And in the news today...

In Coldstream:

• Mayor Enns of Organic Orchard has developed a new strain at the Women's Institute Hall.
• Mayor Besso of Parkland and Riparian Weeds has purchased a railcar load of Monsanto's Roundup.
• Mayor Dirk of Lavington was seen participating in the polar bear dip at the new Kiddie Pool.
• Mayor Cochrane of Keys Point was seen, but not heard.
• Mayor McClean of Orchard Valley was moving fence posts.
• Mayor Kiss was busy installing a bio toilet in his yard.
• Mayor Garlick of My District was off to Victoria with a bouquet of wilted flowers.

While in Vernon:

• Mayor Cunningham of 30th Avenue was plugging quarters into numerous parking meters.
• Mayor Lord of Green Ribbons was at Fisher's Hardware buying a mattock.
• Mayor Spiers of Community Street was cafe hopping, talking to constituents.
• Mayor Quiring of Habitat for Humanity was installing new windows at The Mission.
• Mayor O'Keefe of Tourism was squiring dignitaries to the Lookout.
• Mayor Sawatzky of Doctors Without Borders was hosting a luncheon for equipment suppliers.

From farther afield:

•  Mayor Mcnabb of BX Streets was meeting next door with his remaining two constituents.
•  Mayor Bob Fleming of Westside is cleaning up a cow/car incident with a wide shovel.
•  Mayor Pearase of Few Payers has applied for a Care Card in Alberta.
•  Mayor Foisy of Unclaimed Areas has bought a new 4x4 truck to search for opal.
•  Mayor Acton of Lumby was ordering concrete for a dam on Duteau.
•  Mayor Cyr of Enderby is fishing from the bridge.
•  Mayor Fairbairn of Cougar Canyon is installing streetlights.
•  Mayor Fowler of Farming Inc. is installing water meters.
•  Mayor Brown of Property Tax Haven is planting potatoes.
•  Mayor Pieper of Diplomacy Valley again declines, with thanks, to run provincially.

Elsewhere, silently:

•  Mayor Trafford Hall is renovating for the third time, adding atmospheric control for MoU's.
•  Mayor Trevor Seibel is purchasing a new office chair with a taller backrest.
•  Mayor Will Pearce is ordering the same chair, retrofitted with whoopee cushion.
•  Mayor Eric Foster of Partisan Ltd. is calibrating his Popularity Meter.
•  Mayor Warwick-Sears of H2O has purchased 75-gallon watering cans with grant money.
•  Mayor Reg Burgess of Stripes is consumed by paperwork.

democracy in the North Okanagan

"Yup, things could indeed be worse," Kia suggests.