I'm finally making a new character! *gasp from everyone*
For this new charrie, I would love to have him/her more involved in the site-wide, long-term plots than Brendan and Lucinda. So based on what we've talked about in the main plotting thread, I'm thinking someone involved in the town council or the railroad. Or perhaps someone who has jurisdiction outside of Kalispell to fill the need Guyer can't (could be a good guy who works with Guyer to keep everyone safe or could be corrupt).
Please throw in your thoughts on what would be most helpful to the plot!
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." - Groucho Marx
Sounds good. Guyer already has two deputies, so if Flip wants another deputy than that would work.
I think having someone on the town council who seems to be a good guy but has some sort of secret tie to Elias Steelgrave might be better. We have two stores in town that have placeholder owners that might be a goer as a town council member would probably have to a business owner and someone who has been in town for a while (any newcomers might be treated with caution). I have the General Store owned by Daniel Wilson and his wife...so you could use those two as I haven't really established them in any way. They do have one of my Guest Star characters working for them - Anna Albrecht.
Otherwise you can work out some other sort business in town that your character could own. When Matt Wentworth picks the town council he will be looking for people he can trust and know that will do a good job.
These are just some possibilities if you go the town council route.
My only advice would be to write someone you would enjoy writing! Be he/she be a good or bad person.
And not sure how it works in Australia, Julie, but in the US town councils are elected positions so Matt cannot pick them. :)
"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana." - Groucho Marx
Same here in Australia for our regional/city/shore council.
However from what I know from the 19th century American West most town councils were picked by the mayor i.e. the mayor would ask people to join in the same way that the president selects the secretaries...which aren't elected either.
Most town councils and mayors were unpaid so those who were selected had to have some sort of income... that's why they were mostly business owners. Only lawmen were paid with mostly with the money that came from fines from ordinances or laws implemented by the town council.
Also from what I have seen in TV shows and movies they only had elections for mayors, senators, and county sheriffs. I guess this is something that I will have to look into.
Interesting, Julie!
Yes, we need to research I guess. I was going by modern USA. Maybe they did do it differently back in the old west.
Thanks for letting me know.
OK, I did some googling but it's not easy to find anything from the 1870s on city government.
I found plenty of sources talking about mayors being elected. But that is not exactly what we are seeking.
I did find out source from a college thesis paper where it stated Helena elected a town council in 1882. But nothing going back to the 1870s.
That's it for me for now.
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Well, thinking this was about the Town Council, Matt's doing fine with his selection process, or at least I think so. Since members were not elected, he has no other option.