Perhaps while soaking in his $13,000 copper bathtub or perhaps while staring at his $62,400 tank of tropical fish, Michael Bloomberg got an idea.

Just a day after assuming her new position, Mayor Gisela Mota of the city of Temixco in Morelos, Mexico, was shot and killed at her house on Saturday.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio's two-car caravan was caught on camera speeding through stop signs on Thursday, just a few days after the mayor suggested lowering the speed limit as part of a new traffic safety initiative.

Rob Ford, North America's most beloved mayor, will file for re-election tomorrow. Because why the fuck wouldn't he?

Boston's new mayor, Marty Walsh, is the same man who tried to make the Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" the official rock song of Massachusetts earlier this year. We approve.

This morning, perennial candidate Jimmy McMillan—best known for his formidable facial hair and trademark catch phrase-cum-political party—announced his endorsement for beleaguered mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner after a chance encounter at an IHOP in Harlem.

Good afternoon. Anthony Weiner announced that he engaged in sexual relationships with up to three women online since resigning from Congress in 2011. Or rather, that's what he says he thinks that he believes. Shall we let him phrase this in his own words? "I don’t believe I had any more than three," he announced at a press conference after someone asked.

City Councilman Eric Garcetti won the race for mayor of Los Angeles last night, defeating his opponent, city controller Wendy Greuel, by a margin of eight percent.

After months of speculation, it's official: Anthony Weiner is running for mayor of New York City. “I made some big mistakes,” the former congressman said in his first campaign commercial. True. But if Mark Sanford can make a political comeback, anyone can, though Weiner might want to figure out how many more of his dick pics are still out there.

In a matter of hours, Robert Bruce Ford has gone from being known as "Toronto's conservative mayor" to "Toronto's crack-smoking mayor." But we're getting ahead of ourselves here. Before he was Rob Ford, Crack Smoker, he was Rob Ford, Canadian Football Fan. Or Rob Ford, Wildly Racist Bigot. You might even know him as Rob Ford, Wife Beater. To help us explore the Rob Ford of the past, we have compiled a compendium of Mayor Rob Ford's controversies—the scandals, the rage and outrageousness, the wit and witticisms—organized thematically below:

Jimmy "the Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan is running for mayor of New York City, and our friends over at Animal New York have produced a political anthem for his campaign. It convincingly and forcefully makes the case that the rent is too damn high.

The world cried out for more words on puppy-rescuing Newark Mayor, New Jersey Senate hopeful and Twitter celebrity Cory Booker, and Buzzfeed has delivered — 5,000 of them, answering the question "Can Cory Booker Keep It Together?" (the answer: Maybe?). Unfortunately, only a handful are devoted the only question anyone really cares about: is he gay? The answer, again, is "maybe?"

In this morning's paper, The New York Times takes a look at the former Mayor of New York and one time Mitt Romney supporter and attacker, Rudy Giuliani. He's back in the news this week for his attempts to be a kingmaker in the upcoming mayoral election in New York.

Another day, another weird sex-related news story starring a Republican politician from New Jersey. Today's installment stars Medford mayor and one-time Congressional candidate Chris Myers, who allegedly has a thing for blue Calvin Klein underpants and also rentboys—though maybe not, because have you heard about the nefarious things people do with this Photoshop computer-program stuff?

Alec Baldwin is not running for mayor of New York. But he might in the future. God, this guy needs to make up his mind. He's running for Congress, then he's not running for Congress. He's interested in running for office and then he's running for mayor, and now he's not. We don't care anymore.

In the U.S., mayors deal with cars parked in bike lanes by saying We have bike lanes? Are you sure? In Lithuania, mayors deal with cars parked in bike lanes by running them over with a goddamn tank.

The city council in Sheboygan, Wisconsin wants to remove the mayor from office because he's a self-proclaimed alcoholic who recently went on a three-day bender during which he got into a fight and passed out at some schlubby tavern that, from pictures, looks just like how stale Cheese Doodles smell.

Now that suspected candidate Anthony Weiner won't be running for mayor of New York (for obvious reasons), rumors are swirling that Alec Baldwin is going to throw his hat in the ring. Is he really gonna run this time?

Rahm Emanuel is doing his best to keep his name on the ballot in the Chicago Mayoral elections.

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, about whom every rumor is usually true, will resign tomorrow to run for mayor of Chicago. Pete Rouse, Obama's ex-Senate chief of staff, will take over. But where will "Rahmbo" live? [Image: Getty]