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"Michael Schur has revealed that the results of the upcoming city council elections on Parks and Recreation have been decided.  The co-creator and executive producer of the NBC sitcom confessed that show execs considered the &amp;quot;pros and cons&amp;quot; of having Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) win a seat in city government later this season, a choice which was only recently made.    &amp;quot;Since we came up with the idea to have [Leslie] run, we&amp;#039;ve spent a part of every single week discussing the pros and cons of having her winning and her losing, and there are many to both situations. And so we&amp;#039;ve chosen a path that I think maximises the pros and minimises the cons,&amp;quot; Schur told The Huffington Post. &amp;quot;One important point to keep in mind is that working for the Pawnee city council is only a part-time job. If you&amp;#039;re really high up in the government, you can&amp;#039;t hold two jobs. So that option is open to us. I&amp;#039;m not saying that&amp;#039;s what we&amp;#039;re going to take, but it was good to know.&amp;quot; However, Schur went on to say that regardless of the election results, Parks and Recreation doesn&amp;#039;t plan to end season four on a &amp;quot;sad bummer&amp;quot; for Leslie. &amp;quot;Winning the election isn&amp;#039;t the only way for her to be happy in her career. There could be other possibilities - people offering her different things that would be better than being a city councillor. That&amp;#039;s where losing the election might actually be a good thing or a blessing in disguise or something,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;Obviously, if she wins, that would be very much in keeping with the tone of the show and with a character who is so driven and passionate about what she does, and is very successful in what she does.&amp;quot;  Parks and Recreation airs Thursdays on NBC. &amp;gt; Parks and Recreation Nick Offerman lends voice to The Cleveland Show &amp;gt; Parks and Recreation producer discusses surprise romance&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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