Ponyville Town Hall

Ponyville Town Hall, sometimes referred to as City Hall. was a key structure located in the middle of Ponyville. It served as the base of operations for the Mayor of Ponyville, as well as several town employees. Throughout the later years in the Era of Princess Celestia, the Era of Harmony and much of the Era of Twilight, the mayor was.

Background
Before Mayor Mare took office, there were at least 5 mayors prior to her and Mayor Mare herself failed her first election campaign as she didn't particularly know much about Ponyville when she first ran, losing to an unknown pony who became Mayor before her. After the Mane Six time-traveled 20 years in the past (c. a little after the Storm Wars), they met up at the Town Hall of the past.

Events, gatherings, and holidays
Many events, festivals and gatherings were held at the Hall. Notable events included the Summer Sun Celebration, and Winter Wrap Up, while important gatherings were had when was about to leave for the Equestria Rodeo Competition, which  and  helped prepare for.

Controversies
The Hall was subject to a handful of controversies over the year due to the seemingly incompetent government that ran it. When was taxed, she visited the tall and got stuck in an unending bureaucracy, ranting and venting about how poorly ran and backwards the place was and even threatened to destroy it with her own hooves, until she finally saw the genius of its employees. Similarly, years later, experienced and expressed similar, though less violent, thoughts when she volunteered for Mayor Mare before the Ponyville Election.

Elections
Although elections did happen, nopony ever ran against Mayor Mare. This cycle was broken several ponies ran against her, ultimately ending in Filthy Rich becoming the mayor of Ponyville for a brief period of time. During this period, conferences and debates were held at the hall.

Mayors
Aside from five-seven unnamed, unseen mayors, the only known majors of Ponyville where Mayor Mare and, the latter only worked in office for a few days before he quit. Ponies who ran for mayor include, Doctor Hooves} and , who ran just for.

Core staff members

 * Tadwell, a secretary with a crush on Fluttershy and generally romantic nature.
 * Wooly, job unclear.
 * Run Around, job unclear.
 * Hoggle, water manager.
 * Tinsel Hat, job unclear.
 * Roger Dodger, job unclear.
 * , department of Dragon Relations.
 * Nervous Nellie, job unclear.
 * Wonk Politico, a mediator.

Business council
The Ponyville Business Council was an organization based in Town Hall which consisted of five different local business owners who discussed taxes and other concepts. Its members included:
 * , owner of Carousel Boutique.
 * , owner of Rich's Barnyard Bargains.
 * Davenport, owner of Quill's and Sofas
 * Flax Seed, co-owner of Flax & Wheat's New Age All Natural Wellness Center
 * , co-owner of Sugarcube Corner
 * , co-owner of Sugarcube Corner

Volunteers
During the Ponyville Election, both Rarity and Twilight Sparkle volunteered to help with the election process. However, Rarity chose Filthy while Twilight chose Mayor Mare. After Applejack was unfairly taxed due to a bureaucracy failure, she briefly volunteered at the hall and helped Mayor Mare with some tough decisions and other work

Cartoon

 * "Friendship is Magic"
 * "The Last Roundup

In other media
The town hall serves as inspiration for two locations in My Little Pony: Magic Princess. The first, known simply as "Town Hall", is a shop that produces flags and Harmony Shards. The second, Chaos Town Hall, is a residence that depicts the building affected by Chaos Magic.

Residents

 * Chaos Cadance
 * Chaos Celestia
 * Chaos Luna
 * Chaos Novo
 * Chaos Skystar
 * Chaos Spike
 * Chaos Twilight
 * Future Flurry Heart
 * Future Flurry Heart