"Cincinnati where Springer was a news anchor, refused to carry the episode ""I Married A Horse"", which led to it being pulled before airing. In 1999, the show was parodied in the film """", with Dr. Evil and his son Scott discussing being evil. Along with Jerry, Steve Wilkos and Todd Schultz played themselves in the movie. In 2000, Springer was given a five-year, $30 million contract extension paying him $6 million per year. The same year, a married couple, Ralf and Eleanor Panitz, were guests on an episode of the show entitled ""Secret Mistresses Confronted"" with Mr. Panitz's ex-wife,"
"and reach its residents with campaign materials. The mayor was elected by the council. In 1977, thirty-three-year-old Jerry Springer, later a notable television talk show host, was chosen to serve one year as mayor. Residents continued to work to improve their system. To have their votes count more, starting in 1987, the top vote-getter in the city council election was automatically selected as mayor. Starting in 1999, the mayor was elected separately in a general at-large election for the first time. The city manager's role in government was reduced. These reforms were referred to as the ""strong mayor"" reforms, to"
"He was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law as an assistant in the prosecutor's office. In 1971 Simon was appointed County Prosecutor to replace Melvin Reuger, who had resigned to become a judge. He won re-election three times and served until 1983. His term as prosecutor was marked by several events. His 1974 disclosures during a prostitution investigation forced the resignation of City Councilman Jerry Springer (although Springer was elected again and later became mayor). Leis led two high-profile trials, both times earning a conviction, and both later overturned by appellate courts. In 1976 he convicted"
"Steve Pougnet Stephen P. ""Steve"" Pougnet (born April 27, 1963) is an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the mayor of Palm Springs, California from 2007 to 2015. Pougnet was born in Flint, Michigan. Pougnet earned his Bachelor of Arts in business from Michigan State University in 1985 and later started his life of service to the public when he was elected to the Palm Springs City Council in 2003. Pougnet is currently awaiting arraignment on corruption charges. He is free on $25,000 bail. Pougnet is openly gay. He married Christopher Green in 2008, and they have two"
"as WMAQ's news director. Though Springer was once a two-term mayor of Cincinnati before becoming a news anchor for that city's NBC affiliate WLWT, his association with his infamous syndicated talk show (which, until 2009, was recorded at WMAQ's NBC Tower studios, and is now distributed by NBCUniversal through its syndication division) led to the belief that the newscast was being dumbed down. There were a handful of Springer supporters; nevertheless, the incident triggered a lot of negative publicity, on both the local and national levels. The station's longtime anchor team of Carol Marin and Ron Magers resigned in protest"
"Blog www.purelypowdersprings.com covers all things fun and local tourism. Powder Springs, Georgia Powder Springs is a city in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 13,940 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population for 2015 of 14,826. In 2015 the city elected its first black mayor, Al Thurman. He was the first African American to be elected as mayor in Cobb County, but was one of several elected in small towns in Georgia in 2015. The town of Powder Springs was incorporated as Springville in 1838 in the lands of two Cherokee Indian leaders. Gold had been discovered"
"St. Michael, Dunlo, Wilmore, Portage, Ehrenfeld, and Summerhill. The Bruce Springsteen song ""The River"" mentions the Johnstown Company: ""I got a job working construction, for the Johnstown Company, but lately there ain't been much work, on account of the economy."" ""Highway Patrolman"", another Springsteen song, has the lyrics ""as the band played 'Night of the Johnstown Flood.'"" The 1977 film ""Slap Shot"", directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman, was a parody loosely based on the real-life Johnstown Jets ice hockey team and its North American Hockey League championship in 1976. In the movie, Johnstown was rechristened ""Charlestown"""
"J. Michael Houston J. Michael ""Mike"" Houston (born 1944) was a mayor of Springfield, Illinois. He served as Springfield's mayor from 1979 to 1987 and from 2011 to 2015. The Houston family originally settled in Sangamon County in 1824. Houston was born in 1944, in Boston, where his father was stationed, in the U.S. Navy. After returning to Springfield following World War II, Houston attended Cathedral Grade School and Griffin High School. After one year at Springfield Junior College, Houston transferred to Illinois State University, where he graduated with a B.S. in business administration. He later completed an M.B.A. at"
"1976). They divorced in 1994. Springer tends to keep his personal life private. A lifelong New York Yankees fan, he can be seen at Yankee home games from time to time. Jerry Springer Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English-born American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, news presenter, actor, and musician. He hosted ""The Jerry Springer Show"", a tabloid talk show, between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015. Springer was born in the London Underground station of Highgate while the station was in use as a shelter from"
"Illinois (1982), Providence, Rhode Island (1983), San Antonio, Texas (1984), Anaheim, California (1985), Wichita, Kansas (1986), Washington, DC (1987), Cincinnati, Ohio (1988), Denver, Colorado (1989), Memphis, Tennessee (1990), Boston, Massachusetts (1991), Atlanta, Georgia (1992), Anaheim, California (1993), Minneapolis, Minnesota (1994), Washington, DC (1995), Miami Beach, Florida (1996), Phoenix, Arizona (1997), Dallas, Texas (1998), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1999), Washington, DC (2000), Denver, Colorado (2002), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003), Minneapolis, Minnesota (2004), Anaheim, California (2005), Atlanta, Georgia (2006), Kansas City, Missouri (2007), Boston, Massachusetts (2008), Sacramento, California (2009), Orlando, Florida (2010), San Antonio, Texas (2011), Washington, DC (2012), Denver, Colorado (2013), Indianapolis, Indiana (2014),"
"Palm Springs City Hall. Frank Bogert Frank Mitchell Bogert (January 1, 1910 – March 22, 2009) was an American actor, professional rodeo announcer, author, and politician best known as the longtime mayor of Palm Springs, California. Born in Mesa, Colorado to Henry Kneeland Bogert and Adaline Esther Mitchell, he was raised in the California mountain town of Wrightwood in San Bernardino County. He was a rodeo buddy and distant relative to cowboy artist Earl W. Bascom. Bogert arrived in Palm Springs in 1927, becoming the city's first chamber of commerce manager in 1939. In the later 1930s he was the"
"Larry Ochs Lawrence David Ochs (March 9, 1924 – April 23, 2003) was the last mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado to be elected to the post by the city council. Ochs served on the Colorado Springs City Council from 1967 to 1975 and was mayor from 1975 to 1979. Since then the position has been a popularly elected one. Ochs was born in Russell, Kansas, and was good friends with former Senator Bob Dole. He lived in Colorado Springs since 1956. Ochs played a role in bringing the U.S. Olympic Training Center to Colorado Springs. He oversaw annexation of the"
"August 8, 2006. He was succeeded by Colorado Springs mayor Steve Bach on May 17, 2011. He did not run for re-election due to term limits. Lionel Rivera Lionel Rivera (born 1956) served as mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in April 2003 and re-elected in 2007 on a mail ballot only election. He is the first Hispanic Vice Mayor and Mayor in the history of the city. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Rivera came to Colorado Springs in 1984 as an Army Captain at Fort Carson. He has served on many community boards including being a founder and past"
"the Colorado Bar Association. He served as Colorado Commissioner on the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws from 1993 to 1997. On May 19, 2015, Suthers was elected Mayor of Colorado Springs, defeating former Mayor Mary Lou Makepeace in a runoff election by a 68% to 32%. Colorado Springs is the 40th largest city in the United States. The city's brand is ""Olympic City USA."" The city is home to the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Training Center, 23 Olympic sport governing bodies and the U.S. Olympic Museum and Hall of Fame will open in 2019. Suthers"
"Western,"" a blog maintained by faculty members at Western Illinois University, questioned whether Houston's recent election as Mayor of Springfield creates a conflict of interest with his duties as chairman of the university's Board of Trustees since, as mayor, he will be promoting the interests of competing University of Illinois at Springfield. The University and Houston's legal counsel both found that there was no conflict of interest. J. Michael Houston J. Michael ""Mike"" Houston (born 1944) was a mayor of Springfield, Illinois. He served as Springfield's mayor from 1979 to 1987 and from 2011 to 2015. The Houston family originally"
"Silver Spring, MD 1994: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1995: Wilmington, North Carolina 1996: San Antonio, Texas 1997: Lexington, Kentucky 1998: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1999: Williamsburg, Virginia 2000: Knoxville, Tennessee 2001: Portland, Oregon 2002: Columbus, Ohio 2003: Jacksonville, Florida 2004: Portland, Maine 2005: Salt Lake City, Utah 2006: Madison, Wisconsin 2007: St Louis, Missouri 2008: Missoula, Montana 2009: Sacramento, California 2010: Madison, Wisconsin 2011: St. Petersburg, Florida 2012: Portland, Oregon 2013: Greenville, South Carolina 2014: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2015: Minneapolis, Minnesota 2016: Colorado Springs, Colorado 2017: Montreal, Quebec 2018: Norfolk, Virginia 2019: Tacoma, Washington NACIS publishes a triannual journal, ""Cartographic Perspectives"" (available online as"
"Jerry Springer Gerald Norman Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English-born American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, news presenter, actor, and musician. He hosted ""The Jerry Springer Show"", a tabloid talk show, between September 30, 1991 and July 26, 2018 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015. Springer was born in the London Underground station of Highgate while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II, and grew up on Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parents, Margot (née Kallmann; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were"
"Robert M. Isaac Robert Michael ""Bob"" Isaac (January 27, 1928 – May 2, 2008) was the Republican Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in April 1979, he was the first popularly elected mayor in the history of Colorado Springs, serving five four-year terms through 1997. The longest-serving of Colorado Springs mayors, he is referred to popularly and in the media as ""Mayor Bob"", and less frequently as ""Mayor Bullfrog"" for his gravelly baritone. Isaac was born in Colorado Springs. He graduated from Colorado Springs High School in 1945; earned a B.S. upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in"
"due to an incident in which his hair caught on fire, and his wife, Lucille, famously refused a dinner invitation from Pat Nixon for her ""bowling night."" However, Perk could not create any long-term solutions to help the city's economy and lost the 1977 nonpartisan primary. Dennis J. Kucinich went on to win both the primary and the general elections. Kucinich was 31 when he was elected mayor, becoming the youngest mayor of a major city in the United States. Kucinich's time as mayor began with one of the worst blizzards in Cleveland history on January 26, 1978, with winds"
"1974 film ""Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry"" was filmed in and around Linden. Pavement, a band hailing from nearby Stockton, immortalizes the town in ""Feed 'Em to the (Linden) Lions"", song three on their 1992 EP, ""Watery, Domestic"". The Speed Freak Killers, a serial killer duo, are from Linden. Ervin Zádor, gold medalist at 1956 Summer Olympics in water polo and famous for being brutally punched in the Blood in the Water match, spent the last years of his life in Linden. Aaron Judge, a professional baseball player for the New York Yankees and the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year,"
"during that performance was Reuben R. Springer (1800–1884), a wealthy Cincinnatian of German ancestry, who afterwards decided Cincinnati needed a more permanent structure. Springer, influenced by the beneficial results the industrial expositions and musical festivals had on the city, wrote a letter in May 1875 to John Shillito, owner of Shillito's department store, offering to donate $125,000 under two conditions. First, that the site be free from taxation, and second, that a further sum of $125,000 be raised by the community. When only $106,000 was raised Springer donated an additional $20,000. From the outset, the musical and industrial interests collided,"
"Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. In 1977, most of the former Ent Air Force Base became the first US Olympic Training Center, and the US Olympic Committee moved there in 1978. In 2012, the Waldo Canyon fire destroyed 346 homes and killed two people in the city. History of Colorado Springs, Colorado Before it was founded, the site of modern-day Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of the American frontier. Old Colorado City, built in 1858 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush was the Colorado Territory capital. The town of Colorado Springs, was founded by General William Jackson Palmer as a"
"or over. In 2017, a Dollar General store opened, giving residents a local shopping option for food. In the 1980 MGM movie ""Hero at Large,"" the main character, Steve Nichols, hails from Cawker City. Three times during the movie the town is mentioned and there is a green and white Cawker City school banner hanging on the wall. Cawker City is mentioned in the 2008 young-adult novel Paper Towns. Cawker City and The World's Largest Ball Of Twine are both featured in . Cawker City is served by USD 272 Waconda. The district elementary school is Lakeside Elementary school in"
"Gordon Mowrer Gordon Brown Mowrer (February 9, 1936 – July 19, 2016) was an American politician, businessman, and ordained pastor of the Moravian Church, who served as the mayor of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, from 1974 to 1978, and again as acting mayor in 1987. Mowrer, who was 36-years old when he took office for his first term in 1974, became the youngest mayor in Bethlehem's history at the time. Mowrer's record as the city's youngest mayor held until Mayor Don Cunningham was sworn in 1998 at the age of 31. Nicknamed ""Main Street Mayor"", Mowrer is credited with the preservation of"
"there in his office. But I think more than anything, he was a visionary. ""Alexandria Daily Town Talk"", February 7, March 3, 4, April 3, May 4, 8, and July 20, 1982 Carroll E. Lanier Carroll Edwin Lanier (November 8, 1926 – December 4, 2012) was an American Democratic politician who served an extended term as mayor of Alexandria, Louisiana; Alexandria is the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in central Louisiana. Lanier served a 5.5-year term from June 1977 to December 1982 and became the first mayor under the current mayor-council form of municipal government, which in"
"Lionel Rivera Lionel Rivera (born 1956) served as mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in April 2003 and re-elected in 2007 on a mail ballot only election. He is the first Hispanic Vice Mayor and Mayor in the history of the city. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Rivera came to Colorado Springs in 1984 as an Army Captain at Fort Carson. He has served on many community boards including being a founder and past president of the Colorado Springs Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Colorado Springs Greater Chamber of Commerce Board and United Way Board of Trustees and"
"Reuben R. Springer Reuben R. Springer (November 16, 1800 December 10, 1884) was an American businessman and philanthropist in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a major contributor to the construction of the city's Music Hall, a major musical venue, where a life-size marble statue of him by Preston Powers can be seen. Springer was born into a large family in Frankfort, Kentucky on November 16, 1800. He was the son of the local postmaster, originally from Virginia and a veteran of the American Revolution, who had fought under Mad Anthony Wayne, and his mother, who was a native of New Jersey."
"and even mocked his own oft-mocked pronunciation of the word ""Chowder"" (as ""Chow-Dah""); however, Springfield, Vermont was chosen instead. Mayor Quimby Mayor Joseph Fitzgerald O'Malley Fitzpatrick O'Donnell The Edge Quimby, nicknamed Diamond Joe, is a recurring character from the animated television series ""The Simpsons"". He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta, and first appeared in the episode ""The Call of the Simpsons"". A typical member of the Democratic Party, Quimby is the mayor of Springfield, and is a composite parody of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and certain other members of the Kennedy family who have entered politics. Joe Quimby is a"
"the H.J. Heinz Company. Jacob Covode, banker and financier of the H.J. Heinz Company. Hon. Frederick H. Collier, U.S. Army Colonel and President Judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Hon. John D. Shafer, Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and President Judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Lawrence Saint, stained glass artist. Robert D. Fleming, Pennsylvania State Senator. Paul Mazzei, mobster and mastermind behind the 1978–79 Boston College basketball point shaving scandal. Jim Miller, American football player. Shane Starr, professional wrestler. Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania Sharpsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,"
"MI (1987); Snowbird, UT (1988); Hershey, PA (1989); Williamsburg, VA (1990); St. Paul, MN (1991); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1992); Halifax, Nova Scotia (1993); Lexington, KY (1994); San Antonio, TX (1995); Santa Barbara, CA (1996); Orlando, FL (1997); Indianapolis, IN (1998); Boston, MA (1999); Chicago, IL (2000); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2001); Philadelphia, PA (2002); Salt Lake City, UT (2003); Kansas City, MO (2004); Birmingham, AL (2005); Lake Tahoe, NV (2006); Oklahoma City, OK (2007); Dearborn, MI (2008); San Juan, Puerto Rico (2009); Savannah, GA (2010); Portland, OR (2011); San Marcos, TX (2012); Denver, CO (2013); Memphis, TN (2014); Washington"
"state representative, Jock Scott, was a member of the panel. The blueprint was sent to the voters in a 1974 plebiscite and was approved by a 2-1 margin, 5,032 to 2,393. Therefore, Snyder would seek reelection in 1977 for a one-time-only 5.5-year term under the new mayor-council form of government, but he had alienated too many voters to be reelected. Rosenthal also ran for mayor but was damaged by his perceived indecisiveness and the bickering at City Hall. Instead, the new mayor would be Rosenthal's predecessor as the finance and utilities commissioner, an ambitious electrician. Carroll E. Lanier, who could"
"MST America in January 1995. From November 1998 to April 2000, he was President and CEO of RPP America. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Competitive Technologies, Inc. from 2000 to 2007. Richard E. Carver Richard E. ""Dick"" Carver (born August 28, 1937) was Mayor of Peoria, Illinois from 1973 to 1984 and United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) from 1984 to 1988. Richard E. Carver was born in Des Moines, Iowa on August 28, 1937. He was educated at Bradley University, graduating with a B.S. in business administration in"
"Frank Bogert Frank Mitchell Bogert (January 1, 1910 – March 22, 2009) was an American actor, professional rodeo announcer, author, and politician best known as the longtime mayor of Palm Springs, California. Born in Mesa, Colorado to Henry Kneeland Bogert and Adaline Esther Mitchell, he was raised in the California mountain town of Wrightwood in San Bernardino County. He was a rodeo buddy and distant relative to cowboy artist Earl W. Bascom. Bogert arrived in Palm Springs in 1927, becoming the city's first chamber of commerce manager in 1939. In the later 1930s he was the manager of the Palm"