He remained on the council from to , when he became mayor of Cincinnati. Springer won the mayor's seat with the largest margin of victory in Cincinnati's history. However his reputation was damaged when some of his personal moral failings were revealed by the local press.
Springer's time as mayor ended in By , he had become the station's lead anchor. On five separate occasions, Cincinnati residents voted Springer the city's best news anchor. Springer also received seven Emmy Awards for his political commentaries.
He was elected to Cincinnati's city council in , when he was just 27 years old. He proved to be a popular and idealistic politician, though his rising political career stalled briefly when he was caught having paid a prostitute -- with a personal check. He apologized, resigned, was re-elected to the council, and in was elected mayor of Cincinnati at the age of Springer served one term, then made an unusual move into local television, serving as commentator and anchor for local station WLWT from The Jerry Springer Show made its debut in and was originally syndicated as a serious, issues-oriented talk show.
It soon morphed into an arena for average-joe guests to air personal confessions and dirty laundry, with Springer playing the role of the calm, bemused moderator. The show became a hit and a staple of daytime and late night syndication. In later years Springer returned to his political roots, publicly toying with the notion of running for office again and serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. The Charterites became a local third party, and Seasongood was the first Charterite mayor in He lived to be and to see his legacy of lasting change in the city government.
In , Edward N. Waldvogel became the second Cincinnati mayor to die in office the other was Leopold Markbreit in Vice Mayor Dorothy N. Dolbey stepped up as acting mayor until a new one could be chosen. It took 16 votes over six months before council made up their minds to pick Republican Carl W. Rich instead of her. It took a long time, almost eight years, before they began to regard me as a person. In , the Charter-Democrat Coalition formed with the agreement that if the parties won a majority of City Council, the two-year mayoral term would be split.
Their takeover of council made it possible for Charterite Theodore M. Berry was a leader and an inspiration in a time of racial and political strife.
Up-and-coming Democrat Gerald N. Springer admitted to paying prostitutes at a Fort Wright health club with personal checks. The next year, a contrite Springer made a remarkable comeback and all was forgiven as voters sent him back to council. He finally got his turn as mayor in The last Republican mayor was Willis D.
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