On the first weekend of July, saying goodbye to the town became more lively than on the town celebration day.
One day in advance, a high podium was built. The podium was covered with flowers. Until the weekend, someone was arranging flowers. It was father Hickson who worked. These flowers were also moved from his garden.
An elegant middle-aged man prepared his speech on the stage. This is Dick Kaufman, Michelle and Gordon's adviser at grant primary school and the host of the mayor election.
There is one thing about the town election in St. Johns. Once, the host was passed down from generation to generation. The last host was Dick's father, old Kaufman. Later, when he graduated from college, he passed it to him.
In addition, Hughes and his guys are busy debugging the speakers, so that electronic beeps sound from time to time in the street.
Banners fluttered on both sides of the street, with many flags flying. The national flag of Canada, the provincial flag of Newfoundland and the banner of farewell town. In addition, some posters were also fluttering in the wind, with the heads of the five candidates on them.
In several main streets, people are constantly distributing leaflets, which introduce the information of the five mayor candidates and their campaign themes. There is no doubt that the most dazzling one is Winnie.
Newfoundland's political circle is the most unique in Canada. They don't know what they are doing. Many places are like Britain because they were British possessions before World War II, but many places are like Canada because they returned to Canada after World War II
The high-level political circles are chaotic, and the low-level political circles at the town level are naturally not much better. Various farces of town elections emerge one after another. Dogs are elected mayor, cats are elected mayor, and what's more, dead people are elected mayor
However, the farewell town is a big town, and the mayor election is a major event. The villagers know that the direction of the town needs the guidance of an excellent mayor. In this regard, they are very serious and will choose the most suitable person as the mayor.
Therefore, although one of the five candidates is a dog this time, everyone knows that it is only used to make fun of the lively atmosphere, and no one will really vote for the dog.
Yes, one of the candidates for this farewell town election is a dog, and Qin Shiou learned about it until now. Little Hughes didn't know where to get a bitdog called the king of fighting dogs a few days ago. It looks very fierce, and then used it to sign up for the mayor election.
"What's wrong with him?" Qin Shiou waved to shack. "What's the matter with little Hughes's dog? Fooling around, what a serious activity, let him do it! Go, take the tiger and the leopard to take care of it, and then Winnie will lose a competitor! "
Shaq pointed to the grinning dog in the image and said, "boss, this is bit. It's very powerful. Tigers and leopards are expected to suffer."
"Then take bear!"
"Can't kill it, son of a bitch!"
The five candidates were acting mayor Hani Rambo, who automatically qualified for the election. Among the four, three applied to the St. John's city government, and the other was arranged by the city government.
One designated by the municipal government is a clerk of the customs who came to make soy sauce. This is Hamley's help to Qin Shiou. He arranged such a thing to make soy sauce to reduce the pressure on Weini's election.
The town's three candidates are Winnie, fisherman and hotel owner Elton Burt and little Hughes's bitdog.
From the candidate lineup, we can see that Winnie's election is popular. Everyone is helping her. Her competitors are very poor, her campaign activities are arranged the most, and her campaign guests are the most powerful. If she can't be elected mayor in this way, it's a ghost!
Recently, Winnie even became a regular guest of TV and media. The St. Johns economic daily gave her a special interview with the title: the most beautiful mayor in Newfoundland's history is about to take the crown.
Like other elections, this event is scheduled for the weekend. Candidates give speeches and hold a press conference on Saturday to answer voters' questions. At midnight on Saturday, that is, in the early morning of Sunday, voters stay up late to vote, then count their votes and elect the mayor overnight.
The speech activity starts at 1:00 p.m. each candidate has half an hour to give a speech. At 4:00 p.m., the five candidates sit together to accept the questions of voters and industry experts sent by the city government. This link lasts for one hour. After that, everyone can go home for dinner and discuss the issue of supporting candidates.
In the morning, Weini was discussing the content of the speech with Auerbach and macaulan to finalize the manuscript. Qin Shiou went to see it. Seeing that there was no place where she needed help, she went out for a stroll.
The five candidates all have a temporary room in the small town hotel. As soon as Qin Shiou came out, he met little Hughes. This guy was holding a bitdog in his hand, but he was not an adult dog, just a half sized dog. He was not very fierce and grinned foolishly.
Qin Shiou pointed at it and asked, "what is this?"
Little Hughes threatened him and said, "boy, you'd better be honest. His name is butcher. He is our future mayor. After he is elected, I'll let him eat you as a dish!"
"Why do you suddenly think of raising bits?" Qin Shiou asked strangely. This kind of dog is very fierce. It is not allowed to keep it in the city. Of course, it doesn't matter in the countryside. He also keeps brown bears and white wolves.
Little Hughes said, "what does it mean to suddenly remember? Remember skiing last year? It was the time you pulled the egg. "
Qin Shiou said with a dark face, "don't emphasize it. I remember. Just say the subject."
"Didn't you let tigers and leopards bully me? At that time, I secretly vowed that I would keep a bigger dog to avenge me in the future! Now, this day has finally come! " Little Hughes said with a deliberate grin.
Qin Shiou smiled and said contemptuously, "man, you're not revenge. You're delivering vegetables. I'll bring Xiong DA in the afternoon. He didn't have breakfast today. You're a dog, that's his ration!"
Bitdog is very silly but also very sensitive. He noticed Qin Shiou's deep malice towards him, so he opened his mouth and roared at him twice.
Qin Shiou points his finger to little Hughes and leaves. He wants to go back and bring the tigers and leopards.
After dinner in the afternoon, the townspeople came to the town to prepare for the quadrennial mayor election.
In the speeches of the five candidates, the first one on the stage is little Hughes's bitdog named butcher. Although the little guy has the tough temperament of the fighting dog family, he probably hasn't seen such an array and is watched by thousands of people off the stage
So, as soon as Hughes let go, he ran under the stage with his tail.