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Emillian Swanones wrote: MickeysPal wrote: Emillian Swanones wrote: I don't think anyone is the mayor. I think that there is instead a council made up of town leaders whose main occupations are outside town leadership. It's essentially the mayoral job, but spread over multiple people. I think the people in this council are Emma, Killian, Snow, David, Granny, Archie, and Gepetto. I like this idea best. A city-council type of government.

However, would Storybrooke have had a deputy mayor (like a vice-president for the city)? I know one was never stated on the show, but I'm sure there had to be a substitute if Regina was feeling sick or couldn't perform her duties. Snow was temporarily the mayor in Season 4 so maybe she would be the deputy mayor? Snow could only be deputy mayor in later seasons (perhaps 4-7). There would have had to be someone else in the position prior to Snow's curse in Season 3.

Don't forget, prior to the group traveling to Neverland in Season 3, Regina still hated Snow. There is no way Regina would have allowed Snow to be second-in-command. And even if Snow was deputy mayor, both she and Regina travelled to Neverland to rescue Henry. Which means Storybrooke would have been without a mayor the whole time the group was in Neverland, unless they used a city council during that time. She was mayor during the Oz arc, since she cast that curse. By Season 4, and the beginning of the Frozen storyline, it seems like Regina is back in control, but she and Snow get along by that point, so Snow could be deputy mayor after then.