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Ed Koch Passing

Greg Tillotson — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:50:26 +0000

Sad new this morning, former New York Mayor Ed Koch passed away at the age of 88. Here's the AP story link http://news.yahoo.com/ed-koch-mayor-became-symbol-nyc-dies-111111775--politics.html

Billings Mayor, Tom Hanel on The K-Bear Morning Show [AUDIO]

Livin Large Larry — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:13:44 +0000

For the last several weeks I have been sharing a feature on the K-Bear Morning Show called "Mayor Call". Mayor Tom Hanel calls is at about 8:20 a.m. Tuesday mornings. We do a little small talk and then it is down to the business usually as to what is going on around Billings. More times than not it is a 2 minute discussion of the Monday City Council Meeting. This past Monday, June 18 a very good subject came up at the meeting.

18-Year-Old Mayor Is Now Running Iowa Town

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:00:09 +0000

If you want to find the mayor of Aredale, Iowa, the best place to look is probably the local high school. That’s because 18-year-old Jeremy Minnier, who was elected to the town’s highest seat on Tuesday, is still a senior. But his age obviously wasn’t held against him when he beat the incumbent mayor 24 to eight while running [...]

Eddie Murphy to Get Political Playing Former Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry in HBO Movie

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:00:22 +0000

HBO is bringing the life of former Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry to the small screen. And some pretty big names are involved in the project. Eddie Murphy is set to play Barry in the biopic, with Spike Lee directing. Barry served as DC mayor from 1979 to 1991, and then again from 1995 to 1999. He gained [...]