The Mayor (Murray Hamilton)’s Timeline and Summary
- Vaughn hears that Brody's attempting to close the beaches and persuades him not to.
- He holds a town meeting and assures everyone that the beaches will reopen in 24 hours.
- He stops Brody and Hooper from cutting open the tiger shark on the dock.
- He doesn't believe them when they say the shark's still out there and refuses to close the beaches for the 4th of July.
- He convinces his stooge to go swimming with his family and assures people on TV that everything's hunk-dory in Amity.
- He finally gets severely shaken by the pond attack and is strong-armed by Brody into hiring Quint to kill the shark.