In town news, it is election time, and everyone is crossing their fingers that no one will get shot.
the next political rally will be Leni, our present VP who is the (yankee/elite) favorite for president. Again the nearby streets will be shut down and there will be a lot of cops on the street checking you out. This time security is so tight that they have made the street vendors leave.
The maid didn't understand why, since the vendors would be making lots of money selling Buko drinks, bottled water, and snacks to those attending the rally, but I explained to her that it would be easy for someone to hide a gun inside their supplies, and that this is a security matter.
our town only has been a city for about ten years due to population growth, and our mayor has spiffied up the place and was promoting tourism here, (which the virus sort of put a damper on). But the fact that a major candidate is coming here shows the increased importance of our town and the hope that the mayor will support her is probably behind the rally (the maid, who is active in a feminist rural group is backing Bong Bong, who, like Duterte, is seen as anti corruption and willing to shoot the crooks, so you see the problem a nice lady like Leni faces at the grass roots level).
The reason Leni is popular is that her late husband who died in a plane crash was a populist, so people figure she will continue his people friendly policies.
So we'll see how many people come and park blocking our driveways to walk to the local plaza.
Sorry, Barry, no dog walk for you today.
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