Control of the city was given back to the previous mayor by the American occupation forces.

I couldn't even get the previous mayor to admit that he had a problem.

Someone else may earn the title by checking in more times than the previous mayor.

He said the department had provided similar security for previous mayors in past parades.

"I get more national attention for this city," he said, "than the previous two mayors combined."

The following is a list of the previous mayors of the city.

He noted that previous mayors and city commissioners had published books while in office.

He asked them who they were and why they had killed the previous mayors.

With some skill and luck, he may be able to take on special interests in a way that previous mayors couldn't.

Upon taking office in 1985, Clark found that the previous mayor had reduced the city's reserves of $27 million down to a few thousand dollars.