So they added limits on how many mayors you can have, because there were people with like dozens of mayors. So my new limit was 0, so the town rose up in rebellion and killed my only mayor.
So much for that, I guess.
Now it's all about buildings. Towers, forts, castles, with a good garrison. My garrison makes several thousand gold a day and gets good XP while my main party runs dungeons. Pretty sweet setup really.