on saturday, i went to city hall and was able to meet with the mayor of monrovia (the capital of liberia), ophelia hoff saytumah, with two other people. she has been mayor since 2001.
she was very friendly and cordial.
i do not know much about her politics or other things of note, but try to swallow this unbelievable combination of statistics:
--monrovia has ballooned to 1.5 million people
--her budget for the city is $500,000. for everything. last year it was $300,000.
as far as i understand, the mayor of the sprawling suburb paynesville where i reside has such a small budget that the dept. does not have a vehicle and neither does the mayor; he has to catch a taxi to go to work.
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