Talk:Mayor of Los Angeles, California

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The office of mayor is non-partisan. The party affiliation is not necessarily more relevant than their ethnicity or religion. I object to posting it and will remove it, despite user:Cmdrbond's nifty "colouring" job, unless convinced otherwise. Cheers, -Willmcw 07:12, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

I repeat my earlier objection to drawing attention to the party affiliations of the mayors, since it is a non-partisan office. -Willmcw 20:55, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Hearing no objection, I'm going to remove the partisan attributions. - Willmcw 23:42, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
Noting that the office is non-partisan should be sufficient. -- User:Docu
Yes, well, and I've been too lazy to remove the partisan designations, which I know some editor labored over. They don't really belong, but they're fairly harmless so long as we have a non-partisan disclaimer.-Willmcw 09:34, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
Regardless of whether the party is listed on the ballot or not, politics is hardly ever non-partisan. The party is a useful piece of information and should certainly not be removed. --Nelson Ricardo 10:38, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Mayor of Los Angeles Welcomes Legal and Illegal Immigrants on May 1, 2008

On May 1, 2008, the Mayor of Los Angeles welcomed illegal and illegal immigrants to events designed to protest enforcement of America's immigration laws. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.148.23 (talk) 00:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Should we change this to Mayor of Los Angeles?

I noticed that Mayor of Los Angeles redirects to this list. Why not have a page all about the mayor and his job and all the background on him and then inside that page include all the lists that are on this page? -- Cmdrbond 21:16, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree (similar to lists of prime ministers and articles on the office). Though, for now, the description of the office itself is quite short. The situation is similar to many other lists of mayors. Unless the description is quite lenghty (and different from that of the same office in other cities in the state), I'd keep the redirect. The details on the mayoral races might warrant a separate page. -- User:Docu
I agree too. "Mayor" makes more sense for a main article title than "list of mayors". The list is a component, but it is more generally about the office. -Willmcw 09:41, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gap in Mayors

Why is there a gap, January 13, 1855–January 25, 1855? The mayors preceeding this time and the one after all served May to May, so it seems odd that there is a break for this time... but even weirder that it's the same mayor before and after it... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.13.132.150 (talk) 04:05, 8 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Numbering

The official city website describes Villaraigosa as the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles (here). The list on this page makes him the 52nd Mayor. Even excluding from the numbering scheme those who served only as Acting Mayor (all three of them), there's still a major discrepancy. Clearly something's wrong – any ideas what? — Lincolnite (talk) 08:43, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Some mayors have served non-continuous terms. We count them separately - perhaps the city doesn't. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 16:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
You're spot on. I've adjusted the numbering accordingly and now we make Villaraigosa the 41st. Good job. — Lincolnite (talk) 18:59, 28 May 2008 (UTC)