Reykjavík's New Dictator
Jón Gnarr made a lot of promises when he ran for mayor of Reykjavík this year, including:
Free towels in all Swimming Pools;
A polar Bear for the Reykjavík Zoo;
Disneyland in the Vatnsmýri area;
A drug-free parliament by 2020.
So by the time he coined the ultimate phrase of political meaninglessness, Sustainable Transparency, you could tell he was poking a little fun at the political process. Which must have been what the people wanted because they elected him to office. And decided his Best Party (Besti Flokkurinn) was indeed the best:
Free towels in all Swimming Pools;
A polar Bear for the Reykjavík Zoo;
Disneyland in the Vatnsmýri area;
A drug-free parliament by 2020.
So by the time he coined the ultimate phrase of political meaninglessness, Sustainable Transparency, you could tell he was poking a little fun at the political process. Which must have been what the people wanted because they elected him to office. And decided his Best Party (Besti Flokkurinn) was indeed the best:
Gnarr had a lot of momentum going into the election, since everyone recognized him from TV, and the movie Bjarnfreðarson, Iceland's biggest hit in 2009. And the recent documentary, Gnarr, sealed his cult status:
And, as a model of nordic efficiency, he is also the first mayor who doubles as his own First Lady: