You usually need to work your way up to becoming a mayor of a city, or at the very least have enough money and favours to call in.
Not today, though. SimCity 2000 Special Edition is the latest game on Origin to be given away for free, so you can bankrupt an entire city of mold it into a prosperous utopia without kissing a single baby or making any deals with organised crime.
All you need is Origin, and you'll be able to add SimCity 2000 to your library, to and play whenever you want.
The On the House deals are temporary, though, so go get it today.