The 'mayor' of the city is a goat!

The Dhaka Times Desk এক অভিনব ঘটনা বটে! রাজনীতির সঙ্গে জড়িয়ে গেলো এবার ছাগলের নাম। আমেরিকার একটি রাজ্যের একটি শহরে ‘সম্মানজনক মেয়র’ হিসেবে নিয়োগ পেয়েছে একটি ছাগল!

Local time last Thursday in the city of Fair Haven, Vermont, United States of America was as if the decoration was Rob. As in other elections, the residents of the city came to vote on that day. However, there were animals like dogs, cats and goats as candidates in that mayoral election!

According to media reports, the small town of 2,500 people turned out to be very low in the election, which is true. However, a three-year-old goat named Lincoln won by quite a margin! This goat Lincoln has left behind 15 candidates. Lincoln received a total of 13 votes. And total votes are 53.

It is known that this city has no official mayor. City Manager Joseph Gunter took the initiative to vote on animals after reading an incident in a newspaper in Michigan. Only then did he arrange this election. He told the media that he took this initiative to finance a playground.

নবনির্বাচিত ‘মেয়র’ হওয়া ছাগলটি একটি স্কুলের গণিতের এক শিক্ষকের ছাগল। সে আগামী এক বছরের জন্য তার ‘দায়িত্ব পালন’ করবে বলেও সংবাদ মাধ্যম জানিয়েছে। এই সময়ের মধ্যে নগরের বড় বড় অনুষ্ঠানগুলোতে অংশ নিয়ে শিক্ষা গ্রহণের সুযোগও পাবে সে।

In this regard, the city manager Joseph said, "This matter of involving animals in the local government system is very good for us. Although the number of voters in this first election is small, he expressed hope that people's participation will increase in the future.