Sentences with phrase «mayor of a small town»

The locals saw us doing this and started coming to us with all kinds of electricity issues, work issues, transportation issues — I spent the majority of my first deployment acting essentially as the mayor of a small town.

The mayor of a small town near the epicenter says that while they haven't reported deaths, they're also without power and can't make any definitive determinations yet.

In his new life, he becomes mayor of a small town where he owns a factory that employees dozens of otherwise destitute women.

He's even managed to attract some star quality in the persons of Murdoch Mysteries star Yannick Bisson as oily villain Sydney Swallows and filmmaker Kevin Smith (Clerks) in a cameo role as Bubba Rich, mayor of small town Woodhaven.

But he soon learns that being a grocer is like being the mayor of a small town: His constituents confide astonishing things and always appreciate the value of a hard - to - pass - up special, a free toy for a well - behaved youngster, a pie for the best rendition of «Alfie,» or simply Joe's generous dispensing of the milk of human kindness.

It's a difficult game to describe - you become the mayor of a small town of animals and try to keep them happy by keeping the town clean, sprucing it up, and sending them letters.

3) Question: I'm the 84 - year - old mayor of a small town.

2) Question: I am the mayor of a small town, but the town's police are trying to arrest me for entering an office that is off - limits to me.

That is what Gallus Strobel, mayor of the small town of Triberg, Germany, has now implemented via the town's new parking garage policy.

For example, a top manager in a large corporation can earn significantly more than the mayor of a small town.

Not exact matches

I am the first in line to step up to the plate to help someone in need (a friend told me about a homeless man living under bridge in a small town of 1500... everyone knew he was there; police, mayor and other community members, though NO one did a thing, I personaly went bought a sleeping bag and 100.00 worth of food, storage bags and toiletries and whatever I thought he may need and this is the first time brought up.)

Yvonne Fournier, mayor of the town of Hane on the island of Ua Huka and proud proprietor of an eponymously named restaurant, served - up a more manageable umu for a smaller contingent (about 200) of select patrons.

The mayor echoed some residents who are pushing for the Park District to build two smaller skate parks in existing parks on the north and south side of town.

Of course we're talking about campaigns of a certain size — someone running for mayor in a small town likely won't have staff at all, just family and volunteerOf course we're talking about campaigns of a certain size — someone running for mayor in a small town likely won't have staff at all, just family and volunteerof a certain size — someone running for mayor in a small town likely won't have staff at all, just family and volunteers.

A state senator, NYC council member, suburban small - town mayor and Deputy Mayor, and Queens and Bronx GOP leaders were arrested today by the FBI in a political bribery scandal that covers the spectrum of political corruption in New York.

The video also highlights Pataki's resume, his time as the mayor of small - town Peekskill and entry into state politics.

Richard Milne, with the New York Conference of Mayors, and mayor of the small village of Honeoye Falls, says most small cities, villages and towns don't have the resources to set individual rules for the app based ride sharing services.

The seat held by Martin, the Republican Senator running for Congress on Long Island, will come down to a contest between Republican Elaine Phillips, mayor of Flower Hill, a small town in Nassau, and Adam Haber, a Democratic businessman who lost a challenge to Martins 56 - 43 percent during the last election.

«Travis is a beautiful, small town in the middle of a borough of a half - million people in the middle of the largest city in the United States of America,» the mayor had said before cutting a ribbon to launch the start of the parade.

He gets an interview from the mayor of Moore's hometown by disingenuously telling him that he's making a film about the appeal of small town America.

The elevator operator of a small - town hotel creates a ruckus when he runs for mayor in this political comedy.

Set in a small town in Northwest Russia, the story follows Kolya, an auto mechanic struggling to hold onto his house and business despite the maneuvering of the town's mayor.

It is a hell of a plight, after all, as originally sketched in Victor Hugo's 1,400 - page historical novel: Sentenced to 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family, the stolid, pious Valjean breaks parole upon his release and goes on to become a respectable small - town mayor under an assumed name.

This time he's coming back to Cannes with Leviathan, a story set around the Barents Sea coast in North Russia about a man's struggle to keep his small business when the mayor of his town threatens to close it down.

The miniseries «centers on Nick Wasicsko, the young mayor of a midsize American city who is faced with a federal court order that says he must build a small number of low - income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town.

A young mayor in a small town finds herself in over her head when she tries to manage her dysfunctional family, a dying father, a town on the edge of bankruptcy, and some seriously suspicious mob ties.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf lets you take on the role of mayor and run your easygoing small country town as you see fit, collecting fossils and meeting new neighbors.

Or Animal Crossing: New Leaf, where you take on the role of mayor and run your small country town as you see fit, collecting fossils and meeting new neighbors.

In the late 1920s, looking to promote public hygiene, Jean - Baptiste Lebas, the mayor of Roubaix, a small town in northern France, ordered the construction of a public swimming pool.

BBC News (2/15/13) reports: «Police have arrested five people in eastern Sicily suspected of involvement in Mafia corruption over contracts to build wind farms, Italian media report... The mayor and a councillor in the small town of Fondachelli Fantina, in Messina province, were among those detained... The five face charges including extortion, fraud and Mafia association... The investigation, which began in 2009, is linked to sub-contracts awarded to build energy farms near Agrigento, Palermo and Trapani.»

An entire neighborhood with no cellular reception.The mayor of the small northern town of Yokneam announced the plan for the neighborhood this week.