Ice Town.

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Newspaper headline following his impeachment: Ice Town Costs Ice Clown His Town Crown

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It’s a parks and recreation reference. A character was a very young mayor and ruined the city which involved building an ice skating rink

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29 points

Ice town costs ice clown his town crown

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11 points

Iirc Benji Wyatt was 18 (vs 21) and his prom date just stood him up.

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9 points

Came in here for this

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3 points

Was scrolling comments until I saw someone mention this.

Thank you.

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1 point

“Ice Town Costs Ice Clown His Town Crown.”

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74 points

I’d be mildly amused by this story but it’s literally just nepotism

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Yeah, it’s pretty bad. It’s literally “my dad, the former mayor, didn’t run so I ran in his place.” Personally, I would have a hard time voting for her, no matter how good her father was. Fuck political inheritance. That’s damn near antithetical to the ideal of (the American vision of) democracy.

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If there was no one running against her: People should get involved if they disagree

If there was someone running against her: She’s the one who got elected

As far as I understand her father didn’t just give her the position…

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10 points

Family connections can go a long way. Sure, anyone can be elected, but knowing all the donors and having someone who understands the process puts you ahead of almost anyone else.

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Not really, either she got elected or no one bothered to show up as an alternative.

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I am sure you appreciated Bush 2 Electric Boogaloo, Hillary Clinton’s disastrous run that only happened because she had insider clout from her husband to shut down the Sanders campaign, RFK Jr the “My daddy was a civil rights hero who was shot” candidate, and the constant calls for Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton to save us?

Being a close relative of someone who held a position should disqualify you from that position - there is far too much hereditary bullshit in American politics.

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We’re talking town elections here

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Not sure how you are defining nepotism here.

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10 points

Her dad was mayor and she’s inheriting it.

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5 points

I might have missed it, the article says she was elected but also doesn’t mention how many opponents there were running against her or what the vote share was.

Was there actually a vote?

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That’s not how that works. That’s not how any of this works!

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42 points

When Craig Huckaby announced he would not seek re-election as mayor, Brooke decided to join the family business.

Sigh…

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9 points

Youngest human. Several cats have been elected mayor in US history, and I doubt they were all over 21.

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To be fair, with a population of only 500, the only job qualifications for being Mayor are

  • Literate
  • GED or equivalent
  • Have a pulse
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