It’s time to choose Ballarat’s new mayor. Here are some offerings from history past and present, from The Simpsons’ Diamond Joe Quimby to Moscow’s Sergey Sobyanin (he’ll cope in our winter); from HR Pufnstuf to Rome’s Virginia Raggi; from the Mayor of Munchkin City to the mercurial Adam West of Family Guy.  It’s a field of unalloyed brilliance.