Cop killers on the loose, railroad construction wars, illegal mining, lynching and floods--these are the kinds of problems the mayor of a small Oregon town could really sink his teeth into--in the past anyway. For the new mayor of Plankton, modern governance seems less exciting than it was in the rough and tumble pioneer and lumbering eras and more about the mundane....more "Parks and Recreation" than "How the West was Won." His appointment calendar is full of water systems, animal control and public safety. Accomplishing these modern tasks requires a modern skill set for fostering...