Oh, this is just wrong on so many levels. Is it really possible for a 14 year old to be trusted as Mayor of the Youth? The mayor of a town an hour away from where I live was kicked out of office because he was stealing money, and he was in his mid 30's.
Britain's youngest elected official has just been inaugurated. At just 14 years old, Wilf Petherbridge has taken office as the Young Mayor of Lewisham, a London suburb. "It's a great thing to get young people to tell the old people how to do things," says Wilf.
That quote makes me think of a kid off of "Kids Say the Darndest Things." The reason he's in office is so he can tell people how to do things? That's just not right. And either way, he's not in charge of adults, he's in charge of telling the adults how younger people see things, and then they decide. But, with a budget of $25,000, what's he going to do? Free bud for all his friends? The biggest kegger any one of the kids have ever seen? Bullocks.
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