Everyone is talking about the technical problems or feasibility of this, but that misses the point. This is like voting in a horse as your mayor. It is a way to

Everyone is talking about the technical problems or feasibility of this, but that misses the point. This is like voting in a horse as your mayor. It is a way to show that you plan on not changing anything or listen to anyone’s real concerns. “The people of this town can run things themselves”. All he is doing is signaling that the town is so conservative that they don’t even need leadership because family values and common sense are all that are needed. Not a bad move, really. Forgive me if he is really doing this in good faith, the article is paywalled.