Meet the dog mayor

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you know it's really been a game changer

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having having the May on my

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side he also does out of town visits

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it's really kind of a full-time job it

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probably makes a better politician than

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most

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[Applause]

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humans thank you so much for coming Mr

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Mayor this dog is the mayor of a town in

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California which raises a few questions

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around how a human politician can be

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replaced by an

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animal in search of answers we traveled

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to Idol world to Shadow Max and his team

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I Max do swear on my food bowl to

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Faithfully execute my duties as M

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vwell let's begin with a brief

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history towns Across America have been

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electing their pets into power for

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decades the earliest recorded mayor was

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Bosco Ramos a labrador Rottweiler mix

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elected in 1981 in the ' 80s a beer

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drinking goat came to power in leita

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Texas and from the '90s Mayors were

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popping up all over the place but these

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small towns have one crucial thing in

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common they're unincorporated areas

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which means they have no official local

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government and no need for a real mayor

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animal