18 Year Old Becomes Mayor In Michigan

And this is why democracy rocks.

'Go-getter,' 18, ousts mayor in Michigan

Michael Sessions is too young to drink champagne legally, but the 18-year-old high school senior has reason to celebrate: He unofficially won a race for mayor Tuesday by defeating the baby boomer incumbent.

Sessions, who turned 18 on Sept. 22, ran as a write-in candidate because he was too young to get on the ballot in the spring. The young politician used $700 from a summer job to fund his door-to-door campaign in Hillsdale, Mich., a town of about 9,000...

Leading to this IM conversation...
Me: [link to article]
Bill: Sessions plans to devote after-school hours to the job and use his bedroom as his office.
Bill: Just like Clinton.