Name: 加州8個超離奇故事 | 經典回顧！ (8 Unbelievable Stories From California | The Classics)
Uploaded: 2025-11-17T17:07:58.000Z
Duration: 28 min 56 s

情態副詞

Only in California where the mayor's a dog, the best Indian food is at a gas station and roller rinks never went out of style.

只有在加州，鎮長是隻狗，最棒的印度菜在加油站，而溜冰場從未退流行。

程度副詞

You can grab Filipino food at a car wash and even learn to dive in prison.

你可以在洗車場買到菲律賓菜，甚至在監獄裡學潛水。

Welcome to California's greatest big stories.

歡迎來到加州最棒的重大故事。

You know, it's really been a game changer having having the mayor on my side.

說真的，有鎮長在我這邊真的是個遊戲規則改變者。

It's really kind of a full time job than most humans.

這比大多數人類的全職工作還要像全職工作。

鎮長先生，非常感謝您的到來。

This dog is the mayor of a town in California.

Which raises a few questions around how a human politician can be replaced by an animal.

這引發了一些關於人類政治人物如何被動物取代的問題。

In search of answers, we travel to Idlewild to shadow Max and his team.

為了尋找答案，我們前往艾德爾維爾德，跟隨 Max 和他的團隊。

I, Max, do swear on my food bowl to faithfully execute my duties as mayor of Utterwild.

我 Max，以我的食物碗為證，誓言忠實履行 Utterwild 鎮長的職責。

Towns across America have been electing their pets into power for decades.

幾十年來，美國各地的城鎮一直在選舉他們的寵物擔任領導。

The earliest recorded mayor was Bosco Ramos, a Labrador Rottweiler mix elected in 1981.

最早有紀錄的鎮長是 Bosco Ramos，一隻拉布拉多羅威勒混種狗，於 1981 年當選。

In the 80s, a beer drinking goat came to power in Lajitas, Texas.

在 80 年代，德州 Lajitas 有一隻喝啤酒的山羊上任。

And from the 90s, mayors were popping up all over the place.

從 90 年代開始，各地鎮長紛紛出現。

But these small towns have one crucial thing in common.

但這些小鎮有一個關鍵的共同點。

They're unincorporated areas, which means they have no no official local government and no need for a real mayor.

它們是未合併的地區，這意味著它們沒有官方的地方政府，也不需要真正的鎮長。

Animal elections have become a tradition to bring communities together without politics.

動物選舉已成為一種傳統，可以在沒有政治紛擾的情況下凝聚社區。

Frankly, we weren't convinced a dog was up to the job.

老實說，我們不相信一隻狗能勝任這份工作。

But what we discovered with Mayor Max was truly unexpected.

但我們從 Max 鎮長身上發現的，真的出乎意料。

I'm the chief of staff for the mayor of Ottawa and I'm also his owner.

我是渥太華鎮長的幕僚長，也是他的主人。

I run Mayor Max's day to day activities with the help of my husband Glenn.

我跟我先生 Glenn 一起打理 Max 鎮長每天的行程。

Max goes to bachelor parties, bachelorette parties, weddings.

All the background work that's behind the scenes that we do with social media, we do produce an annual calendar, the Meramex calendar we have since 2014.

所有幕後、我們在社群媒體上做的準備工作，我們也會製作年度月曆，就是我們從 2014 年開始製作的 Meramex 月曆。

There's a lot of expense involved in that, so it's a time and money endeavor today.

這會牽涉到很多開銷，所以這是一項耗時又耗金錢的事業。

Running the mayor's office cost my husband and I more than $120,000 a year to run.

經營鎮長辦公室，我跟我先生一年要花超過 12 萬美元。

But Meramax is not a business to me and I can't sell the calendar.

但 Meramax 對我來說不是一門生意，我也不能賣月曆。

And so I give it away for free as a gift because I actually believe that anyone who gets my calendar and reads it has a happier, longer, more successful life.

所以我會免費贈送，作為一份禮物，因為我真的相信，任何拿到我的月曆並閱讀的人，都會過著更快樂、更長久、更成功的人生。

I get communications, not Only in email, but from every single social media account that we have.

我收到的訊息，不只透過電子郵件，還有我們所有的社群媒體帳號。

And then we have the landline, we have my mobile number.

然後我們還有市內電話，也有我的手機號碼。

This is a series of letters that I received from children, and

這是一系列我收到的兒童來信，

they all wrote Mayor Max a letter from their class.

他們都是從班級寫信給 Max 鎮長。

I got this from the California legislature, from Greg Wallace, and

這是加州立法機關的 Greg Wallace 寄給我的，

it was a certificate of recognition for everything that we've done for the community.

這是一張肯定我們為社區所做一切的表揚狀。

Some people create original art, and then they give it to me.

有些人會創作原創藝術品，然後送給我。

Meramex receives sometimes hundreds of communications, even in a day.

Meramex 有時一天會收到數百封的訊息。

And then I manage everything in a database so that I can remember it.

然後我會把所有東西都整理在一個資料庫裡，這樣我才記得起來。

So if somebody sends me a gift, then I note that in the database.

所以如果有人送我禮物，我就會在資料庫裡記錄下來。

And what's funny about that is my husband and I are not retired.

有趣的是，我和我先生並沒有退休。

所以我們現在有兩份全職工作。

Phyllis and Glenn have taken time out of their busy schedules to show us what a day running the office looks like.

Phyllis 和 Glenn 在百忙之中抽空，向我們展示了辦公室一天的運作情況。

So here we have a copy of Mayor Max's oath, and I'll read it to you.

所以這裡有 Max 鎮長就職誓詞的副本，我來念給你們聽。

It says, I, Max, do swear on my food bowl to faithfully execute my duties as mayor of Ottawa.

誓詞寫著：我，Max，以我的食物碗為證，誓言忠誠地履行我作為渥太華鎮長的職責。

I am proud to take this oath knowing that my human campaign manager went above and beyond to finance this election campaign.

我很自豪地宣誓，因為我知道我的人類競選經理為了籌措這次競選活動的資金，付出了超乎尋常的努力。

I will be a role model as mayor of all canines, felines, and you mine, so help me.

我將作為所有犬類、貓類以及你們人類的鎮長，成為一個榜樣，求天助我也。

So this is closet, one of the mares, where we have the ties.

所以這是衣櫥，是馬廄之一，我們在這裡放著馬的繫繩。

What we do is the mare dresses up every day, and so do the other mares.

我們每天都會讓母馬打扮，其他母馬也是。

We in this closet right now, I probably have about a thousand ties.

我們現在在這個衣櫥裡，我大概有上千條領帶。

I buy them 3,000 at a time because I get a better price discount that way.

我一次買三千條，因為這樣有比較優惠的價格。

And so sometimes I can afford to get them, and sometimes it's more challenging.

所以有時候我買得起，有時候就比較有挑戰性。

All right, now we're entering the second closet for the mare, where I have all the vests for the mare.

好了，現在我們要進到母馬的第二個衣櫥，這裡有我所有的母馬背心。

So I have the turquoise, green, red, orange, pink on this row, and

所以這一排我有綠松石色、綠色、紅色、橘色、粉紅色，

I have yellow, dark blue, and I have burgundy and then black and white.

我有黃色、深藍色，還有酒紅色，然後是黑白色。

This is the mayor and vice mayor of Ottawa coming to work.

這就是渥太華鎮長和副鎮長來上班。

We're lifting in the mayor and now the vice mayor.

我們先把鎮長，然後是副鎮長抬起來。

First on the agenda, a meet and greet downtown.

第一項議程，是市中心的見面會。

And news of their arrival has spread far and wide.

And I also am deputizing children and dogs.

So I have small, small, and large dog ties.

所以我有小型、小型還有大型的狗的領帶。

And if you want to be in the picture, I can snap it on your phone, honey.

如果你想入鏡，我可以用你的手機幫你拍，親愛的。

You're now an official deputy mayor of Idlewild, representing Idlewild, where you live.

你現在是艾德爾維爾德的官方副鎮長，代表你居住的艾德爾維爾德。

Before we knew anything about Idle Wild, we knew.

在我們對艾德爾維爾德一無所知之前，我們就知道了。

That's why we came here today to see the dogs.

這就是我們今天來這裡看狗的原因。

Max just keeps it, like, 100% up here so that, you know, it's just nature and people and being amazing.

Max 總是保持百分之百的專注，你知道的，這就是大自然、人們還有令人驚嘆的一切。

Probably makes a better politician than most humans.

牠可能比大多數人類都適合當政治人物。

Next up, a ribbon cutting ceremony at new local dog boutique, Mountain Paws.

接下來，我們要去參加新的在地寵物精品店 Mountain Paws 的剪綵儀式。

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