On Friday afernoon, Mayor Patrick Murphy ceded his tremendous mayoral power to Autumn Mucciolo an 11-year-old 6th grader at the Wang Middle School.
She may be 19 years the junior of Mayor Murphy, but Mayor Mucciolo is just as spunky and no-nonsense as her predecessor. Those who criticize Murphy for his youth, better buckle up . . . this pre-teen Mayor is one tough cookie.
While teaching her how to make best use of the gavel to control City Council meetings, Murphy advised Mucciolo she may want to “use a heavy hand, with some of them (councilors).”
“I will use a heavy hand with ALL of them,” she shot back, before promptly firing Murphy, but telling him he could stay on as a consultant to deal with school union negotiations.
Mayor Mucciolo spent Friday afternoon (after school, of course), learning the ropes of her new position, touring her office and the Council Chamber and she even had the opportunity to climb inside the City Hall clock tower.
Autumn was awarded “Mayor for a Day ” status by raising the most money, leading up to August’s County Fair 4 a Cure at Shedd Park, for the Children’s Tumor Foundation in the fight against Neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow throughout a person’s body. More than 2 million people worldwide are effected by Neurofibromatosis, more than those effected by cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease combined.
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I LOVE THIS!! Thank you Autumn and Mayor Murphy for helping to raise awareness in our community about NF! Autumn, you are an exceptional young lady with a huge heart. Not only did you help raise money for research, but you helped raise a lot of awarenss and THAT is PRICELESS!
We are so proud of you,how wonderful,u make your grandfather proud.
Autumn, Uncle Gary and I are soooo very proud of you. You go girl
you can rule the world. Love Auntie