sanitation@lemmy.today to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoTrump threatens to ‘take back’ DC if democratic socialist is elected as mayorthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1417arrow-down17
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 days agoFun history on D.C… When the mayoral office was created in 1802, the mayor was not elected, they were appointed by the President: https://dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/ The ability to elect a mayor did not actually exist until 1973(!) and the first mayoral election was 1974(!)
Fun history on D.C… When the mayoral office was created in 1802, the mayor was not elected, they were appointed by the President:
https://dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/
The ability to elect a mayor did not actually exist until 1973(!) and the first mayoral election was 1974(!)