Quote Originally Posted by Wesley Mouch View Post
A mayor who pays attention to all things is bad?
If he's vetting the cover page of the city's historical newsletter, then yeah, he's micromanaging a bit.

I will bet that there's much more to this story. Did the mayor just happen to come across this cover page? Or was there internal debate before he made his decision? That's what executives do. They make decisions on appropriate execution of public policy.
I'm sure someone brought it to his attention. This should have nothing to do with the executive of the city. Ideally, the historical commission, or whomever publishes the newsletter, should also have nothing to do with the government. It should be a standalone entity.

I don't see running museums and publishing historical newsletters as core functions of a city government, as they will inevitably turn political, which is not the function of such a body.