Mayor Max III, who resembles a young, fluffy Tom Selleck, is the latest to be sworn into office.
Mueller claims that the spirits of the previous mayors, Mayor Max I and Mayor Max II, passed this mouth-closing trick down to Max III.
“I just held the treat above his mouth and he knew exactly what to do, without any instruction,” she says.
It’s been a busy year in office for Mayor Max III, who just celebrated his first birthday with a party attended by roughly 1,000 guests.
In 1938, Kenneth Simmons, the mayor of Milton, Washington, nominated “Mr Boston Curtis” for Republican precinct committeeman.
In 1997, the city of Anchorage, Alaska, elected a cat named Stubbs mayor, due to a dearth of non-furry candidates.
In their home at the top of a mountain, Mueller shows me around one of two tie closets for the mayor. »