Government
As of April 2012, David Narkewicz is the mayor. Previous mayors include former president Calvin Coolidge and James "Big Jim" Cahillane, who served from 1954 to 1960. Well-known Judge Sean M. Dunphy was the youngest elected mayor in its history, at age 28.
The Paradise City Forum was founded November 2001 to provide a nonpartisan discussion tool for the community.
| Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 15, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Number of Voters | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | 10,066 | 49.49% | |||
| Republican | 994 | 4.89% | |||
| Unaffiliated | 8,998 | 44.24% | |||
| Minor Parties | 280 | 1.38% | |||
| Total | 20,338 | 100% | |||
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after- dinner conversations over the wine.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“I have no doubt that soldiers well drilled are, as a class, peculiarly destitute of originality and independence.... It is impossible to give the soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)