Wilkes-Barre officials faced more than their share of challenges in 2020, but Mayor George Brown has no regrets about running for the office or the decisions heâs made over the past year. Brown, 69, reflected last week on his first year as the cityâs chief executive and his plans and goals for the future of his hometown that he hopes he and his administration can accomplish during his first term in office. After his Jan. 6 inauguration, Brown said, he spent his first month in office evaluating staffing and revising the spending plan of his predecessor, Tony George, whose 2020 budget Brown believes relied on overly optimistic revenue projections.