MAYORAL DISCRETION (FROM NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY OF FORMER REP. PETER PEYSER)

Mr. Peyser told The Hudson Independent that he had loved being (IRVINGTON, NY) mayor, “chasing fires” and responding to unusual challenges. One night a police officer called to report that five teenage boys and girls were swimming nude in the reservoir.

“Now that’s a real problem,” he remembered saying. “I suggest you tell them to put their clothes on and go home.”