[Magdalen] Counties and Cities

[Grace Cangialosi]

And Susan Buchanan (Suzy), now in Richmond, formerly of Winchester--sort of near Jay.

> On Sep 4, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> And I live in Broadway, VA, which is about as far from the "real" Broadway
> as you can get! Actually I don't even live *in* Broadway, but out in the
> country, among the cows and the Mennonites, as I like to say. I'm about 15
> miles north of Harrisonburg, which for all practical purposes is where we
> do most of our commerce.
> 
> Besides me and Grace there are at least 3 other pubmates in this part of
> VA--Susan, Cady, and Mike Mahoney--and others in the DC area.
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>> 
>> New York City has Five Boros and Five Counties.
>> 
>> Manhattan is located in New York County, The Bronx is located in Bronx
>> County,
>> Brooklyn is located in Kings County, and Staten Island is located in
>> Richmond
>> County. Queens is the outlier, in Queens County.
>> 
>> Sometimes the word is spelled Boro and sometimes Borough, depending on the
>> department and also depending on which newspaper is covering a story
>> involving a Borough or Boro.
>> 
>> Boro Presidents (once very powerful, now mostly ceremonial) are elected by
>> Boro;
>> the Courts are run by County. All of New York City is mostly controlled by
>> Albany (even giving the Mayor Control of the Schools is by sufferance of
>> Albany
>> and expires next year). There are County Clerks in Each County.
>> 
>> Boro Presidents have generally been known as Beeps.
>> 
>> The State is divided into counties, which can contain cities and townships.
>> Townships can had Incorporated Villages, other recognizable are officially
>> Hamlets. Hamlets have no local government. Villages have taxation powers, a
>> Mayor and maybe council, a Village Clerk. Then there are Township Clerks
>> City
>> Clerks and County Clerks.
>> 
>> Police departments can be at any of the above levels -- and usually are.
>> 
>> All somewhat confusing, and also duplicative. But that's New York, where
>> the
>> State Supreme Court is the lowest court on the totem pole. But "Supreme
>> Court
>> Judge" makes them feel good about not being at the top (The New York State
>> Court
>> of Appeals).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jim
>>