Louie ritter

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He served as mayor of Jacksonville , Florida , from until A Democrat , he assumed office when W. Haydon Burns , mayor since , resigned to become Governor of Florida. He was the last mayor to serve his entire term before the city was consolidated with the Duval County government. Ritter decided to run for the Jacksonville City Council in early , but was refused when he tried to file his intention with the clerk of the court, as he had been at school in Gainesville and not physically living in Duval County.

He filed suit to challenge the residency requirement and prevailed less than two weeks before the first primary. The publicity from the court challenge helped him win the election, and at 23, he became the youngest city councilman in Jacksonville's history. Two years later, Ritter was elected by his fellow councilmen as Council President.

Ritter initiated the planning and pushed for the current Jacksonville International Airport. Construction began in and the facility opened in October, He implemented a building code which required and enforced minimum housing standards.