[Magdalen] Counties and Cities

[Jay Weigel]

Kristin and Heather Rollins are in the Norfolk area.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
>