Week 4 Discussion Questions (2 Pages 707 Words)

The terms strong mayor and weak mayor refer to different systems of city government. Which of these systems reflects how your local city government is run? Which form do you think is better overall? Why? Two forms of mayor-council rule the strong-mayor and the weak-mayor have evolved, although they have the points already enumerated in common. The strong mayor can appoint and remove heads of city departments; few officials, in that scenario, are elected. He is the preparer of the budget, and has power of veto. Throughout the 1990s, the strong mayor-council form of city government was most popular in cities where the form of government has been decided by the state, and declined in popularity in home rule cities...