Editing Mayor McDaniels (section)

==About==
A graduate of Princeton University with higher ambitions, Mary McDaniels is the incumbent Mayor of South Park. She is constantly followed by two aides, one named Johnson, and initially a second named Ted, who was replaced following his death rescuing the boys from a hoard of [[Homeless People]]. She is at times egotistical, thoughtless and highly invested in publicity for herself, privately mocking her own citizens and willing to do anything to get the problems off her back, hiding behind the "innocent children" or a public debate if possible. She cares more about embracing gentrification than actually being politically correct.

Despite her elitism and thoughtlessness, it is shown she does care about the town to some extent. After seeing in horror the extent of the Hippie Jam Festival she signed off on, she attempts suicide in shame for her actions by shooting herself in the head. She manages to recover and lives on to make many more bad decisions, including joining the boys' crusade to change the meaning of the word "[[The F Word|fag]]" to mean Harley Riders, and to try to calm the town when it is sued by hundreds of angry celebrities.

The Mayor is a widow who lost her lover/husband before the boys began the third grade, though she still thinks of him at times. She has become quite promiscuous, and has had sex with [[Jerome "Chef" McElroy]], [[Liane Cartman]] and [[Officer Barbrady]] (multiple times, and in women's lingerie) and has been seeing reading Gazunga's magazine. The [[Coon]] suggests she may be a lesbian to the Park County Police in "[[The Coon]]". It is notable, however, that she refuses to back down from selling [[Les Bos]] to Persians, so her sexuality is likely secret.

Her political party is completely unknown - she has had photographs with both [[Barack Obama]] and senior members of the [[George W. Bush|Bush Administration]] in her office, but based on her trend of embracing liberal policies, she is likely to be a Democrat, if she is not independent.