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After 15 years, the term of the mayor of an Alaska town shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Stubbs – the short-tailed part-manx cat – was elected mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska back in 1997 and has held the office ever since.
KTUU reports that he took the lead in the town after residents didn’t like the candidates who were running for office, so started a write-in campaign for the local feline as a joke. Then he won.
“He’s good. He’s probably the best we’ve ever had. He was just in the Alaska Magazine, and he’s been featured in a few different things,” the mayor’s assistant, Lauri Stec told ksdk.com
Stubbs receives callers every afternoon in the general stores. And like any good power player, he celebrated his 15th year in office with a nice glass of catnip.
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