Mayor Carey Davis Case Study

As a mayor begins or continues their term of office, their overall purpose is as leader of the council and a number of roles which are both legislative and functional. The mayor not only takes precedence at all municipal proceedings within the municipality but must also take the chair at all meetings of the council at which he or she is present. The mayor’s role extends well beyond officiating at council meetings or other municipal proceedings and includes providing leadership, promoting positive relationships, and modelling good governance.

Furthermore, as a Mayor what they display across their social media platform and overall representation matters immensely. Mayor Carey Davis is very well represented on all social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Carey Davis does display a sufficient amount of updating posts such as city events and news on all his platforms. Conveying a very involved and connecting Mayor but on the San Bernardino City Website, “About the Mayor”, only 3 paragraphs about the Mayor are displayed and a single picture of himself. Even so, Carey Davis’s Staff section is very small with little biographies. In comparison, the Mayor of Riverside, Mr. Rusty Bailey, shows a more prominent biography, displays his family pictures and a picture of him involved in a city event. As well, on the Riversides Mayors Department website, the Mayor’s staffs have their individual pictures and biographies, included as a special section are their individual passions.

Presently, very little Mayors around the region compare to Mayor Carey Davis consistency on social media.

Paradoxically , Colton City Mayor, Richard A. De la Rosa and Rialto City Mayor, Deborah Robertson show very little expression of self interest in their City Website biographies with no current social media platforms; similarly, Redlands City Mayor, Paul W. Foster show no appeal in having social media platforms and ways to keep their community updated and

involved.

On different scales of displaying involvement and engaging their community Mayors of Fontana and Moreno Valley take on the challenge. For instance, Acquanetta Warren, Fontana Mayor, displays a lengthy one page biography on her city website, advocates her active community interests and continues to be active on Facebook, Instagram, and her own Website. Notably, Mayor Warren, posts lots of interactive pictures, from local events she attends, to selfies with her local people. Mrs. Warren shows her beloved interaction by giving out hats with the word “Mayors” printed on them. Similarly, Moreno Valley Mayor, Dr. Yxstian Alberto Gutierrez, has a very unique way of connecting with his city. As a matter of fact, Dr. Yxstian has weekly messages of improvements in his city, and has video uploads every week of a segment called “Mayors Minute”. Within that minute the mayor talks on camera about news in the city, local events, future programs, school, etc. In other ways, he is very much updated on his other various social media platforms. Such expeditions protrude a very open personality to their community, unifying them as a whole.