 I look forward to working with him, and him and I met and discussed. He's like, Ron, you tell me what you want to see in the city, and my job is to try to get us there. Neal was sworn in last week following the retirement of former Mayor Rob Rappel. Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin says it was another successful year for the Charleston Stern Rail Regatta. When we're planning, and we planned the entire year for this event, we got what we wanted. People were here to have a good time. People were here with their families.