The Mayor

The Mayor is a character in Ruby Redfort and looks like Ron Lynch.

He does not seem to be overly bright and is easily distracted and amused by such things as pigeons (such as in the book "Banned on the Run"). He is said to let anyone build a museum in the city (examples would be the ancient trash museum). To make certain he says the right thing, he generally only speaks when reading from pre-written index cards, but even then he can make mistakes--such as the time when he was opening the city's new library and was accidentally reading the card for the opening of a new swimming pool.

His position is frequently in danger as Mr. Big tries to either steal it or win it by illicit means.