After Svante Myrick, 25, became the youngest-ever mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., he gave up his car to join the estimated 15 percent of his city’s residents who walk to work. As mayor, however, Myrick has a prime downtown parking spot reserved for his exclusive use. So instead of letting it stand empty, last week he began to, as he put it, “turn the Mayor’s parking space into a park space.”

grist, 30.05.12.

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   This mayor of Ithaca seems like a real Leslie Knope-type fellow.

4. gatheringviolets reblogged this from vexedquestions and added:

   Oh, Ithaca! I’ll miss you.

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   I love my town

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    I would like to meet this guy.

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