Later this month, Hull will celebrate 100 years of having a Lord Mayor.
Coal merchant John Hargreaves was the first to hold the title in 1914 after King George V agreed to upgrade the city's most important civic role.
Before that, going all the way back to 1331, and Sir William de la Pole, Hull simply had mayors.
While some at the Guildhall are busy planning the centenary celebrations on Saturday, June 28, I hear others are looking further ahead with a shiver running down their spines.
The ruling Labour group's long-standing policy is for seniority to determine who takes on the role of the Lord Mayor.
As such, councillors get nominated on the basis of the number of years they have served on the authority.
Initially, they get voted in as Deputy Lord Mayor before taking over as Lord Mayor 12 months later.
The nightmare looming on the horizon for certain Labour councillors is what happens in 2017 – the year Hull basks in the spotlight as the UK City of Culture.
Because unless he comes a cropper in next year's elections, Lib Dem Dave McCobb is in line to qualify through the seniority rule to become Lord Mayor for the 2016-17 civic year.
To some in the Labour camp, Dave is about as popular as a fox in a hen house.
After a dozen years on the council, he remains the Lib Dem most likely to get under their skin during full council debates.
With ex-Lib Dem leader Carl Minns now pursuing a teaching career, he's the most potent attack dog on the opposition benches.
Labour plotters will be hoping voters do them a favour by ditching him in next year's Beverley ward election.
But if he's still there next June and Labour are still in power, don't be surprised if there's a sudden rewriting of the council rule book ahead of the election of the new Deputy Lord Mayor.
Hold on tight for one hell of a ride I ONLY managed to get to one of the events during Humber Business Week.
But at the one I did get to, I was impressed, with For Entrepreneurs Only chief executive Jan Brumby's call for small local firms to be brave and seize the opportunities expected to be generated by the 2017 UK City of Culture.
The can-do spirit is something Hull is finally embracing.
So get ready and hold tight. It's going to be one hell of a ride.
