Went to the beach today...

Just drove around a bit.  There is a bright yellow sign strung up at the fork in the main entrance alerting the public that the pool is closed and gives the phone number to the Public Works Dept.  On the beach side along the boardwalk, there is a large "project" sort of sign showing the Singer site plan and announcing the beach redevelopment project.  No time frame is given and no cost figures are presented.  Mention is made of the grant from the County.  Along the right hand side of the sign is the current listing of the Mayor and City Commissioners.  The sign identifies the various City Commissioners by their district, with the exception of the District #3 Commissioner. I didn't have my camera at the time, or I would have sacked some pictures.

One bug-a-boo of mine is the over-use of the term "Vice Mayor", rather than "District #3 Commissioner."  When people voted, they voted for the Commissioner from District #3; they did not vote for "Vice Mayor."  The title of "Vice Mayor" is an honorary one that is voted on my members of the City Commission.  Its purpose is more functional than anything else as it indicates who will run the meetings in the Mayor's absence.  It does not mean, but many think it does through its over-use, that the person who is "Vice Mayor" will take the place of the Mayor should the Mayor resign or not be able to perform the duties of Mayor, for whatever reason.  If that happens, there would be a new election to fill the vacant Mayor position - not a simple sliding over to the center chair by the person who is "Vice Mayor."  There is even a "Vice Mayor - Pro Tem" which you never see used, but that would kick in if the Mayor and whoever "Vice Mayor" is are both absent from a meeting.  Three Commissioners present constitute the minimum number required for a quorum.  Use of the term "Vice Mayor" also symbolically dilutes the notion that Commissioners actually represent in some way the district in which they live.  Given all of these reasons, the term should be rarely used and usually just in the Commission Chambers - not on signs or in general introductions.  Some people like pretending that they are more than they are to connote more importance than one actually has.  This is done on purpose, in my opinion.