Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell is such a flaming liberal you could roast marshmallows off him. How I WISH someone would come forward to run against him; he is a relatively young man and, as far as I know, GR has no term limits; thus, he could be mayor of this city for a LONG, LONG time....
I believe that Grand Rapids is home to some major furniture and business office companies. Why do they stay in GR? Is it the proximity of the resource? Inertia?
I thought Grand Rapids was a conservative town. How did this guy become mayor?