Friday, November 14, 2008

Alpaca '08

A few days ago, Israel held municipal elections. Jerusalem gets all the attention but it was also a big deal here in Mitzpe Ramon. The ruling family has been in power for years and managed to squeak out a narrow victory of just a few votes - between 17 and 40 depending who you talk to. The current mayor is the sister of Amir Peretz (former minster of defence) and her husband is the former mayor. The husband was forced out of office after it came to light that he illegally held two government positions simultaneously, or so I've been told.

Most everyone I spoke with was against the current mayor. However, there were a lot of people joyfully beeping their horns a one o'clock in the morning after the final vote count.








This picture of Peretz, which was the first one to pop up when I searched google, was taken during the war with Lebanon. I don't think I would vote for his sister either.

It was good to see the alpacas and llamas were involved in the election process. Every group needs representation.






1 comment:

geeknotek said...

Hey Aar, I don't I'd vote for his sister, either. Good luck with the blog!