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Palestinian town gets new mayor, aged 15
- gee_totes 14y agoFor two months the regular mayor, Sufian Shadid, and his team of councillors have handed the reins of power to a group of teenagers. The adults are on hand to advise and guide, but the decisions are made by the youngsters. What a great program! I wish the US had a similar program in place since it would expose more people to the nuances of civil government and possibly raise the level of civil discourse above "Taxes BAD!" Of course, on the other hand, Palestine kind of has a "toy" government anyway due to the occupation (they don't have control of their borders or land or citizen movement, Israel won't release tax revenue the PA has collected, etc), so the effects of this experiment failing could have less of an impact than if it were to fail in other countries.