Fables timeline discovery
http://www.thecomicboard.com/forum/showthread.php?8545-Fables-Chronology-spoilers
This site has a very interesting timeline (with years) for when events in Fables happened, something caught my attention:
According to this timeline; Crane became Deputy Mayor in 1880, he served as Deputy Mayor for 115 years (as stated in the comics). Therefore Snow became Deputy Mayor in 1995, which means that TWAU must've been set in 1995 (despite the 80's noir backdrop). It explains why Bigby meantions in issue 1 that Snow aquired her position recently as it would've only been around 7 years prior, also explains why Snow forgets that it is now the 21st century and no longer the 20th in Volume 3.
The timeline also states that Bigby became Sheriff before a Mayor/Deputy Mayor were elected, meaning that he has held a position in the Government for the longest time, and they still haven't given him a permanent listing!?