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You've got to be kidding! US town elects goat as 'mayor'
Lincoln the goat squeaked past Sammie the dog in a ballot to become the "mayor" of Fair Haven, Vermont
In a divided America where politics seems increasingly to get people's goat, a small town in Vermont has taken the concept to heart -- this week electing one as mayor.
He may be a political novice but the goat's name, Lincoln, brings with it a storied pedigree.
And the leading human official in Fair Haven -- population about 2,500 -- hopes the long-eared, three-year-old animal's election can serve as a bit of a lesson in democracy.
In Tuesday's poll, Lincoln was victorious over 15 other candidates including Crystal the gerbil and many dogs and cats.
Fair Haven has no official mayor but the Town Manager, Joseph Gunter, holds similar functions.
When Gunter read in a newspaper that the village of Omena, Michigan, had made Sweet Tart the cat its "top" official, he got the idea to organize a similar election to raise funds for building a playground.
The goat, which belongs to a school math teacher, will get an education in the town's major festivals which it will represent during its one-year mandate: "Memorial Day parade, the Apple Fest and the events we organize every Friday in the summer," Gunter says.
Although the playground fundraising effort only generated about $100, at five dollars per candidate, Gunter isn't bleating because he says the animal election was also "a good way to get the kids involved in local government."
With 53 votes cast the turnout was low, Gunter admits, "but it was the first time, we expect it to be better next year."
That happens to be the year that US voters will also elect a human president, in a contest expected to shake out like a barnyard brawl.
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/worl...ects-goat-as-mayor/ar-BBUA5pD?ocid=spartanntp
Lincoln the goat squeaked past Sammie the dog in a ballot to become the "mayor" of Fair Haven, Vermont
In a divided America where politics seems increasingly to get people's goat, a small town in Vermont has taken the concept to heart -- this week electing one as mayor.
He may be a political novice but the goat's name, Lincoln, brings with it a storied pedigree.
And the leading human official in Fair Haven -- population about 2,500 -- hopes the long-eared, three-year-old animal's election can serve as a bit of a lesson in democracy.
In Tuesday's poll, Lincoln was victorious over 15 other candidates including Crystal the gerbil and many dogs and cats.
Fair Haven has no official mayor but the Town Manager, Joseph Gunter, holds similar functions.
When Gunter read in a newspaper that the village of Omena, Michigan, had made Sweet Tart the cat its "top" official, he got the idea to organize a similar election to raise funds for building a playground.
The goat, which belongs to a school math teacher, will get an education in the town's major festivals which it will represent during its one-year mandate: "Memorial Day parade, the Apple Fest and the events we organize every Friday in the summer," Gunter says.
Although the playground fundraising effort only generated about $100, at five dollars per candidate, Gunter isn't bleating because he says the animal election was also "a good way to get the kids involved in local government."
With 53 votes cast the turnout was low, Gunter admits, "but it was the first time, we expect it to be better next year."
That happens to be the year that US voters will also elect a human president, in a contest expected to shake out like a barnyard brawl.
https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/worl...ects-goat-as-mayor/ar-BBUA5pD?ocid=spartanntp
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this scene is remembered. and also tears with eyes.
کوئی بیس سال پہلے کی بات ہے ۔۔۔۔۔ہمارے بچپن کی۔۔۔۔ مارچ ہی کا مہینہ تھا۔۔۔ اس دن بچوں کا رزلٹ آؤٹ ہونا تھا ۔۔۔۔ ہمارے ہمسائے میں ایک بچہ جس کا زندگی کا پہلا رزلٹ تھا۔۔۔۔اور اسکی بہن جسکا زندگی کا دوسرا رزلٹ تھا۔۔۔۔۔۔بہن تو کلاس میں فرسٹ آئی۔۔۔۔ اور بھائی سکول سے بھاگتا اور خوشی سے چلاتا آیا۔۔۔۔۔ امی امی امی۔۔۔۔ میں فیل آیا ہوں میں فیل آیا ہوں۔ گھر والوں نے فیل ہونے کا مطلب اسی لئے نہیں بتایا کہ بچے کا دل ٹوٹ جائے گا۔۔۔۔سارا دن وہ بچہ جس سے ملتا خوشی سے بتاتا انکل میں فیل آیا ہوں آنٹی میں فیل آیا ہوں۔۔
آج رانا_فواد کو لاہور قلندر کی پیہم کامیابیوں کے بعد خوش ہوتے دیکھا تو یہ منظر یاد آگیا۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ اور ساتھ ہی آنکھوں سے آنسو بھی۔۔
this scene is remembered. and also tears with eyes.
کوئی بیس سال پہلے کی بات ہے ۔۔۔۔۔ہمارے بچپن کی۔۔۔۔ مارچ ہی کا مہینہ تھا۔۔۔ اس دن بچوں کا رزلٹ آؤٹ ہونا تھا ۔۔۔۔ ہمارے ہمسائے میں ایک بچہ جس کا زندگی کا پہلا رزلٹ تھا۔۔۔۔اور اسکی بہن جسکا زندگی کا دوسرا رزلٹ تھا۔۔۔۔۔۔بہن تو کلاس میں فرسٹ آئی۔۔۔۔ اور بھائی سکول سے بھاگتا اور خوشی سے چلاتا آیا۔۔۔۔۔ امی امی امی۔۔۔۔ میں فیل آیا ہوں میں فیل آیا ہوں۔ گھر والوں نے فیل ہونے کا مطلب اسی لئے نہیں بتایا کہ بچے کا دل ٹوٹ جائے گا۔۔۔۔سارا دن وہ بچہ جس سے ملتا خوشی سے بتاتا انکل میں فیل آیا ہوں آنٹی میں فیل آیا ہوں۔۔
آج رانا_فواد کو لاہور قلندر کی پیہم کامیابیوں کے بعد خوش ہوتے دیکھا تو یہ منظر یاد آگیا۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ اور ساتھ ہی آنکھوں سے آنسو بھی۔۔
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