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I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.

I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

I still live in the same town where I grew up.

I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.

I strongly believe being mayor is the public post in which you have the greatest opportunity to change peoples' lives for the better. People live in cities, not states or nations. As a mayor, you are connected directly to citizens.

I love mayors.

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.