From a June 6th article on MountainView.Patch.com:
Air Force One touched down at Moffett Field in Mountain View at 5:41 p.m., about 20 minutes ahead of schedule. Obama jogged down the steps from the plane at 5:56 p.m. wearing a black suit and a blue tie.
He greeted about 50 people invited to the landing, including Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri, Ames Research director Peter Worden, California National Guard Col. Steven Butow and Mountain View Mayor John Inks. After shaking Obama’s hand, Inks said, “He told me how much he likes Mountain View. He says when his term is over he’s going to be enjoying California more.”
“He looks very, very good for having a tough job. His face is bright. That is a job that wears on you,” Inks said.
John Inks is the mayor of Mountain View, California, a position he has held since January 2013. He is a member of the Libertarian Party, and is one of 19 elected LP officials in the state. Mountain View is a city of over 74,000 people, according to the 2010 Census. It is located in Santa Clara County, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Several of the world’s largest high technology companies are headquartered in the city, including Google and the Mozilla Foundation (creator of Mozilla Firefox).
According to the Libertarian Party of California, this is the first time ever that the President of the United States has been greeted by an elected Libertarian Party official.
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The mayor of Emlenton, PA is a Libertarian. Current LP-affiliated elected officials are listed at http://www.lp.org/candidates/elected-officials
This only highlights the fact that we do have libertarian Mayors. It would be nice to know what his budget is this year compared to the last budget. Is this our only libertarian Mayor?
Sad but probably true Wes.
I do not believe that celebrating greeting the president is exactly progress … it sounds like latent desires for wanting to be part of the existing patronage rather than a heartfelt desire to change it.