17-Year-Old Girl Running for Mayor of Minnesota Town

AP ^ | 10-4-04

[weegee]

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/9828617.htm

Feehan-Nelson said she thinks people didn't file because they were turned off by the "mudslinging" that occurred during the mayoral election in 2002. Her mother, Rosemary Feehan, challenged Popovich and lost. "It turned into a really dirty race, and I believe people were intimidated out of running because of that," she said.

[shezza]

She hopes to attend Carleton College in Northfield next year and major in either political science or Latin American studies; she plans to write her college application essay on her experiences as a mayoral candidate.

Hmmmm, not going to serve even one term, is she? Northfield is over an hour away from St. Marys Point. How could a mayor live in another town? Aren't there residency requirements? (Oh, yeah -- I forgot. The will of the people trumps the law.)

This kid isn't showing the maturity required to be mayor, regardless of her age. "Oooooh, wouldn't it be FUN to be the mayor? Then I could tell the police and everybody what to do! That would be, like, so totally cool!"

[NYCVirago]

"I doubt the judge would be able to say no to the popular vote," she said. "The people's right to choose prevails over (state law)."

She's gotta be a RAT, with that attitude.

[georgiadevildog]

She's gotta be a RAT, with that attitude.

Yup...no respect for the rule of law. Typical Dem tactic.

[Rakkasan1]

judging by the location,stupid idea, and the hyphenated name, yeah.