Mayor Cutie is widely known not just as Lillian Bellacourt’s stalwart canine companion, but as the most fashionable and well-dressed dog in all of Newport. But who was Mayor Cutie before he became the hottest bitch in high society? Before the the glitz and glamour he lived another life, with a different name. This is the secret rags-to-riches story of how one desperate Chihuahua-terrier mix pawed his way up from the bottom of society to become the toast of Newport’s canine elite, and how his rise to the head of the pack ultimately caused Blanche, the Bellacourt’s head lady’s maid, to be sent off to the local insane asylum.