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In Tennessee, the chief executive of each county is also referred to as a "mayor". This has been the case for several decades in Nashville, which is a consolidated city-county {"Metropolitan Government"), but also in Memphis-Shelby County, which is not -- the mayor of Memphis and the Mayor of Shelby County are separate people. The two small consolidated city-counties, Lynchburg-Moore County and Hartsville-Trousdale County, have also had this styling since they adopted this form of government. A couple of years ago it was decided to adopt this styling for the heads of all of the other counties, also, replacing the cumbersome "county executive" which was seldom used, perhaps in an attempt to end the use of "county judge" and "county judge-executive", which have had no legal standing since 1978 but which continued to be used. Before adding it to this article, I would really like to know if that is used in other states for the chief executive of a county, and if so which ones.

Rlquall 6 Aug 2004 23:15 UTC

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[edit] Americentrism

WHAT THE HELL? I thought this page once contained lists of mayors from various cities from around the world. Where did they go? Has it become the official policy of Wikipedia to be blatantly American biased? SD6-Agent 02:28, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

I too took umbrage. We have 65.124.105.40 to thank for that bias, which I have now corrected. I can't believe I didn't notice earlier. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, --Cyberjunkie | Talk 08:43, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Finland

The section is somewhat contradicted by Politics of Helsinki#Mayor. -- User:Docu

[edit] Italy

We say very confidently that in the larger Italian towns mayors are selected by the council and that in smaller ones they are appointed by the central government. The Italian article it:sindaco, albeit a bit of a stub, says very confidently that mayors are appointed in each comune by direct election, for a term of five years which can be renewed once. Total disagreement here. Anyone know which is correct? —Ian Spackman 01:48, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mayor's spouse

If the mayor is male, his wife is called the mayoress. If the mayor is female, what is her husband called? --Dunkankan 19:55, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

In the UK, the husband of a female Mayor is usually called the Mayor's Consort —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.153.5.200 (talk) 14:53, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

At Cambridge, England, the mayor (for 2007-08), Jenny Bailey, is a male-to-female transsexual—and a lesbian. Her partner, Jennifer Liddle, also a transsexual, is the mayoress. 66.234.222.96 (talk) 04:03, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Term Limits?

What are the term limits for mayors in the United States? I'm interested particularly in the mayors of major U.S. cities, New York for example.