0 a man who is an elected member of a local government
1 a man who is an elected member of a local government
Contracts must be passed on separately by aldermen, common councilmen, and the mayor.
Furthermore, councilmen from one ward are shamefully unresponsive to the needs and desires of citizens in other wards.
If there are any local councilmen they sit in front with him.
The boss above him demanded that the councilmen from his ward should be men who would do his bidding without question.
The council is composed of the mayor and a number of councilmen. They are elected by the voters, usually for a term of one or two years.
However, the design caused controversy; one councilman called it a grapefruit turned upside down over a doughnut.
He was elected and served one term as councilman, one as justice of the peace and "ex officio" member of the court of sessions.
He later became a city councilman and ran for his state-level office in 2012.