Levi Johnston is not going away, and he’s not going to start that career as an electrician he first needs his GED to qualify for. Despite the fact that this kid’s career aspirations up until now include talking smack about his would-be mother in law, posing semi-nude (pitifully), and selling the story of his reunion with his ex, he’s going to run for the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska! That’s right, the town where he grew up and where his mom got busted for dealing Oxycontin. Young Levi isn’t running for mayor out of a genuine interest in a public service career, it’s because he needs an angle for his reality show, previously deemed “too boring” for any networks to pick up.

The former Playgirl cover model, 20, is running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — and documenting it in his reality show, Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office, the executive producer, Canaan Rubin, tells UsMagazine.com in a statement.

Sarah Palin famously held the office before getting voted in as the governor of Alaska. She resigned in July 2009.

Reads the statement, “The docu-soap will follow the ever controversial, headline making, matinee idol, handsome father of one as he embarks on a run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska… [the] series will chronicle a ‘no-holds-barred’ period in Levi’s tumultuous life; co-raising his son Tripp, looking for love, and taking care of business for his fellow Wasillians. He will give us a real inside look into who he is as a father, a skilled hunter, an avid dirt biker, and of course his journey down the road of small town politics — right after he gets his high school diploma.”

“Levi thinks he can take the office by representing the real citizens of Wasilla,” continues the statement. “If elected, Levi promises to serve his full term. Tank Jones will serve as Levi’s campaign manager.”

A source tells Us shooting on the series, to be produced by Stone and Co., is already underway, “They shot pre-production on the pilot today on Rodeo Drive [in Beverly Hills].”

[From US Weekly]

This sounds like the show hasn’t been optioned by a network yet. (TMZ reports that “several networks are interested,” which sounds like code for Levi and his buddy pitching it desperately.) I hope it’s dead in the water and that no one touches this fool and his idiotic mayoral candidacy. There’s waning interest in Levi, especially now that he’s split with Bristol yet again.

An out-of-place ecstatic-looking Levi showed up at the Kids’ Choice awards over the weekend with a singer named Brittani Senser. (Who looks like a budget version of Playmate Jayde Nicole.) Levi said he’s “just friends” with Senser, in whose music video he recently starred, and he also gave a bunch of quotes to various outlets about how he and Bristol are still talking and co-parenting. Please don’t let this reality show happen.