Yesterday we heard that 20 year-old high school dropout and general do-nothing, Levi Johnston, is going to run for the mayor of Wasila, Alaska as part of the plot for his upcoming reality show. The show has not been picked up by a network yet and there’s hope that it never will be. Levi’s famous ex would-be mother in law, Sarah Palin, got her start as mayor of Wasila before she became the governor of the state. Now Levi is admitting that it wasn’t his idea to run for mayor and that he thought it was a joke at first. He’s behind it now that there’s hope that he can spin it into some kind of forgettable media career, though.

Levi says he’s going to set his sights a little lower at first and will run for city council to start. The current mayor of Wasila has some dismissive comments about Levi’s possible candidacy, and they’re rather funny.

Upon hearing the news that Johnston, 20, plans to run for the office in 2012 as the premise of his new reality show, Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor’s Office, Mayor Verne E. Rupright tells Entertainment Tonight: “Well, it is a little early to declare. Usually most wait until the year the seat is up.”

“But since I am nearly old enough to be Levi’s grandfather I think it would be wise for him to get a high school diploma and keep his clothes on. The voters like that!” added Rupright, taking a dig at Johnston’s Playgirl cover.

Johnston says his intentions are “for real.”

“I’m going to go there and do what I can. Obviously that’s where I grew up and that’s my home,” he tells ET. “It’s always going to be home to me. [My son] Tripp’s going to grow up there and I want to change a few things.”

Johnston says he “laughed” when producers presented him with the idea of running for the office Sarah Palin once held.

“But the more and more I thought about it the more and more I looked into things…. I do care and I do want to make a difference. Whether I win or not, I want Tripp to look up to me and see what I’ve done and be proud of his dad,” says Johnston.

His plans before the election over the 14 months? “Start with a high school diploma, maybe a run for city council and go from there.”

He insists he’s not trying to get back at Sarah, or the mother of his child, Bristol Palin.

“It’s fun, but no way is it about the Palins, I’ll tell you that,” he says.

[From US Weekly]

Tripp would be just as proud of his dad if he finished his high school diploma and pursued a trade. Watching the video of Levi on Entertainment Tonight (below) I’m struck by how slow and simple the kid seems. He’s not interesting or engaging at all.

Popeater recently reported that Levi tried desperately to get his picture taken with Sandra Bullock at the Kids Choice Awards over the weekend but Sandra wasn’t having it. A source told them that “all night long Levi was trying to get close to Sandra,” but that Sandra said “Get him away from me.” Levi also tried to get close to other unnamed female starlets, who refused to have their picture taken with him.

Levi was papped out in LA on Monday. He was wearing sunglasses and a black button down thermal shirt with a chain hanging down. He looked very much the douche. Not so coincidentally Levi’s show will be produced by a friend/collaborator of Jon Gosselin’s named Canaan Rubin.