I ran across the story that the mayor of Atlantic City has gone missing. That is not the interesting part of the story because likely he is in some kind of hospital, as was noted in the text. What is interesting was this:
The city's business administrator, Domenic Cappella, appointed himself acting mayor last week, claiming Levy verbally transferred power to him on Sept. 26.
Disturbing, is it not, that in this country especially, someone can proclaim himself leader without support from the voting public? Is the Business Administrator the person who is supposed to step in when the Mayor is absent? I have no idea, but I'm sure that there is more to it than simply stating, "oh, he told me I was in charge." How about I claim that he put ME in charge? Clearly, by the statement, "he appointed himself" it would appear some protocol wasn't followed. Luckily, it is clarified by Cappella himself on the government website for the city:
The Business Administrator is the Chief Operating Officer under the Mayor who is the Chief Executive Officer of the City. When the Mayor is not available, the Business Administrator serves as Acting Mayor.
Something seems a little fishy.
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I am not positive about anything, but I am sure if you investigated enough you would find that it happens more frequently than you would expect.
An apathetic public sure makes it easy to do.
Oh I'm not doubting that a single bit.
Though for that particular case, the public was outraged. If you didn't read the story, they quoted people who felt cheated out of votes by it.
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